Jude Kelly: Why women should tell the stories of humanity
ג'וד קלי: למה נשים צריכות לספר את הסיפורים של האנושות
Jude Kelly is artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain’s largest cultural institution. Full bio
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to be of universal importance,
to be merely about women?
כסתם סיפורים על נשים?
when she was 12.
to become a theater director,
במאית תיאטרון,
with the fact that people I'll never meet
שלעולם לא אפגוש
have progress.
and obviously you are, too.
Women of the World, seven years ago,
"נשות העולם", לפי שבע שנים,
across five continents.
על פני חמש יבשות.
is Somaliland in Africa.
was going to these caves.
במערות האלו.
of the oldest cave paintings in the world.
מהעתיקים בעולם.
round about 9,000 to 11,000 years old.
עד 11,000 שנים.
ever since it evolved.
when I was a little girl.
this joyful, youthful figure?
את הדמות הצעירה ושמחה הזו?
and women who painted these."
שציירו את אלה."
absolutely askance, and he said,
it was 11,000 years ago."
that I've seen continuously
comes down through the masculine,
the priest, the rabbi, the holy man.
resides in the masculine,
שגאונות יוצרת שוכנת אצל הגבר,
about who we really are,
the universal story
just talk about women's experiences,
רק ידברו על חוויות של נשים,
only really relevant to women
of whether we're prepared to believe
מוכנים להאמין
that women's stories really matter,
של נשים באמת משנים,
about two examples of stories
of universal importance:
when they were little --
of this little alien
really bad scientists
back to his spaceship
לחללית שלו
have found out, and they're catching up
את הפער
and they've got their guns,
it's terribly frightening,
going to make it.
the bikes fly up in the air,
האופניים עפים אל האוויר,
he's there with them, he's saving E.T.,
and she's crying her eyes out.
Why can't I come?"
את אי.טי? למה אני לא יכולה לבוא?"
so much in E.T.,
if you understand
of what's happened,
for the therapy bills?"
הטיפול הפסיכולוגי?"
had a word back from him,
of what he intended with E.T.,
לגבי הכוונה שלו עם אי.טי.,
and embrace difference."
the idea of girls' difference
את המושג של שוני של בנות
about all humanity.
על אודות כל האנושות.
about human goodness;
a lad's heroic adventure.
סיפור הרפתקאה הרואי של נער.
for universal communication,
לתקשורת אוניברסלית,
through male's eyes.
דרך עיניים של גבר.
through all our books and our films,
כל הספרים והסרטים שלנו,
by a male artist --
that so many of these stories
שכל כך הרבה מהסיפורים הללו
50 percent of the rights
בעלות 50 אחוז מהזכויות
as a young woman
example of human dilemma
fearful that he won't be able to make it
שהוא לא יצליח
for his father's murder.
about suicide being an option,
who actually commits suicide, Ophelia,
שהאדם שבאמת מתאבד, אופליה,
and abused by him,
to the audience about her feelings.
לדבר אל הקהל על הרגשות שלה.
he turns on his mum,
הוא תוקף את אמא שלו,
to fall in love with his uncle
male dilemma, male struggle.
דילמה זכרית, מאבק גברי.
of human beings,
had two women in it.
matter less than men's.
global recognition.
that belongs to then.
to be a theater director,
directors in Britain," he said, "Jude."
הוא אמר, "ג'וד."
there's Joan Littlewood, who's retired,
ליטלווד, שפרשה,
who's just killed herself.
would you like to be?"
the disgusting slur on gay women,
את קריאת הגנאי המגעילה על לסביות,
that I wanted to be a director.
the conductor, and she said,
המנצחת, והיא אמרה,
said exactly the same.
אמר בדיוק אותו הדבר.
we've made our mark.
of the Paris Conservatoire
great physical strength
said two years ago,
immediately if it's written by a woman,
אם הן נכתבו על-ידי אישה,
because it's not worthy of me."
their story doesn't matter,
to be the storyteller.
that you can't stand in the central space
שאת לא יכולה לעמוד במרכז
your goods up to a small, select group.
להציע רק לקבוצה נבחרת ומצומצמת.
on smaller stages,
על במות קטנות יותר,
these incredible, prominent spaces
מקום מופלא, משמעותי,
if you're not an artist?
or an entrepreneur or a medic
from the cave paintings,
to tell the human story,
is finally told by men,
יסופר לבסוף על-ידי גברים,
to all our institutions,
of incapability of women
in Nigeria, in China, in Russia,
and women are being told
of creative inspiration.
השראה יוצרת.
can be a creative genius?
גאונות יוצרת?
their voices will be made.
to get past this moment
מעבר לרגע הזה
that we are unequal,
a different world.
women and men,
and the stamina
she's entitled to her dreams,
זכאית לחלומות שלה,
on behalf of the whole world,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jude Kelly - Theater director, producerJude Kelly is artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain’s largest cultural institution.
Why you should listen
Jude Kelly was appointed artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain's largest cultural institution, in 2006.
She founded Solent People's Theatre and Battersea Arts Centre, and was the founding director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse. In 1997, she was awarded an OBE for her services to theatre, and in 2015 she was made a CBE in the New Year honours for services to the Arts. She has directed over 100 productions from the Royal Shakespeare Company to the Châtalet in Paris.
In 2002, Kelly founded Metal, a platform where artistic hunches can be pursued in community contexts, with bases in Liverpool, Southend-On-Sea and Peterborough. She led the cultural team for the successful London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic bid and then served on the Board of the cultural Olympiad. She is a regular broadcaster and commentator on a range of issues relating to society, art and education.
Kelly created the WOW – Women of the World Festival in 2011. In 2011 she created the WOW: Women of the World Festival, now heading into its 7th year at Southbank Centre as well as in other parts of the UK and in countries all over the world.
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