Jude Kelly: Why women should tell the stories of humanity
Jude Kelly: Por que as mulheres devem contar as histórias da humanidade
Jude Kelly is artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain’s largest cultural institution. Full bio
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possuem importância universal,
to be of universal importance,
to be merely about women?
de histórias sobre mulheres?
when she was 12.
to become a theater director,
como diretora de teatro,
with the fact that people I'll never meet
de pessoas que nunca vou conhecer
have progress.
à educação, de progredirem.
and obviously you are, too.
e vocês também, é claro.
Women of the World, seven years ago,
"Women of the World", mulheres do mundo,
across five continents.
is Somaliland in Africa.
é a Somalilândia, na África.
was going to these caves.
foi conhecer estas cavernas.
of the oldest cave paintings in the world.
antigas pinturas rupestres do mundo.
round about 9,000 to 11,000 years old.
tenham de 9 mil a 11 mil anos.
ever since it evolved.
desde que começou a evoluir.
quando eu era menina.
when I was a little girl.
this joyful, youthful figure?
essa figura alegre e jovial?
and women who painted these."
e as mulheres que pintaram isso".
absolutely askance, and he said,
bem desconfiado e disse:
it was 11,000 years ago."
não fazem essas coisas.
As mulheres não".
that I've seen continuously
comes down through the masculine,
vem através do masculino,
the priest, the rabbi, the holy man.
o rabino, o homem sagrado.
resides in the masculine,
que o gênio criativo reside no masculino,
about who we really are,
the universal story
a história universal
just talk about women's experiences,
somente sobre experiências femininas,
only really relevant to women
apenas para as mulheres
of whether we're prepared to believe
se estamos preparados para acreditar
realmente importam.
para acreditar nisso,
that women's stories really matter,
não importam de fato,
não pode ocorrer de verdade.
about two examples of stories
of universal importance:
de importância universal:
when they were little --
e o Robby cinco,
of this little alien
de um pequeno alienígena
norte-americana,
really bad scientists
alguns cientistas muito maus
back to his spaceship
à sua espaçonave o mais rápido possível,
have found out, and they're catching up
o plano e vão no encalço delas
and they've got their guns,
it's terribly frightening,
que acham que não vão conseguir.
going to make it.
as bicicletas saem voando
the bikes fly up in the air,
o rosto de meus filhos,
he's there with them, he's saving E.T.,
está junto com eles, salvando o E.T.,
and she's crying her eyes out.
e ela está aos prantos.
Why can't I come?"
salvar o E.T.? Por que não posso ir?"
so much in E.T.,
investido tanto no E.T.,
if you understand
of what's happened,
do que aconteceu.
for the therapy bills?"
para pagar a conta da terapia?"
had a word back from him,
mas ainda tenho esperança.
sobre as intenções dele com o E.T.,
of what he intended with E.T.,
and embrace difference."
the idea of girls' difference
a ideia das diferenças das meninas
about all humanity.
uma história sobre toda a humanidade.
marginalizando metade da humanidade.
uma história sobre a bondade humana;
about human goodness;
a lad's heroic adventure.
uma aventura heroica masculina.
for universal communication,
da comunicação universal,
through male's eyes.
masculinas através de olhos masculinos.
through all our books and our films,
a todos nossos livros e filmes,
by a male artist --
por um artista homem...
that so many of these stories
50 percent of the rights
precisam ter 50% dos direitos
as a young woman
como uma jovem mulher,
example of human dilemma
fearful that he won't be able to make it
que não vai conseguir se posicionar
no mundo masculino,
for his father's murder.
about suicide being an option,
sobre suicídio ser uma opção,
who actually commits suicide, Ophelia,
comete suicídio, Ofélia,
and abused by him,
e abusada por ele,
to the audience about her feelings.
à plateia sobre seus sentimentos.
he turns on his mum,
ele se volta contra sua mãe,
to fall in love with his uncle
de se apaixonar pelo tio dele
male dilemma, male struggle.
dilema e angústia masculinos.
of human beings,
a história dos seres humanos,
had two women in it.
matter less than men's.
importam menos que as dos homens.
mas ela o teria feito de forma diferente,
global recognition.
sobre lavar a louça,
that belongs to then.
me tornar diretora de teatro,
to be a theater director,
directors in Britain," he said, "Jude."
na Grã-Bretanha, Jude.
there's Joan Littlewood, who's retired,
Joan Littlewood, que está aposentada;
who's just killed herself.
que recentemente se matou.
would you like to be?"
você gostaria de ser?"
the disgusting slur on gay women,
sobre mulheres homossexuais,
that I wanted to be a director.
a maestrina, e ela disse:
the conductor, and she said,
me disse exatamente o mesmo.
said exactly the same.
we've made our mark.
deixamos nossa marca,
agora vai ser diferente".
of the Paris Conservatoire
declarou recentemente:
great physical strength
para conduzir uma sinfonia,
não conseguem pintar.
pintar muito bem".
said two years ago,
disse dois anos atrás:
immediately if it's written by a woman,
se foi escrito por uma mulher,
because it's not worthy of me."
their story doesn't matter,
que sua história não importa,
to be the storyteller.
de contarem histórias.
that you can't stand in the central space
que não pode estar no lugar central
your goods up to a small, select group.
de bom a um pequeno e seleto grupo.
on smaller stages,
em palcos menores,
como artista será menor.
these incredible, prominent spaces
incrível e relevante no mundo,
contadores de histórias.
if you're not an artist?
para vocês, se não são artistas?
or an entrepreneur or a medic
empreendedores, médicos
com as artistas mulheres?
from the cave paintings,
desde as pinturas nas cavernas,
to tell the human story,
para contarem a história humana
is finally told by men,
é contada por homens,
to all our institutions,
instituições, não só no Ocidente.
of incapability of women
da incapacidade das mulheres
in Nigeria, in China, in Russia,
na Nigéria, na China, na Rússia,
and women are being told
às meninas e mulheres
of creative inspiration.
can be a creative genius?
não podem ser gênios criativos?
their voices will be made.
em que as vozes delas sobressaiam.
to get past this moment
superar este momento
that we are unequal,
a different world.
de imaginar um mundo diferente.
women and men,
todos os artistas, mulheres e homens,
com igualdade de gênero.
and the stamina
she's entitled to her dreams,
que tem direito a seus sonhos,
on behalf of the whole world,
em nome de todo o mundo,
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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