Johan Petri

Born in Arboga, Sweden, Johan Petri studied saxophone and composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm from 1980 to 1985. As a musician and composer, he was engaged at many Swedish-speaking theatres, including Stockholm, Gävle, Gothenburg, Helsinki, and also collaborated with different choreographers and dancers like Per Jonsson and [https://theaterstudies.yale.edu/people/irene-hultman-monti Irene Hultman]. In 2016, he received a Ph.D. in Directing and Dramaturgy from the University of Gothenburg.

In 1991, he presented his first production at Jordcirkus, Stockholm: On Goodness by Willy Kyrklund. Since then, he has worked on developing performances and new forms for musical theatre and many productions have followed at both well-renowned theatres in Sweden such as Unga Klara, Royal Dramatic Theatre, The House of Dance, and Swedish Radio Theatre, as well as at fringe theatre companies like Teater Pero (Stockholm) and Irondale Ensemble Project (New York City).

Petri is the co-founder of Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, a theatre company working with contemporary musical drama in different formats which has produced performances directed by Petri, like plays by Öyvind Fahlström, musical theatre by John Cage, Mathias Spahlinger, and Erik Beckman. Co-founder and producer of record company Alice Musik Produktion since 1989, devoted to early Baroque music, improvised and contemporary music. In 2020 Petri was the co-founder of the radio theatre company Radioart, for which he has directed plays by Alice Notley and Gertrude Stein.{{cite web |url=https://www.radioart.se/ |title=Home |website=radioart.se}}

Since 2015, teacher and lecturer in directing, theatrical composition, and dramaturgy.

• 1991: On Goodness, by Willy Kyrklund, Jordcirkus, Stockholm.
• 1993: The Skirt, by Magnus Jacobsson, Jordcirkus, Stockholm.
• 1995: Ghost Sonata, by August Strindberg, Irondale Ensemble Project, New York City.
• 1999: The Free Thinker, by August Strindberg, Radioteatern (Swedish National Radio, Stockholm, World premiere)
• 2001: Mother, by Jörgen Gassilewski, Swedish National Radio, Stockholm.
• 2003: The Explorer, by Stig Dagerman, Swedish National Radio, Stockholm.
• 2006: The Blue Bull, by Birgitta Lillpers, Swedish National Radio, Stockholm.
• 2007: I am I because my dog knows me, by Gertrude Stein, Unga Klara, Stockholm City Theatre, Sweden.{{cite news | url=https://www.svd.se/a/6565ac72-8d9c-3aee-a782-90a4e8aec82b/unga-klara-utmanar-med-gertrude-stein | title=Unga Klara utmanar med Gertrude Stein | newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet | date=3 October 2007 | last1=Kalmteg | first1=Lina }}{{cite news | url=https://www.svd.se/a/82047495-2d42-3267-bcea-dbaf4dbea376/stein-blir-roliga-sprakexperiment?metering=offer-abroad | title=Stein blir roliga språkexperiment | newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet | date=10 October 2007 | last1=Helander | first1=Karin }}
• 2009: The Loaf or the Lamp, Johan Petri after Erik Beckman, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, Teater Pero, Stockholm, Sweden.{{cite news | url=https://www.svd.se/a/76c12fe6-3dd3-30a4-93bf-61abdb5cc7e1/milt-vanvett-och-knepig-knasighet?metering=offer-abroad | title=Milt vanvett och knepig knasighet | newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet | date=25 October 2009 | last1=Helander | first1=Karin }}{{cite news | url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/diktlasning-i-limpan-eller-lampan/ | title=Diktläsning i "Limpan eller Lampan" | newspaper=Dagens Nyheter | date=15 October 2009 }}
• 2009: vorschläge, by Mathias Spahlinger, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, Tensta Art Center, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2009: Dido & Aeneas, by Henry Purcell, Oskars Parish House, Stockholm, Västerås Castle, Sweden.
• 2010: The hard and the soft, by Öyvind Fahlström, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, Unga Klara, Dansens Hus, Stockholm, Sweden {{cite web |url=http://www.jannaholmstedt.com/projects/thehardandthesoft.html |title=The Hard and the Soft – a concrete play by Öyvind Fahlström |access-date=2023-03-26}}
• 2011: John and the Mushrooms, Johan Petri after John Cage, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden.{{cite news | url=https://www.svd.se/a/2ec56197-fcac-39a5-b0da-2f627d401428/konstnarligt-experiment-blir-musikalisk-poesi?metering=offer-abroad | title=Konstnärligt experiment blir musikalisk poesi | newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet | date=31 January 2011 | last1=Helander | first1=Karin }}
• 2012: Ryoanji – A Meeting, Johan Petri after John Cage, Dansens Hus, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2014: The Baron in the Trees, opera by I Calvino/I Nilsson/ M Jacobsson, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden.{{cite web | url=https://www.nutidamusik.com/2015/03/bland-tradtopparna-italo-calvino-som-barnopera/ | title=Bland trädtopparna – Italo Calvino som barnopera – Nutida Musik |last=Skog |first=Susanne |date=15 March 2015 |website=Nutida Musik |access-date=26 March 2023}}
• 2014: The Blurred, by Johan Petri, Fabriken, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, Stockholm, Sweden.
• 2015: The Price of Everything, by Sonja Åkesson, Stockholm City Theater, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2020: I Think Fiercely, by Alice Notley, Radiotart, Stockholm, Sweden.
• 2021: Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights, by Gertrude Stein/The Rosehips, Radioart, Stockholm, Sweden.
• 2022: To celebrate one’s own inner contradictions and inconsistencies, by Johan Petri after Brian Ferneyhough, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, Stockholm, Sweden.

• 1991: The Piggle, by D W Winnicott/N Gredeby/S Osten, Unga Klara, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden
• 1992: Oedipus, Euripides, Unga Klara, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden
• 1993: Faust, J W Goethe, Swedish Public Radio.
• 1995: A Family Affair, Alexander Ostrowsky, Irondale Ensemble Project, New York City, New York, USA.
• 1997: The Donated Heart, by Eva Ström, Swedish Public Radio
• 1998: The Magic Flute, after W A Mozart, Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, Finland.
• 1999: Complicated People, Nils Gredeby/Susanne Osten, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden.
• 2000: The Investigation, Oratorio in 11 cantos, by Peter Weiss, The Swedish National Touring Theatre.
• 2000: The Border, Susanne Osten, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden.
• 2001: Dark Times, by Henning Mankell, Unga Klara, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden.
• 2002: The Most Important, by Nikolaj Jevreinov, Unga Klara, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden.
• 2004: Cabaret Subsumption, Unga Klara, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden.
• 2006: Baby Drama, Ann-Ssofie Báaráany/Susanne Osten, Unga Klara, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden {{cite journal | url=https://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/issn.2535-4310-2019-01-06 | doi=10.18261/issn.2535-4310-2019-01-06 | title=De har något vi kan lära oss igen | year=2019 | last1=Carlsdotter | first1=Sylvia | journal=Drama – Nordisk Dramapedagogisk Tidsskrift | volume=2 | pages=22–27 | s2cid=195467025 | url-access=subscription }}

• Speak! It’s so dark, film score, nominated for best film music Nordic Film Festival Haugesund, Norway, 1993.
• I fear this war, CD production, ALCD012, 1994.
• Bengbulan, Film score, Gothenburg Film festival, 1996.
• The Investigation, chamber music, The Swedish National Touring Theatre, 2000.
• The Explorer, chamber music, Swedish Public Radio, 2003.
• Acre, Film score, with Marjetica Potcr, Art Biannual Sao Paolo, Max Proctor Gallery, NYC, USA, 2007.

• The Rhythm of Thinking: Immanence and Ethics in Theater Performance, ArtMonitor, 2016.{{cite book | url=https://gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/45808 | isbn=9789198242300 | title=The Rhythm of Thinking: Immanence and Ethics in Theater Performance | date=19 August 2016 | last1=Petri | first1=Johan }}{{cite web |url=http://musikforskning.se/stm-sjm/node/304 |title=Theatre performance, Deleuzian immanence and ethics |last= Rynell |first=Erik |date=2020 |website=Swedish Journal of Music Research |access-date=26 March 2023}}
• Creating Performative Critique - A reflective attempt of a dramaturgical and methodological kind on One Less Manifesto, by Gilles Deleuze. Orpheus Institute, 2015.{{cite web |url=https://assets.ctfassets.net/auph8hki32us/6eJ8MdeeKQmQwKI8YKSwOO/c7dc5c37aacbeea52dbd0e8e6e103d05/Creating_Performative_Critique_-_One_Less_Manifesto.pdf |title=Creating Performative Critique - A reflective attempt of a dramaturgical and methodological kind on One Less Manifesto, by Gilles Deleuze |last=Petri |first=Johan |date=2015 |website=Johan Petri |access-date=26 March 2023}}
• Thinking and the theatrical event, The Event in Political and Artistic Practice, Amsterdam, Holland, 2013.
• Staging Gertrude Stein, Conf. Performance Studies/Artistic Research, Copenhagen, 2012.
• John Cage and the Production of Meaning, Conf. Artistic Research, Brno, Czech Republic, 2011.
• The Theatrical Expression of the Text; Staging Gertrude Stein. Kritiker 13, Sweden, 2009.

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• Knowledge of Art, Fredrik Nyberg, Niclas Östlind, ArtMonitor 2021.

• [https://www.johanpetri.se Official website]
• [https://en.radioart.se Radioart]
• [http://www.alicekollektiv.nu Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art]
• [http://www.alice-musik.se Alice Musik Produktion]

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