{"id":523,"date":"2012-10-08T19:15:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T19:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanjahamidiisacson.se\/?page_id=523"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:32:00","slug":"vanja-hamidi-isacson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vanjahamidiisacson.se\/?page_id=523","title":{"rendered":"BIO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vanja Hamidi Isacson<\/p>\n<p>Swedish-Finnish playwright and artistic researcher with a degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialization in Performing Arts; at Stockholm University of the Arts (2022). The artistic research project &#8221;The potential of multilingualism in dramatic works&#8221; aims to investigate and develop the practice of writing multilingual drama. Within the project, the two multilingual dramatic works <em>ASIA\/\u00c4RENDE<\/em> and <em>UniZona &amp; PolyZona<\/em> have been created in close collaboration with theatres, actors, and directors in Finland and Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>Hamidi Isacson was one of the founders, and the dramaturg, of the multilingual children&#8217;s theatre Teater JaLaDa in Malm\u00f6, Sweden (2013-2015) Her multilingual plays for children have been performed numerous times. In addition to drama, she also writes operatic librettos. She teaches, supervises, and gives workshops and lectures in performing arts, dramatic writing, and multilingualism, for example at Uniarts Stockholm and the Theatre Academy at Uniarts Helsinki.<\/p>\n<p>BAKGRUND:<\/p>\n<p>Vanja Hamidi Isacson f\u00f6ddes i Uppsala 1976. Hon v\u00e4xte upp i Hedemora i s\u00f6dra Dalarna och b\u00f6rjade d\u00e4r med teater i amat\u00f6rteaterf\u00f6reningen HUMUS. Efter gymnasiet flyttade hon till Stockholm och l\u00e4ste teater &#8211; och litteraturvetenskap samt gick Biskops &#8211; Arn\u00f6s dramatikerkurs. Numera \u00e4r hon bosatt i Malm\u00f6, d\u00e4r hon gick dramatikerutbildningen vid Malm\u00f6 Teaterh\u00f6gskola 2004 &#8211; 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Vanja debuterade 2006 med barnpj\u00e4sen HEMLIGA HISTORIER p\u00e5 Folkteatern i G\u00f6teborg. Har sedan dess skrivit ett tjugotal pj\u00e4ser och musikdramatiska verk, b\u00e5de f\u00f6r vuxna och barn. N\u00e5gra av dem \u00e4r: TUSEN OCH EN NATT- f\u00f6r Malm\u00f6 Opera, DR\u00d6MMARNAS V\u00c4G f\u00f6r Teater JaLaDa, PARADIS och STILETT f\u00f6r Teater Foratt i Malm\u00f6 och\u00a0MEDAN DU ANDAS f\u00f6r \u00d6rebro l\u00e4nsteater.<\/p>\n<p>2012 tog hon magisterexamen i dramatiskt skrivande vid Malm\u00f6 Teaterh\u00f6gskola. Magisterarbetet handlade om flerspr\u00e5kighet i det dramatiska skrivandet och bestod av en uppsats: \u201dAtt v\u00e4xla och mixa spr\u00e5k\u201d och pj\u00e4sen \u201dNADIA &amp; HAKIM\u201d d\u00e4r spr\u00e5ken svenska, franska och arabiska anv\u00e4nds parallellt.<\/p>\n<p>Vanja var en av grundarna till den flerspr\u00e5kiga barnteatergruppen Teater JaLaDa i Malm\u00f6, uppkallad efter hennes f\u00f6rsta flerspr\u00e5kiga pj\u00e4s \u201dJaLaDa\u201d. Hon drev teatern tillsammans med den konstn\u00e4rliga ledaren under \u00e5ren 2013-2015.<\/p>\n<p>F\u00f6r Teater JaLaDa har hon skrivit pj\u00e4serna DR\u00d6MMARNAS V\u00c4G, TYST och PARI\u0417A\u0414A\/PARIZAD\/\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0632\u0627\u062f som alla tre blandar spr\u00e5k, men \u00e4ven kan f\u00f6rst\u00e5s av enspr\u00e5kiga svensktalande.<\/p>\n<p>DR\u00d6MMARNAS V\u00c4G \u00e4r ett musikdramatiskt verk om tre ensamkommande flyktingbarn som hade premi\u00e4r h\u00f6sten 2015 och var Vanjas tredje samarbete med tons\u00e4ttaren Daniel Fjellstr\u00f6m.<\/p>\n<p>F\u00f6rutom pj\u00e4ser har Vanja skrivit artiklar bl.a. om dramatikern Anne-Charlotte Leffler, en rapport \u00e5t Teaterh\u00f6gskolan i Stockholm och utvecklat id\u00e9er f\u00f6r teveserier och film. Under \u00e5ren 2009-2011 var hon medlem i Teater Foratts konstn\u00e4rliga r\u00e5d.<\/p>\n<p>Vanja har tilldelats flera stipendier, bl.a. Bernadottestipendiet 2024, Sparbankstiftelsen Sk\u00e5nes stipendium 2012 och Malm\u00f6 Kulturstipendium 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>CONTACT vanjaisacson@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vanja Hamidi Isacson Swedish-Finnish playwright and artistic researcher with a degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialization in Performing Arts; at Stockholm University of the Arts (2022). 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