{"id":72,"date":"2011-09-14T07:36:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T07:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanjahamidiisacson.se\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:50:48","slug":"om","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vanjahamidiisacson.se\/","title":{"rendered":"about\/om"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ENGLISH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vanja Hamidi Isacson is a Swedish-Finnish playwright and artistic researcher based in Malm\u00f6, Sweden. Since 2024, she has been an affiliated guest researcher at Malm\u00f6 Theatre Academy. In 2022, she completed her doctorate in artistic research at Stockholm University of the Arts with the thesis <em>The Potential of Multilingualism in Dramatic Works<\/em>. Her research explores the artistic and theoretical implications of multilingualism in theatre, focusing on its communicative, dramaturgical, political, and emotional dimensions, and draws on her extensive experience as a playwright working across languages and cultural contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamidi Isacson co-founded and served as dramaturg for Teater JaLaDa, a multilingual theatre company in Malm\u00f6, from 2013 to 2015. Her multilingual plays for children and young audiences have been performed on numerous occasions, and her artistic work often investigates how multiple languages can shape dramaturgy, character, and audience experience. In addition to theatre, she writes operatic librettos and collaborates with composers and performers in interdisciplinary artistic projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside her artistic practice, she is active as a teacher and mentor in artistic research and playwriting. She regularly teaches, supervises, and leads workshops and lectures on performing arts, dramatic writing, and multilingual theatre at institutions such as Stockholm University of the Arts and the Theatre Academy at Uniarts Helsinki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is currently involved in several artistic research projects at Inter Arts Center in Malm\u00f6 that explore multilingual performance practices, polyvocal composition, and new dramaturgical methods for working with multiple languages on stage. Her work investigates how multilingualism can function as an artistic resource in contemporary performing arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SVENSKA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vanja Hamidi Isacson \u00e4r en sverigefinsk dramatiker och konstn\u00e4rlig forskare baserad i Malm\u00f6. Sedan 2024 \u00e4r hon affilierad g\u00e4stforskare vid Malm\u00f6 Teaterh\u00f6gskola. \u00c5r 2022 disputerade hon i konstn\u00e4rlig forskning vid Stockholms konstn\u00e4rliga h\u00f6gskola med avhandlingen <em>Flerspr\u00e5kighetens potential i dramatiska verk<\/em>. Hennes forskning unders\u00f6ker de konstn\u00e4rliga och teoretiska implikationerna av flerspr\u00e5kighet i teater, med fokus p\u00e5 dess kommunikativa, dramaturgiska, politiska och emotionella dimensioner, och bygger p\u00e5 hennes omfattande erfarenhet som dramatiker verksam i flerspr\u00e5kiga och interkulturella sammanhang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamidi Isacson var medgrundare och dramaturg f\u00f6r Teater JaLaDa, ett flerspr\u00e5kigt teaterkompani i Malm\u00f6, mellan 2013 och 2015. Hennes flerspr\u00e5kiga pj\u00e4ser f\u00f6r barn och unga har framf\u00f6rts vid ett flertal tillf\u00e4llen, och hennes konstn\u00e4rliga arbete unders\u00f6ker ofta hur flera spr\u00e5k kan forma dramaturgi, karakt\u00e4r och publikupplevelse. Ut\u00f6ver dramatik skriver hon \u00e4ven operalibretton och samarbetar med tons\u00e4ttare och scenkonstn\u00e4rer i interdisciplin\u00e4ra konstn\u00e4rliga projekt. Parallellt med sin konstn\u00e4rliga praktik \u00e4r hon verksam som l\u00e4rare inom konstn\u00e4rlig forskning och dramatik. Hon undervisar, handleder och leder regelbundet workshops och f\u00f6rel\u00e4sningar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swedish Finnish playwright and artistic researcher based in Malm\u00f6, Sweden. She is an affiliated guest researcher at Malm\u00f6 Theatre Academy, Lund University. In 2022, she earned her doctorate from Stockholm University of the Arts with a thesis titled &#8221;The Potential of Multilingualism in Dramatic Works&#8221;. Hamidi Isacson was also a co-founder of the multilingual theatre company Teater JaLaDa in Malm\u00f6. She has written two opera librettos: \u201dTusen och en natt\u201d and \u201dKom inte hit!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BAKGRUND:<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\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&nbsp;MEDAN DU ANDAS f\u00f6r \u00d6rebro l\u00e4nsteater.<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\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. 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\n\n\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\n<p id=\"block-560cb7ce-355e-4067-b50b-48f5ad5eb03e\"><strong>KONTAKT: vanjaisacson@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENGLISH Vanja Hamidi Isacson is a Swedish-Finnish playwright and artistic researcher based in Malm\u00f6, Sweden. Since 2024, she has been an affiliated guest researcher at Malm\u00f6 Theatre Academy. In 2022, she completed her doctorate in artistic research at Stockholm University of the Arts with the thesis The Potential of Multilingualism in Dramatic Works. 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