Juni Dahr performing ”Ibsen Women” at the Theatro Netto Festival in Jaffa, 22 April

"Ibsen Women” is a play created and performed by Juni Dahr. The remarkable Norwegian actress has stepped out of the traditional boundaries of the institution teatre and created her own theatre. Her breakthrough as an individual actress came in the United States  in 1988 with her “Joan of Arc”- performance . In “Ibsen Women” Juni Dahr deals with the work of a handful of the most powerful and demanding female roles in the history of world drama, namely some of Ibsen’s most well-known female characters.

Henrik Ibsen, often referred to as the father of the modern drama, wrote plays on controversial issues, including the role of women in soiety, which have maintained its relevance. According to Dahr; “Henrik Ibsen reveals a deep understanding of women- but where did he get his knowledge from? Through his characters he makes us experience our own lives. Henrik Ibsen is the genius that tempts us to explore his women looking fo essence, the source, the spirit that makes these female characters so facinating even today”. Ibsen chose women to portray “will to freedom and uproar against social conventions and restraints”, and Juni Dahr has chosen six freedom - seeking women from Ibsen’s highly acclaimed work.