Contemporary Dance Festival Oslo Norway | 20 September – 1 October
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contemporary dance festival Oslo Norway | 20 September – 1 October 2004 CODA Index: Festival co-ordinator: Odd Johan Fritzøe Programme Committee (main programme): KREUTZERKOMPANI (Norway) 4 Lise Nordal, Odd Johan Fritzøe Magne Antonsen (on leave) CARTE BLANCHE (Norway) 5 Programme Committees: SIOBHAN DAVIES DANCE COMPANY (Great Britain) 6 CODAblå: Odd Johan Fritzøe CODAung: Anne Berit Haavind CODAworkshop: Lise Nordal, Odd Johan Fritzøe CRISTINA MOURA (Brazil) 8 CODAblå/ung: Reo Matugas, Christoffer Diaz, Phat Nguyen ØYVIND JØRGENSEN (Norway) 9 Coordinators: CODAworkshop 10 CODAblå: Odd Johan Fritzøe, Katrine Kirsebom CODAung: Liv Huseby, Anne Berit Haavind CODAblå 12 CODAworkshop: Kirre Arneberg CODA Seminar / Conference 13 Host SDDC: Ingunn Rimestad Host Cristina Moura: Pia Holden CODAung 14 Members of the board: Eivind Bryne, Chairman of the board Trine Hamre Bendixen, assistant chairman 20 september – 1 october 2004 | www.codadancefest.no Ragnvald Dahl Odd Johan Fritzøe Thor S. Greni Tickets and venues: Kristine Schüssler Oslo National College of the Arts / Gunnar Thon Lossius Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo Deputy-members: Fossvn 24 - 0551 Oslo Anne-Berit Haavind Ticnet tel. 815 11 500 / www.ticnet.no Ellen Steen Lise Nordal Black Box Teater Denise Ringnes Stockholmsgt. 12 - 0566 Oslo CODA 2004 is supported by: Tel: + 47 22 40 77 70 Norsk kulturfond Ticnet tel. 815 11 500 / www.ticnet.no Oslo Kommune Oslo Kommune Bydel Nordre Aker Blå Oslo Kommune Bydel Grüneløkka Brenneriv. 9C - 0182 Oslo Fond For Utøvende Kunstnere Info: M: +47 91 36 29 83 British Council Bertel O. Steen Producer Odd Johan Fritzøe [email protected] CODA 2004 in collaboration with: www.blx.no Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo Bærum Kulturhus Kulturhuset i Bærum Dansens Hus - Det Norske Teatret Engebråten skole Claude Monets Allé 27 Konsertforeningen Blå 1307 Sandvika Studio B Tel: +47 67 50 36 39 Black Box Teater Tickets: 815 33 133 Gratis Daglig Trening www.billettservice.no Statens Balletthøgskole Senter for Dansekunst Den Norske Balletthøyskole Flowers provided by Florista Blomster Borggt. 7 - 0608 Oslo Plane tickets sponsored by Varig Brasil Info: M: +47 92 83 00 31 [email protected] Design: Månelyst as Det Norske Teatret / Dansens hus Translation/editing: Diane Oatley Kristian 4. gt. 8 - 0164 Oslo Photo poster: Thomas Gravdahl Tel: +47 22 42 43 44 Address: CODA administration Engbråten skole P.O.Box 513 Sentrum Kapellv. 120 - 0493 Oslo N-0151 Oslo Norway Info: M: +47 90 74 67 03 [email protected] [email protected] www.codadancefest.no Welcome to CODA 2004! CODA 2004 is a festival that makes Oslo move. The third Festival for Contemporary Dance is on the cultural calendar, inviting you right in for a selection of dance experiences. International artists provide an important influence upon our cultural sphere. Guests from Great Britain, US, Brazil, Greece, Sweden and Norway will contribute to the aim of the festival - to present contemporary dance from the international arena and create new patterns and images. Movement lovers can through– out the course of twelve days and nights enjoy performances, workshops, clubbing, breakdance, music and conferences on the art of dance. An international dance festival sets a focus on the body. No competition. Common languages. New images. Movement for pleasure and expression offers other ethical perceptions than those provided by sports. Movement lovers all around the world maintain a dialogue through festivals and cooperations. Oslo becomes a part of this network. The infrastructure of the Norwegian dance world consists of a web of cooperations. Nationaltheatret, Det Norske Teatret, Carte Blanche, Senter for Dansekunst, Dans i Skolen, Norske Dansekunstnere, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Den Norske Balletthøyskole, Black Box Teater, Oktoberdans and finally our new stage – Dansens Hus. Lastly, we extend a sincere welcome to The Norwegian National Ballett and hope that they will join us in the future. Such cooperations illustrate our ability to work together. CODA offers such a possibility. The political landscape has recognised CODA as an outstanding and valuable part of Norwegian cultural life. We are proud to present a large-scale festival and to be hosts for some twenty international guests here in Oslo. Welcome to CODA 2004. Odd Johan Fritzøe Dancer and Choreographer Photo: Christian Elgvin 3 Kreutzerkompani (Norway) Synk #2 and Synk #3 Wed 22 Sept 18 30 Bærum kulturhus Tickets: www.billettservice.no, tel: + 47 815 33 133 Thur 23 Sept 18 30 Bærum kulturhus or at the venue Choreography: Eva-Cecilie Richardsen Live video: HC Gilje Live music: Justin Bennett Dancers: Hege Holte Østbye / Therese Skauge Production: Kreutzerkompani / Tine Rude Co-producer: Carte Blanche Supported by: Arts Council Norway, Bergen City Council Photo: Karl Hanrik Børseth An experimental dance-video-audio for 1 dancer, 1 video- impose a structure on a live situation to allow unpredict- artist and 1 musician. able results within that frame structure. Synk #2 and Synk #3 are experimental dance-video-audio Kreutzerkompani was founded in 2000 (continuing the pieces where video and audio samples and recycles the work of Demodans since 1997) by choreographer Eva- movements of the dancer on stage, creating rich layers Cecilie Richardsen and videoartist HC Gilje, and developed of images and sound. in collaboration with freelance members of the company. In Synk Justin Bennett is musician and the dancers are The performances deals with transformation of time; Hege Holte Østbye (Wednesday) and Therese Skauge distortion, displacement, delay, layering and buffering. (Thursday). The idea of Synk is that no prerecorded video or audio will be used, only material sampled during the performance Synk #2 and Synk #3 are performed respectively are presented, to investigate live as raw material, and to Wednesday and Thursday. Length of performance: 20-30 minutes. 4 Carte Blanche (Norway) I lie, I speak Wed 22 Sept 19 30 Bærum kulturhus Tickets: www.billettservice.no, tel: + 47 815 33 133 Thur 23 Sept 19 30 Bærum kulturhus or at the venue Choreography: Ina Christel Johannessen Music: Martin Horntveth Set design and costumes: Kathrine Tolo Lighting design: Torkel Skjærven Dancers: Kristian Alm, Pia Elton, Vebjørn Sundby, Daniel Proietto, Hege Holte Østbye, Guro Nagelhus Schia, Camilla Spidsøe, Alan Lucien Øyen, Shlomi Ruimi, Therese Skauge, Lena Meland In Carte Blanche’s latest work «I lie, I speak», Ina Christel Johannessen’s distinctive choreography meets with Martin Horntveth’s exciting and suggestive electronic music. Horntveth, known from Jaga Jazzist, performs his grooves live on stage; he directs the unfolding of the performance from his position in the middle of the space, slowly drawing in the dancers. Thematically speaking, the piece is spun around truth and lies. What is reality and what is illusion? Ina Christel Johannessen is the former house choreographer for Carte Blanche. In the 1990s her work comprised a leitmotif in the company’s repertoire, providing the company with a number of artistic successes both at home and abroad. The current production promises a rare musical and choreographic experience. The production premiered at the Bergen annual performance art and music festival (Festspillene i Bergen) and was well received by both the public and the press. «Home victory for Carte Blanche», the newspaper Bergens Tidende declared. Will there be an “away victory” on the Bærum Kulturhus playing field, as well? For more information: www.ncb.no and www.kulturbaerum.no Photo: Erik Berg 5 Siobhan Davies Dance Company (Great Britain) Bird Song Thur 23 Sept 19 30 Oslo National College of the Arts / Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo Fri 24 Sept 19 30 Oslo National College of the Arts / Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo Choreography: Siobhan Davies Tickets: www.ticnet.no, tel: + 47 815 11 500 Movement material: The Company Dancers or at the venue Contributing artist: David Ward Lighting design: Adrian Plaut Sound score and design: Andy Pink Production design: Sam Collins Costume design: Genevieve Bennett Dancers: Tammy Arjona, Laurent Cavanna, Henry Montes, Pari Naderi, Mariusz Raczynski, Sasha Roubicek, Deborah Saxon, Sarah Warsop Bird Song is the company’s second major work to bring the audience strikingly close to the dancers and is presented ‘in the round’. Eight extraordinary performers move through different layers of light, images, music and sound. Revealed at the centre of this complex and entertaining work is the inspiration for Bird Song, the clear call of the Australian Pied Butcher bird. Featuring Critics Circle National Dance Award Winner 2002 Henry Montes, who was awarded the prize for outstanding male artist for his performance in SDDC’s Plants and Ghosts (premier in Oslo, CODA 2002). «A soft glow pours over the bodies, throwing scalpel-sharp shadows, and you blink, unable to believe your eyes.» - The Daily Telegraph Siobhan Davies formed her company after having created more than 17 works for London Contemporary Dance Theatre. Her style of choreography comes from an interest in the way energy moves through the body and her Company is committed to developing new movement material. The most important element of the work is the relationship between the movement and the music, set and lighting as well as the relationship between the dancers themselves. All of Siobhan Davies’ work is visually arresting and she regularly works with internationally and nationally acclaimed set, lighting and costume designers and composers. «Siobhan Davies makes us see movement rather than just watch it.» - The Financial Times 6 «Siobhan Davies’ status as one of Britain’s top choreo- and spark, with the dancers responding as a unit to ten graphers is based on extreme dedication to craft, plus second sound-bites – a motor that won’t kick over, a salutary doses of sheer inspiration. Her latest work Bird sustained whistle, a rewinding tape. Davies sends all of Song, received its world premiere as part of the third them into quicksilver queues, like hot notes dropped onto edition of Dance Northern Ireland’s Earthquake Festival a stave. Certain sections are improvised, during some of of International dance.