Performing Arts Hub Norway and FuturePerfect Productions with the support of the Royal Norwegian Consulate General, New York present Norway – Performing Arts Now from the Northern 2017 Latitudes New York: January 8th, 2017 Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016 Program Introduction Sunday, January 8th, 2017 Performing Arts Hub Norway and Future- 10:30am – 10:35am Introductions Perfect Productions, with support from The Royal Norwegian Consulate in New York, Consul General: Elin Bergithe Rognlie Performing Arts Hub Norway, General Director: Tove Bratten The Royal Norwegian Consulate in New York, FuturePerfect Productions, Founding Executive Producer: Wayne Ashley present a special convening in New York City 10:35am – 11:25am on Sunday January 8, 2017, focusing on Pitch Session Part One Ingri Fiksdal p. 6 contemporary Norwegian performing arts. Jo Strømgren Kompani p .8 zero visibility corp. p. 10 winter guests p. 12 Now in its fifth edition, Norway Now: Performing Arts from Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt p. 14 Kari Hoaas p. 16 the Northern Latitudes serves as an opportunity for North Panta Rei Danseteater p. 18 American presenters to discover a wide range of in- Haugen Produksjoner p. 20 Siri & Snelle p. 22 dependent Norwegian artists creating exciting new works in film, dance, theater, opera, live music, puppet 11:25am – 11:40am theater and video art. Held annually in New York City Break at the renowned Scandinavia House, this year’s con- 11:40am – 12:30pm vening has been reworked as a forum for eighteen Pitch Session Part Two Norwegian artists and their producers to pitch new works to a specially invited audience. Each artist will Lisa Lie p. 24 Findlay/Sandsmark p. 26 give a 5-minute pitch highlighting one work that is Verk Produksjoner p. 28 NON Company p. 30 either in development or ready to tour. Molitrix Scenekunst p. 32 Goksøyr & Martens p. 34 the Krumple p. 36 The extraordinary breadth of work presented this Wakka Wakka p. 38 year is a result of Norway’s ongoing commitment to Dieserud/Lindgren p. 40 providing social and financial resources that enable performing artists to research, innovate, develop and 12:30pm – 12:35pm disseminate their work within a dynamic framework of Closing Remarks government agencies and cultural institutions, as well as individual and private efforts. 3 Over the past four years Norway Now’s efforts have Organizers been highly successful — helping to bring North Ameri- can presenters to Norway to see work and meet artists, as well as touring Norwegian companies throughout Performing Arts Hub Norway (PAHN) North America. The number of artists coming to the US Performing Arts Hub Norway (PAHN) is a national competence and information center struc- has increased exponentially. Some of these have in- tured as a network organization. The mission is to promote professional performing arts nation- ally and internationally, particularly emphasizing independent contemporary performing arts in cluded Jo Strømgren Kompani, Verdensteatret, Findlay/ Norway. We work closely with artists, organizations and policy makers to promote Norwegian Sandsmark, New International Encounter (NIE), Ingri arts, and to strengthen infrastructure and international relationships. Fiksdal, Heine Avdal, Wakka Wakka, Alan Øyen / winter Tove Bratten, General Director Christina Friis, Senior Advisor guests, Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt, Verk Produksjoner, [email protected] [email protected] Grusomhetens Teater and many others. Participating danseogteatersentrum.no venues have included BAM, EMPAC, The Clarice Smith sceneweb.no Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, Watermill Center, New York Theater Workshop, Abrons Art Center, New York Live Arts, Philadelphia FringeArts, FuturePerfect Productions Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Cincinnati Con- FuturePerfect Productions is a New York-based interdisciplinary production company with temporary Art Center, La Mama, the Kennedy Center, a practice that intersects fields of performance, media, visual art, & technology. FuturePerfect charts and generates new directions in performance by commissioning, producing, present- Seattle’s On the Boards and others. ing, and touring works that continue to emerge as computers, communication networks and other non-human systems become increasingly ubiquitous and part of contemporary culture. Wayne Ashley, Founding Executive Producer, Lisa Reynolds, Project Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] Xander Seren, Associate Producer [email protected] futureperfectproductions.org Tove Bratten Wayne Ashley General Director Founding Executive Producer Performing Arts Hub Norway FuturePerfect Productions The Royal Norwegian Consulate General, New York The Norwegian Consulate General in New York was established in 1906. It is the oldest and largest Norwegian Consulate General in the United States. The Consulate promotes Norwe- gian art and culture in collaboration with some of the city’s leading institutions, and aims to foster cultural exchange. Elin Bergithe Rognlie Kristian Jul Røsjø norway.org/Embassy/newyork Consul General Consul The Royal Norwegian Consulate in New York The Royal Norwegian Consulate in New York 4 5 Creative team: Ingri Fiksdal Concept and Choreography: Ingri Fiksdal Concept and Dramaturgy: Jonas Corell Petersen STATE Musical Composer: Lasse Marhaug Light design Øyvind Wangensteen, Phillip Isaksen Costume design: Henrik Vibskov Developed with and performed by: Nuria Guiu Sagarra, Rosalind Goldberg, Rannei Grenne, Jeffrey Young and Louis Schou-Hansen Musicians: Anja Lauvdal, Heida Johannesdottir Mobeck Producer and Distribution: Nicole Schuchardt Administration and Assistant Choreographer: Eva Grainger Produced by: Ingri Fiksdal Co-produced by: steirischer herbst festival (AT), Black Box Theater (NO), BIT teatergaras- jen (NO) in the frame of apap - performing europe 2020, Teaterhuset Avant Garden (NO) Supported by: Arts Council Norway, Norwegian Artistic Research Program and the Creative Europe programme of the European Union Project website: ingrifiksdal.com/work/state-2016/ Touring personnel: 10 Length: 100 minutes (without intermission) Premiere: September 30 & October 1, 2016 at steirischer herbst festival, Graz (AT) Project Description Company Bio Fiksdal is currently a Research Availability: 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons STATE is part dance performance and Ingri Fiksdal is a Norwegian chore- Fellow at the Norwegian Artistic part live concert, and springs out of ographer and performer. Her work Research Program. Her most recent Seeking: We are seeking opportunities for a lengthy research into ritual dances deals with perception and affect, and productions Cosmic Body (2015), HOODS presentation and touring throughout from a range of places and times. places equal emphasis on sound, (2014), BAND (2013), Night Tripper (2012) and North America. The interest lies in what mental and light, choreography, costume and set. The Orchard Ballads (2011) have toured bodily states these dances can pro- An on-going theme within Fiks- to a number of venues in Norway, Contact duce amongst performers and spec- dal’s work is ritual and its inherent Europe and the US. Night Tripper won Nicole Schuchardt, International Producer tators. Together with renowned cos- ability to transform and ultimately the Oslo Award for Best Performance [email protected] tume designer Henrik Vibskov and transcending its participants. In her in 2012, and HOODS won the Dance the world-touring noise musician research, Fiksdal explores how the Critic Award for best performance in Lasse Marhaug, Fiksdal and Petersen capacities of ritual can be deployed 2014. In Norway Fiksdal collaborates create an immersive performance, in her performances. Fiksdal’s regularly with Black Box Theater, where choreography, costume, sound, work is concerned with the relation BIT teatergarasjen and Teaterhuset light and Norwegian spirits take the between cognition and affectivity Avant Garden. Ingri Fiksdal is also audience on a suggestive trip. STATE is and how they shape perception and part of the Advancing Performing performed by five dancers and two meaning. Arts Project - apap. musicians. ingrifiksdal.com 6 7 Photo: Anders Lindén Project Description Creative team: Jo Strømgren Kompani The Virus Post- apocalyptic dance theatre Directed and Choreographed by THE VIRUS takes place in a near future where Jo Strømgren something has gone terribly wrong. The Performers Vânia Doutel Vaz, Dag Rune Sjøli, Mikkel Are Olsenlund, Ivar Sverrisson The Virus source of the misery is found in a small Set Design Jo Strømgren desolate bunker: a machine is infecting the Costumes Bregje van Balen world with a horrible virus. A small team Sound Design Lars Årdal, Ola Erik Blæsterdalen sees the opportunity to solve the problem Lighting Design Eirik Brenne Torsethaugen and give the world a restart, and an android is hired for the dangerous mission. How- Co-production The Norwegian Opera & Ballet, ever, it turns out that even machines can Bærum Kulturhus – Regionalt Kompetans- have their own will, conscience and a very esenter for Dans charming personality. Support Arts Council Norway Project Website THE VIRUS is a whimsical homage to the jskompani.no/productions/32 future visions of popular culture, using a Touring Personnel 7 slightly twisted science fiction setting to Length Apr. 60 minutes (no intermission). address recognizable human shortcomings Premiere October 17th, 2016 at La Fabrika, and fears. THE VIRUS combines