DOUBLE BILL:

SAY SOMETHING
BY HANNA GILLGREN / HEIDI RUSTGAARD (NO)

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(S)KJØNN SAFARI
HARALD A. BEHARIE (NO) AND LOUIS SCHOU-HANSEN (DK)

WHEN: 18.00 & 20.00
WHERE: TEATERET, Kongensgate 2

(S)KJØNN SAFARI
HARALD A. BEHARIE (NO) AND LOUIS SCHOU-HANSEN (DK)

In the project (S)kjønn Safari Harald and Louis sets the body in focus as a social construction contrary a unit pre decided by biological qualities. The project is based on discussions dealing with use of gender roles and stereotypes within artistic institutional framework and the art field. How are we unconsciously affected by constructed gender stereotypes?

The work is based on a re-negotiation of the body and explores the potential in working with physique from a gender neutral base, and which consequences politics and society have for gender as a stereotype and/or norm. Is it possible to create a third gender which is neither male or female, but as Harald and Louis suggests – gender neutral?

The original version of (S)kjønn Safari premiered in Oslo 2015 and have since been performed at Seminar#6 in Sandnes, Gallery Entrée, Bergen and at Kaospiloterne in Aarhus, Denmark.

ABOUT HARALD A. BEHARIE

Harald b.1992, is eduacted at The Alvin Ailey School in New York and Oslo National Academy of the Arts , where he graduated in 2015. After completing his education he has worked with Kristine Gjems, Heidi Jessen and Mia Habib. From 2016 to 2017 he was an apprentice in Carte Blanche, and worked with Marcelo Evelin, Hooman Sharifi, Mia Habib, Jon Tombre and Bouchra Ouizgen. He is also a part of the collective De Naive together with Julie Moviken and Charlott Utzig, while also having ongoing projects with Louis Schou Hansen.

ABOUT LOUIS SCHOU-HANSEN

Born in 1992 in Aarhus, Denmark. Louis studied dance at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, and graduated in 2015. Since school he has been working with choreographers and company’s such as - Ingri Fiksdal, Eva Cecilie Richardsen, Edhem Jesenkovic, Danish Dance Theatre and Yaniv Cohen among others. He is also creating his own work in different constellations with among others Harald Beharie or Architect Mads Bjerregaard Jeppesen.

SAY SOMETHING
BY HANNA GILLGREN / HEIDI RUSTGAARD (NO

“If you go and see it, you are guaranteed to have something to say. Marvellous.”

ThreeWeeks

“Stand back and stare in wonder.”

Metro Pick of the day

“A performance where the embodiment of the communication between audience and performer is at the core of its success.”

Broadway Babe

“I loved this piece, I found it

exhilarating and rather scary.”

Clive Bell (The Wire)

“Most satisfying and emotionally charged performances I have seen

in a long time.”

Fringe Review – Outstanding performance

Sak fra Scenekunst.no

Concept, direction and choreography: Hanna Gillgren and Heidi Rustgaard

Composition and musical direction: Sylvia Hallett

Performers:

Financially supported by:

Arts Council England

Nordic Arts and Culture Fund

Norwegian Arts Council

Swedish Arts Council

DanceDigital

Buskerud Fylkeskommune

Säffle Kommun

Dans i Värmland

The Royal Norwegian Embassy

Swedish Embassy Arts and Grants Kensington and Chelsea.

SAY SOMETHING was developed during Choreodrome and Something Happening

at The Place and during residencies at Scenerommet, Vestfossen and Union Scene,

Drammen, Norway, Medborgarhuset, Säffle, Sweden, Devir CAPA, Faro, Portugal,

Hextable Dance, Laban Theatre, London Studio Centre and Goldsmiths College, UK.