Íslandsfrumsýning Colorblind fimmtudaginn 21.oktober
Colorblind verður sýnt í fyrst og eina sinn á íslandi fimmtudaginn 21.oktober í Tjarnarbíói. Silesian Dance theater kemur frá Póllandi til að sýna verið fyrir íslenska áhorfendur. Verkið var frumsýnt í sumar í Bytom, Póllandi. Miðasala er á Tjarnarbio.is
On 21st of October in Iceland Dance Company there will be a double evening with two performances realized in cooperation between Silesian Dance Theatre and Iceland Dance Company: “Colorblind” (choreography: Sigríður Soffía Níelsdóttir) and “Singletrack” (choreography: Jacek £umiñski). Those performances already had premiere in Poland, during XVII Annual International Contemporary Dance Conference and Performances Festival in Bytom. Now it’s time to show it to Icelandic audience
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“Colorblind” is a story about our existence, about our condition in the world. It seems to say: “With time you start to realize that even though you are colorblind, the world is still in color”. After Polish premiere one of critics wrote about this performance: “Performance “Colorblind” by Iceland Dance Company and Silesian Dance Theatre takes us into space where we can substantially feel the metaphor of human life. From the dark stage we can hear voice taking us into the performance’s idea – throwing man into the world’s whirl, his struggle with life.”
Choreography: Sigríður Soffía Níelsdóttir
Music: Jóhann Friðgeir Jóhannson
Text: Daniel Galaska & Sigríður Soffía Níelsdóttir
Costume design: Ingibjörg Sigurjónsdóttir & Hanka Nowicka – Ro¿eñ
Dancers: Agnieszka Doberska, Sylwia Hefczynska – Lewandowska, Anna Piec, Jaros³aw Karch
Aleksander Kopañski, Daniel Galaska
Lights: £ukasz Opieczonek
“Singletrack” is a beautiful and detailed gymnastic performance, divided into a few segments referring to everyday life. The core of the narration could be found in a million of messages in thousands of stories, but is it really necessary? Accepting the body as the main object of perception, and carnality as the main theme of the piece seems enough. For some works, any attempt to interpret them will lead to over-interpretation. These works of the artistic soul should be experienced and perceived without trying to explain them. The plot of the piece is a living entity, taking a new form each time it is staged. Art is life, and life is filled with art. The cogs of the machine fit perfectly.
Choreography: Jacek £uminski
Rehearsal director: Gianluca Vincentini
Dancers: Steve Lorenz, Hjördis Lilja Örnolsdóttir, Katrín Ingvadóttir, Gudmundur Elías Knudsen
Music: Pawe³ Szymanski (Singletrack), Hildur Gudnadottir (Ascent, Opaque), Zoe Keating
(Exurgency), Basic Channel (Phylyps Track)
Lights: Aðalsteinn Stefánsson
Costume designers: Hugrún Dögg Árnadóttir, Magni Þorsteinsson
Duration: 41 minutes
Dance Bridge is an artistic project realized by a leader – Silesian Dance Theatre (Bytom, Poland) in cooperation with partners organizations: Iceland Dance Company and Association of the Independent Theatres in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Samovarteateret (Kirkenes, Norway). The project is supported by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. The partners cooperation is based on common realization of performances in Poland, Norway and Iceland. The dance workshop and community outreach projects leading is also a priority of the project. Dance Bridge’s main purpose is to join very various cultures. It’s a meeting of very different aesthetics and experiences of dance companies and theatres from Poland, Norway and Iceland.
Sigríður Soffía Níelsdóttir 