Currently working on a new short film with photographer Marino Thorlacius. Music by Barði Jóhannson. See more at www.requiemshortfilm.com
Við sáum skrímsli í Bruges, Belgíu 14.12.12 // We saw Monsters in Brugge next friday!
•December 11, 2012 • Leave a CommentVið sáum skrímsli í Bruges á föstudaginn 14 des // We saw monsters in Belgum Brugge on the 14th at 20:00.
more information on tickets : http://www.ccbrugge.be/evenement_detail.jsp?evenement=1107
Monster, fairy, angel and devil: all these descriptions have been applied to the Icelandic dancer and force of nature, Erna Ómarsdóttir. On the stage of We saw monsters, Erna and her troupe fling themselves about on stage in a mixture of rock concert, horror film, danse macabre and orgy. To the music of Valdimar Jóhannsson (who plays in a heavy metal band called Lazyblood together with Erna Ómarsdóttir) two blonde sisters in knee-high socks dance over specular surfaces of water, death seduces his victim, forests flourish like paradise, rivers of blood flow, and hands fly through the air. There is masturbation, transvestism, nudity, incest, torture and self-destruction. Dance, music and visual art combine to form opulent, symbolic images, and grace and violence go hand in hand. Monsters, says Erna Ómarsdóttir, are created in our heads out of fear of nature, darkness, the unknown and death. They are the dark side of our rationality. (from berlinerfestspiele.de)
We saw monsters in Kampnagel, Hamburg
•November 11, 2012 • Leave a CommentPerformed on the 9th and 10th of november n K2 in Kampnagel in Hamburg. Germany is loving company Shalala!
Next up christmasconcert of the Jukebox in the beginning of december, then Monsters hit Belgum and France
Check out Lunch Beat in Reykjavík
•November 1, 2012 • Leave a CommentMonsters hit Munich // Við sáum skrímsli í Munich 2-3 nóv 2012
•October 30, 2012 • Leave a Comment
Perfoming We saw Monsters with company Shalala in Munich, for more information about the performance check out : http://www.dance2012.de/Programm/HAUPTPROGRAMM/Erna%20%C3%93marsd%C3%B3ttir/
interesting artical about We saw Monsters from Russian newspaper “Коммерсантъ”
•October 16, 2012 • Leave a Comment
На Берлинском фестивале Foreign Affairs Эрна Омарсдоттир показала спектакль “Мы видели монстров”, равно вдохновленный дешевыми ужастиками и опытом материнства
Фото: Bjarni Grimsson/Forriegn Affairs
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Заявив сразу же “Мы не фестиваль хорошеньких спектаклей”, расширив географию до Японии, Африки и Кореи (“Международный не означает западный”), Фри Лейсен сделала ставку не столько на произведения, сколько на авторов (с оговоркой “Большое имя — не всегда большой художник”), оказавшихся еще и новыми утопистами (“Они верят в человечность и изменения к лучшему”). Эрна Омарсдоттир в число девятнадцати выбранных актуальных театральных персон вписалась идеально. Ее имя скорее авторитетное, чем громкое. “Хорошенького” в ее проектах всегда мало. А произведением, которым она делится с публикой, является она сама — и когда, чередуя дикие вопли с детским лепетом, орет, срывая связки, в микрофон; и когда делится своими искренними, почти наивными образами; и когда совершает свою немыслимую по нагрузке физическую работу. Тело танцовщицы работает так же мощно и бескомпромиссно, как десять лет назад, когда ее не переварил Большой, а вместе с ней и весь пласт современного физического театра. Она по-прежнему способна трансформировать в шаманский танец все, на что нам обычно неловко смотреть — от фрикций до агонии,— и накачать при этом абсолютно позитивной энергией.
Performing at Berliner Festspiele – Foreign Affairs
•October 1, 2012 • Leave a CommentErum að sýna í Berlín á næstu helgi, þrjár sýningar af Við sáum skrímsli eftir Ernu Ómarsdóttur. Þjóðverjarnir góðir í PR málum, kynningartextinn þeirra:
“…There is masturbation, transvestism, nudity, incest, torture and self-destruction. Dance, music and visual art combine to form opulent, symbolic images, and grace and violence go hand in hand…sjá heildartexta hér fyrir neðan.
Performing 3 shows of We saw Monsters at Berlin FestSpiele, performing at 20:00 on the 5th 6th and 7th of october. CLick on the link for more information on the performances in Berlin:
Berliner Festspiele – Foreign Affairs: Multimedia.
Monster, fairy, angel and devil: all these descriptions have been applied to the Icelandic dancer and force of nature, Erna Ómarsdóttir. On the stage of We saw monsters, Erna and her troupe fling themselves about on stage in a mixture of rock concert, horror film, danse macabre and orgy. To the music of Valdimar Jóhannsson (who plays in a heavy metal band called Lazyblood together with Erna Ómarsdóttir) two blonde sisters in knee-high socks dance over specular surfaces of water, death seduces his victim, forests flourish like paradise, rivers of blood flow, and hands fly through the air. There is masturbation, transvestism, nudity, incest, torture and self-destruction. Dance, music and visual art combine to form opulent, symbolic images, and grace and violence go hand in hand. Monsters, says Erna Ómarsdóttir, are created in our heads out of fear of nature, darkness, the unknown and death. They are the dark side of our rationality.
A production of shalala ehf, in coproduction with La Biennale di Venezia, Berliner Festspiele / Foreign Affairs, CNDC Centra national de danse contemporaine Angers as part of “accueil studio/Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication”, National Theatre Iceland, Reykjavíks Arts Festival and the city of Kópavogur.
With support of ENPARTS – European Network of Performing Arts / Biennale di Venezia as part of the culture programme of the European Commission, the Icelandic Ministry of Culture, WP Zimmer / Antwerp, PAF and CC De Warande in Turnhout
Length 1h 30, no interval
Artist talk
07 October 2012, following the performance









