A disorienting distortion of perception
Wearing costumes that enshroud their entire body and face, the audience circulates freely through the performance area, a space in which all manner of boundaries become blurred: the boundaries between dancer and spectator, between the animate and the inanimate, between representation and participation, between space and sound. Our senses are finely honed to detect human forms and features, but when objects and creatures assume an all-to human-like air, we are filled with a strange feeling of unease and fascination. Hoods tackles this phenomenon, otherwise known as “Uncanny Valley”. The result is an arresting total work of art that carries the audience along with it on a hypnotic trip.
© Julian Blight
© Julian Blight
Choreography Ingri Fiksdal Set design and photoSigne Becker Music Camilla Vatne Baratt-Due Light Tilo Hahn Costume design Signe Becker, Anette Nan Lindrupsen Performers Ingeleiv Berstad, Kristin Helgebostad, Pernille Holden, Eivind Seljeseth, Irene Theisen Assistant set design Mie Dinesen Producer Tine Tyldum, Nicole Schuchardt Coproduction Kedja Wilderness Residency, Black Box Theatre, Oktoberdans/BIT Teatergarasjen, MDT Stockholm, New Theatre Institute of Latvia, The Oslo National Academy of the Arts/Norwegian Artistic Research Program With the support of The Norwegian Arts Council, Fond for lyd og bilde, Fond for utøvende kunstnere og Det norske komponistfond Special thanks to Muscle Temple The Residency, Kari Noreger
Presentation supported by Performing Arts Hub Norway & The Norwegian Arts Council
