to the sides of this body (2023)
to the sides of this body is a duo work
made in close collaboration with dancer Emilie Karlsen (NO). The work sheds
light on what we call ‘craftswomenship’, looking at a dancer’s skills and craft
– rather working through than around the obstacles and physical
demanding states. It dives into physical precision, friendship, emotional
ambiguity, infrastructure space, and the fact that we never really perform
alone.
The work evolved through
a common stance for movement research and by entering each other’s physical
territories, presents and pasts. By trusting that material doesn’t need to come
from a preconceived idea or concept, this work occurred from a hands-on and
practice-based approach, spending time together in the studio, sharing, learning,
reading, writing, moving, and adapting to each other’s suggestions and bodies.
The piece was part of my
graduation work at the MA in Dance at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. It was
accompanied by musician Lars Takla (NO).
Also check:
drawings
Video link
(full-length performance):
https://vimeo.com/815026786