Marlene Bonnesen dance artist


About

own projects (selected)

research

to the sides of this body

et menneske i silhuet / a human in a silhouette 


the waltz of the big black smith

ACTS#

past, pastures

what we do but don’t know / Running Sculptures

chill out, we have already been reborn

work for others (selected)

fieldworks


ellen jerstad / UNGE VIKEN

sanghoon lee

UTVIK/BARFOD

max wallmeier


naya Moll


WEGO


recoil performance group

GAZART

angels margarit / cia. MUDANCES  

Danseatelier


Teaching / Open Training






Web design by Sanghoon Lee

The Waltz of The Big Black Smith

The Waltz of The Big Black Smith dives into the (Danish) heritage of folk music and the traditions, norms, and the conventions it stands on. How would a contemporary dancer and a folk musician play with these traditions today? How can we move towards new aesthetics and ideas of genre mix?

The work was structured like an album: Consisting of nine pieces of songs and performative interventions, we play, improvise, dance, and merge our 
competences in order to test and expand the range of where folk music and dance traditions of today are and potentially could be.

It was the final work of performance artist Nicolaj Wamberg’s MA project graduating from the Norwegian Theatre Academy in 2022. Throughout the process we got feedback and support by performance artist Morten Liene and choreographer Janne-Camilla Lyster.

Full length video:
https://youtu.be/DpNxmyYBOHM?si=tqpEP7nGN8rKjvLS