| Title | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Review of Levende Dukker's production BallRom* (BallRoom) (2007) | May 7, 2007 | Download |
BallRom* (BallRoom)
BallRom* (BallRoom) by Levende Dukker is a play with live figures and balls around an installation by Thomas Hestvold. BallRom* ("BallRoom") was a production within Art Council Norway's project Klangfugl (now called Glitterbird), presenting arts to children aged 0 to 3 years old.
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
Information
(Objekt ID 1140)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | May 6, 2007 |
| Produced by | Levende Dukker |
| Audience | Young children, Children (from 0 to 5) |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Puppetry, Installation, Performance for children, Performance, Object theatre |
| Running period | May 6, 2007 |
| Website | Levende Dukker |
Requirements to venue
| Minimum stage width | 6m |
| Minimum stage depth | 5m |
| Minimum stage height | 3m |
| Blackout | No |
| Rigging time | 60 minutes |
| Downrigging time | 30 minutes |
| Audience | 40 |
BallRom* ("BallRoom") was half machine and half sculpture. An art theorist may have called it an installation. Sometimes it worked, and then the balls moved like they should through the machine, but more often than not, it didn't work. However, not only Agnes and Knut related to balls, other strange characters showed up too.
Source: Levende Dukker, levendedukker.com, 01.08.2010, http://www.levendedukker.com/ballrom/
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Knut Alfsen | – Concept/Idea |
| Agnes Mowbray Schou | – Concept/Idea |
| Espen Dekko | – Direction |
| Thomas Hestvold | – Stage design |
| Knut Alfsen | – Puppeteer |
| Agnes Mowbray Schou | – Puppeteer |
| Agnes Mowbray Schou | – Puppet maker |
| May 6, 2007 | Worldwide premiere |
BallRom* (BallRoom) is the kind of performance speaking first and foremost with a playful poetical language. A stage language Levende Dukker has extensive experience in and a firm grip around. The group does not make pedagogical performances or fairytale plays, but creates ambiguous universes encouraging childish wonder. Levende Dukker’s productions in general and BallRom in particular work as a liberating counterpart to the strong reality and fairytale tradition of Norwegian children’s theatre. Elisabeth Leinslie, 07.05.2007, Scenekunst, 01.08.2010, http://www2.scenekunst.no/artikkel_3510.nml
"Laughter was loose among the children at the first stop of Agnes Schou and Knut Alfsen’s tour, the church locale at Skjee. Funny, good and nonsensical was among the characteristics the children used after the show was over." Øyvind Skavhellen. (2008, 19.08) Tønsbergs Blad.
*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.