Transit
Transit by Teater Polkadot was visually poetic and humourous performance with a stylized physical expression about how it may be to meet oneself in one’s own mirrored reflection. Transit was a purely physical theatre performance directed by French Yves Marc. Marc was educated by Etienne Decroux, the founder of Corporeal Mime.
Information
(Objekt ID 589)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | 2008 |
| Produced by | Teater Polkadot |
| Audience | Youth, Adults (from 16) |
| Keywords | Physical theatre, Dance |
| Running period | 2008 |
| Website | Det Åpne Teater, Teater Polkadot |
In Transit the audience met two women who both were absorbed with their personal visions for life, struggling with insufficient time and being personally insufficient in meeting the challenges of everyday life. The basis was everyday situations made into more abstract choreographies.
Transit was mostly about adult life and problems, but it used irony come to priorities and showed vulnerability, dreams and longings. The dramatic quality first and foremost lay in the physical images the bodies created together and individually.
Source:
Det Åpne Teater, detapneteater.no, 25.10.2010, http://www.detapneteater.no/pub/daat/forestillinger/?aid=584&cid=17&sac=all&viewall=1#daat
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Yves Marc | – Direction |
| Jo Berger Myhre | – Composer |
| Katja Ebbel | – Costume design |
| Tilo Hahn | – Lighting design |
| Mariken Lauvstad | – Actor |
| Yvonne Wiche Levinsen | – Actor |
| Mariken Lauvstad | – Producer |
| Yvonne Wiche Levinsen | – Producer |
| April 25, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| April 24, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| 2008 | Worldwide premiere |
Ole-Morten Vestby, date unknown, Fredrikstad Blad[Fredrikstad]:
"The level of Mariken Lauvstad and Yvonne Wiche Levinsen’s accomplishments is amazingly high. In Transit they demonstrate stylistic confidence and surpassing creative abilities. Their exploration of up-to-date issues is insightful, humorous and at times a visual and dramatic masterpiece."