we failed to hold this reality in mind
we failed to hold this reality in mind by Hooman Sharifi/Impure Company. Impure Company celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2005, and after four productions presented in numerous venues on four continents, Hooman Sharifi returned to the format within which he had started.
Information
(Objekt ID 8819)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | 2005 |
| Produced by | Impure Company/Hooman Sharifi |
| Coproducers | BIT Teatergarasjen, , Springdance, Rencontres Choregraphique Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis |
| Audience | Adults |
| Keywords | Contemporary dance |
| Running period | 2005 |
Hooman Sharifi/Impure Company’s fifth production we failed to hold this reality in mind is a solo performance based in the personal and the private. Sharifi chooses a distanced retrospective glance and searches for an expression for the personal material.
In the solo production we failed to hold this reality in mind by Hooman Sharifi/Impure Company Hooman Sharifi worked using his personal story and a series of questions:
- How can we express the personal without creating small-mindedness?
- How can we present the ethnic without creating difference?
- How can we create empathy?
- How can we present identity or create identity?
- What is ethnic background?
- Is ethnic just ethnic?
we failed to hold this reality in mind was presented in collaboration with ISFiT (The International Student Festival in Trondheim) and was supported by Arts Council Norway.
Sources: BIT Teatergarasjen, spring program 2005. 11.11.2010: http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no -arkiv
Spring program 2007, Avant Garden.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Hooman Sharifi | – Choreography |
| Javid Afsari Rad | – Music |
| Hooman Sharifi | – Lighting design |
| Hooman Sharifi | – Dancer |
| Hooman Sharifi | – Photo |
| Leif Hernes | – Counsellor (Kunstnerisk veileder) |
| Rikke Baewert | – Assistant (Teknisk hjelp) |
| May 15, 2007 – BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk | Show |
| February 21, 2007 – Olavshallen, Lille sal | Show |
| February 20, 2007 – Olavshallen, Lille sal | Show |
| May 14, 2005 – BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk | Show |
| 2005 | Worldwide premiere |