Heida Karine Johannesdottir Mobeck

Heida Karine Johannesdottir Mobeck, also known as
Heida Karine Johannesdottir, is a Norwegian musician and composer.

Heida Karine Johannesdottir Mobeck and Anja Lauvdal composed music for the production We Come in Peace (2019), a dance production by Helgebostad, Johannesdottir, Lauvdal, Floen and Theisen. The two of them and Kristin Helgebostad, Fredrik Floen and Irene Vesterhus Theisen received Norwegian Critics' Award for Dance 2019/2020 for their work on the production.

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(Objekt ID 65341)
Object type Person
Functions Composer, Musician
Nationality Norwegian
Gender Female
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In her speech at the awards ceremony for Norwegian Critics' Award for Dance 2019/2020, Karen Frøsland Nystøyl said the following, among other things:

"We Come in Peace is a remarkable production. It has been called a beautiful piece of performance art, a brave and moving project, a performance shining far into space and back. It is rare, because it is a genre of its own: We Come in Peace is the first contemporary dancical in the world. We hope it's a genre come to stay.

For in this intersection, there are possibilities both dance and music can grab hold of. When the freedom and enormous repertoire of contemporary dance meet the essence of the musical - the kind that can, with the lightest of hearts, embrace the cliches and has let go of irony a long time ago - the essence of We Come in Peace comes to life.

Through the Matrix look, through PVC and leather and babydolls, the naked, unvarnished and unaffected shine through, what is often the most difficult of all: Sincerity. It sits in every movement, in the demanding choreographic patterns, in the intricate footwork, in the tempo, in the sweat, in the pauses, in the music - and in the address.

I said that this year's nominees challenge the gaze. We Come in Peace challenges to be seen. We Come in Peace is like Frida, it stands with its heart in its hand. We Come in Peace invites us into ourselves. The performance is a visit from space, creatures who come - in peace - and want to show us something. It could have been a show of power. Instead, it is a show of love."

SOURCE:

Norwegian Critics' Association, kritikerlaget.no, 21.09.2020, https://kritikerlaget.no/saker/dansekritikerprisen-2019-2020

Involved in productions (8)
Title Premiere Role
kinShips () December 2, 2021 Musician
DRIV (Cirka TeaterTrondheim Chamber Music Festival) September 24, 2021 Technical Crew
King Lear (The Norwegian Theatre) February 29, 2020 Musician
We Come in Peace () September 19, 2019 Composer, Concept/Idea, Text, Musician, Poster
Flakkande Røynd () February 1, 2019 Composer, Musician
Come As You Are (Verk Produksjoner) March 16, 2017 Musician
Egg (Øyteateret) January 7, 2017 Musician
State (Ingri Midgard Fiksdal Dans) September 2016 Musician