Footballgame between Ibsen's women and Strindberg's men

Footballgame between Ibsen's women and Strindberg's men (1990) was a performance by Baktruppen performed in Treptower Park in Berlin. Footballgame between Ibsen’s women and Strindberg’s men was performed at the occasion of Knut Ove Arntzen’s 40eth birthday.

Information

(Objekt ID 10305)
Object type Production
Premiere October 7, 1990
Produced by Baktruppen
Audience All
Number of events 1
Keywords Performance, Post-dramatic theatre, Action
Running period October 7, 1990  —  October 7, 1990
Duration 52 minutes
Website Baktruppen

Requirements to venue

Blackout No
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According to Baktruppen the company succeeded in Footballgame between Ibsen’s women and Strindberg’s men for the first time in uniting serious themes with a playful acting style, something which the artists found had consequences at several levels in the company’s following productions.

Sources:

Knut Ove Arntzen and Camilla Eeg-Tverbakk, ed. (2009). Performance art by Baktruppen. First part. Oslo: published by the publishing house Kontur forlag

Baktruppen, 31.12.2010, http://www.baktruppen.org

Baktruppen’s archive. Donated by Baktruppen March 4 2011.

Contributors (15)
Name Role
Tone Avenstroup – Performer (Ibsen’s women)
Erik Balke – Performer (Strindberg’s men)
Hans Petter Melø Dahl – Performer (Strindberg’s men)
Anne Katrine Dolven – Performer (Strindberg’s men)
Werner Durand – Performer (Ibsen’s women)
Trine Falch – Performer (Strindberg's men)
Bente Geving – Performer (Ibsen’s women)
Terje Geving – Performer (Ibsen’s women)
Ole Henrik Hagen – Performer (Strindberg’s men)
Wolfgang Krause – Performer (Ibsen’s women)
Per Kvist (kunsthistoriker) – Performer
Jan Sveen – Performer (Strindberg’s men)
Niko Tenten – Performer (Linjedommer)
Bo Krister Wallström – Performer (Dommer)
Worm Winther – Performer (Ibsen’s women)
Performance dates
October 7, 1990Treptower Park Worldwide premiere