...and Carolyn

...and Carolyn is a short dance work by Winter Guests/Alan Lucien Øyen, created for the award-winning dancers Camilla Spidsøe Cohen and Daniel Proietto in 2008.

...and Carolyn was part of the dance program Trippel dose dans* (Triple Dose of Dance) at The Norwegian Touring Theatre in 2014.

*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

Information

(Objekt ID 11243)
Object type Production
Premiere April 8, 2008
Produced by winter guests
Audience Adults
Keywords Dance, Contemporary dance
Running period April 8, 2008  
Duration 9 minutes
Website Winter Guests

Requirements to venue

Minimum stage width 10m
Minimum stage depth 10m
More

…and Carolyn by Winter Guests/Alan Lucien Øyen was conceived on the audio-score from the movie American Beauty, with music composed by Thomas Newman and texts by Alan Ball. 

In creating …and Carolyn on a cinematic score - with all sounds intact - the choreography became an abstract extension of the missing images from the film. The audience were left with the essence of cinematic emotionality to the soundscape of Alan Ball’s existential monologue.

…and Carolyn by Winter Guests/Alan Lucien Øyen was supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/MFA (travel grant/performing arts).

...and Carolyn was awarded 1st. Prize, Certamen Burgos, Spain 2008 and 1st. Prize Kedja Dansolution, Copenhagen Denmark 2008

Sources:

Winter Guests, winterguests.com, 09.03.2011, http://www.winterguests.com/dance/short-works.html

The Norwegian Touring Theatre, riksteatret.no, 20.03.2014, http://www.riksteatret.no/repertoar/trippel-dose-dans/

Contributors (4)
Name Role
Alan Lucien Øyen – Choreography
Alan Lucien Øyen – Lighting design
Camilla Spidsøe Cohen – Dancer
Daniel Proietto – Dancer
Performance dates
March 6, 2014Storegull, Riksteatret, The Norwegian Touring Theatre (Riksteatret) New opening
September 23, 2011 15:00 – Petite salle, Maison des Arts de Créteil, Frankrike (Les Plateaux) Show
May 16, 2010 20:00 – Assembly Hall Show
May 15, 2010 20:00 – Assembly Hall Show
April 8, 2008 Worldwide premiere
Festivals (1)
Les Plateaux September 23, 2011