WeFiction & Private Rite

WeFiction & Private Rite (2009) by Panta Rei Dance Theatre (PRD) is a production consisting of two choreographies; WeFiction, about the energy of memories, and Private Rite, about the search for a perfect performance.

Information

(Objekt ID 163)
Object type Production
Premiere October 22, 2009
Produced by Panta Rei Dance Theatre
Audience Children, Youth (from 10 to 16)
Keywords Dance, Dance theatre, Performance for youth, Contemporary dance
Running period October 22, 2009  
Duration 45 min or 60 min (depending on the audience)
Website Panta Rei Danseteater, Hålogaland Teater

Requirements to venue

Minimum stage width 8m
Maximum stage width 7m
Minimum stage depth 8m
Maximum stage depth 9m
Minimum stage height 3m
Lights requirements depending on the venue, the company can provide technical equipment.
Audio requirements depending on the venue, the company can provide technical equipment.
Blackout Yes
Rigging time 150 minutes
Downrigging time 60 minutes
Audience 120
Other Audiance in the round.
More

WeFiction & Private Rite by Panta Rei Dance Theatre invited the audience into a world in which three dancers in dialogue with each other and their surroundings examined identity.

WeFiction was a choreography growing forth in close collaboration with the dancers. Newly created tunes with inspiration from traditional Norwegian folk music came from England through the especially composed music by Nathaniel Reed. In the production the audience met three dancers who used themselves and memories from their own lives in the choreography Anne Holck Ekenes and Pia Holden.

Private Rite was choreographed by Canadian Hélène Blackburn. She made a strict, but humorous performance. The audience members were taken along on a journey into the daily rituals of the dancers, an eternal search for the perfect performance.

WeFiction & Private Rite by Panta Rei Dance Theatre was supported by Arts Council Norway, The Fund for Performing Artists and the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs/MFA (travel grant/performing arts and grant for cultural exchange with Southern countries/performing arts).

Source:

Performing Arts Hub Norway, danseogteatersentrum.no, 22.01.2011, http://www.danseogteatersentrum.no/sck/members.shtml?lang=nor&sam=&cat=3&gen=&cou=&cri=&aid=107&prid=7&act=prod

Contributors (10)
Name Role
Hélène Blackburn – Choreography (Private Rite)
Anne Holck Ekenes – Choreography (WeFiction)
Pia Holden – Choreography (WeFiction)
Nathaniel Reed – Music
Fiona Chivers – Stage design
Tilo Hahn – Lighting design
Julie Drønen Ekornes – Dancer
Silje Bævre Lian – Dancer
Garry Tomlinson – Dancer
Stuart Waters – Dancer
Performance dates
December 5, 2012 18:00 – Grande Salle, La Comédie de Reims Show
Navember 11, 2012 15:30 – Logen Show
October 16, 2012Mtoni Palace, Zanzibar Show
October 15, 2012Mtoni Palace, Zanzibar Show
October 7, 2012House of Culture, Dar Es Salam Show
October 6, 2012House of Culture, Dar Es Salam Show
April 24, 2012 12:00 – Verkstedhallen, Svartlamon & Co Show
April 24, 2012 18:00 – Verkstedhallen, Svartlamon & Co Show
July 7, 2011 21:30 – Old Guildhall Mine Rozbark Show
July 2, 2011 20:00 – Erarta Show
May 4, 2011 19:00 – Antoine Saleh Hall, Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque Show
April 29, 2011 20:30 – Large Theater, Al Madina Theater Show
June 5, 2010Gimle, Stamsund - Teater NOR Show
May 14, 2010 18:00 – Pocket Hall, Arts Printing House Show
October 23, 2009 20:00 – Hovedscenen, Dansens Hus Show
October 22, 2009 20:00 – Hovedscenen, Dansens Hus Worldwide premiere
Press coverage

Inger-Margrethe Lunde, 25.10.2009, opinion piece called CODA løfter dansen i Norge (CODA lifts Norwegian dance), Aftenposten [Oslo]:
"Norwegian Ina Christel Johannessen with The Thief and Panta Rei Dance Theatre gave us two distinct performances with signatures of their own."