Alice
Alice (2003) was a solo production by Katrine Bølstad/Knot (now Katrine Bølstad Kompani). Alice was the interpretation choreographer/dancer Katrine Bølstad and video artist Bjørn Molstad have made of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Automated Alice by Jeff Noon.
Information
(Objekt ID 1761)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | 2003 |
| Produced by | |
| In collaboration with | Performing Arts Network (of Norway) |
| Based on | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; Automated Alice by Jeff Noon |
| Audience | Youth, Adults (from 13) |
| Keywords | Dance, Video, Dance theatre |
| Running period | 2003 |
| Website | Katrine Bølstad Kompani |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | Yes |
In Alice by Katrine Bølstad/KNOT the day-dreaming Alice falls down into Wonderland and has to look herself in the eye: The content of the bottles brings her into different conditions. The play is very loosely based on Lewis Caroll’s Alice in Wonderland. The performance moves between the universe of toys and horror parodies, between visual effects and dance.
When Alice falls down through the ground, the names are removed from the objects they belong to. Objects and words both lose their meanings, and even Alice’s own name disappears in the fall. The freedom to arise is funny, but scary. The audience meets a wordless Alice using the language of her body in an attempt at recreating meaning and identity, while being continuously misled in the world of the fairytales.
Katrine Bølstad has made her mark with a characteristic and expression-rich dance style. She was a member of the company Kikut, charming selective spectators at European theatre venues, as well as old and young at home.
In Alice Katrine Bølstad, Thomas Østbye and Hai Nguyen Dinh have intertwined video, music and dance.
SOURCES:
BIT Teatergarasjen, Oktoberdans 2004. 24.11.2010: http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no- arkiv
Katrine Bølstad Kompani, www.katrineworks.no, 16.10.2018, http://www.katrineworks.no/site.php?page=prod_alice&sub_page=credits
Teaternett, www.teaternett.no, 16.10.2018, http://www.teaternett.no/aktuelt/meldinger/2003/1205-029.htm
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Lewis Carroll | – Author |
| Jeff Noon | – Author |
| Katrine Bølstad | – Script |
| Katrine Bølstad | – Concept/Idea |
| Katrine Bølstad | – Choreography |
| Charlotte Prag | – Choreography (Gjestekoreograf) |
| Vibeke Sørlie | – Choreography (Gjestekoreograf) |
| Hai Nguyen Dinh | – Composition |
| Thomas A. Østbye | – Dramaturge |
| Katrine Bølstad | – Costume |
| Bjørn Molstad | – Video/Film |
| Hai Nguyen Dinh | – Sound design |
| Harald Fetveit | – Lighting design |
| Hai Nguyen Dinh | – Animation |
| Thomas A. Østbye | – Animation |
| Hai Nguyen Dinh | – Graphic designer |
| Thomas A. Østbye | – Graphic designer |
| Katrine Bølstad | – Performer |
| Ingunn Rimestad | – Performer (i video) |
| Trude Sneve | – Mask design |
| October 15, 2004 18:00 – Studio USF, USF Verftet (Oktoberdans) | Show |
| October 14, 2004 18:00 – Studio USF, USF Verftet (Oktoberdans) | Show |
| May 6, 2004 – BIT Teatergarasjen | Show |
| April 7, 2004 – BIT Teatergarasjen | Show |
| December 14, 2003 19:00 – Parkteatret Scene | Show |
| December 13, 2003 19:00 – Parkteatret Scene | Show |
| December 12, 2003 19:00 – Parkteatret Scene | Show |
| December 11, 2003 19:00 – Parkteatret Scene | Show |
| 2003 | Opening night |
| Oktoberdans | October 14, 2004 |