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
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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

Contributors (20)
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
Performance dates
October 15, 2004 18:00 – Studio USF, USF Verftet Show
October 14, 2004 18:00 – Studio USF, USF Verftet Show
May 6, 2004BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk Show
April 7, 2004BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk 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
Festivals (1)
Oktoberdans October 14, 2004