Joystick

Joystick is a dance production by the company Demodans.

Joystick was made in collaboration between Eva-Cecilie Richardsen, HC Gilje and the music group SubGud.

Information

(Objekt ID 24362)
Object type Production
Premiere 1999
Produced by Demodans
Audience Adults
Keywords Dance, Music
Running period 1999  
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In the program of Oktoberdans 1999 the following, among other things, was written about Joystick by Demodans:

"Joystick is the fifth production by Demodans, in which choreographer Eva-Cecilie Richardsen, videographer HC Gilje and the techno/ambient band SubGud create a new, image-conjuring and explosive concert performance.

The collaboration from Bøffel* (98) and Super G (97) is developed in a clear, at times brutal hybrid of music, dance and video. The theme revolves around ideas about prostheses as links between people and the longing for what they replace.

Joystick is nostalgia conveyed through modern expressions."

Demodans had made the productions Blott* (98) and Punch-drunk (99) in addition to the already mentioned, plus the commissioned work Deliver Me (for the opening of Momentum, 1998).

With Joystick Demodans aimed to take use of the performance potential of digital video technology, for the purpose of an active relationship between videography and dancers.

Demodans was selected to participate in a Norwegian art mustering in Frankfurt, Germany.

Source:

The Oktoberdans program 1999, BIT Teatergarasjen

*Demodans used the Norwegian-language titles for these productions when performing abroad as well. Bøffel means Buffalo, whereas Blott has a double meaning; it can be an adverb meaning simply/purely/only, or it can be a verb encouraging a person to reveal or expose oneself.

Contributors (3)
Name Role
Eva-Cecilie Richardsen – Choreography
Hans Christian Gilje – Video/Film
Eva-Cecilie Richardsen – Dancer
Performance dates
October 14, 1999Ridehuset , The Norwegian Touring Theatre (Riksteatret) Show
October 10, 1999 20:00 – BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk Show
1999 Worldwide premiere
1999Studio, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Show
1999 Show
Festivals (2)
Oktoberdans October 10, 1999
Junge Hunde Festival 1999