Now the field is open

Now the field is open (2012) by dEEp doWN dopEiZM, Impure Company/Hooman Sharifi and Javid Afsari Rad is a performance based on distinct characters and originality, and collaboration across divides has been the aim.

What happens when three totally different cultures meet? What can Norwegian contemporary dance, Persian traditional music and street and club dance add to each other? Or: What happens when Impure Company/Hooman Sharifi meet Javid Afsari Rad and dEEp doWN dopEIZM?

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(Objekt ID 27251)
Object type Production
Premiere January 26, 2012
Produced by Impure Company/Hooman Sharifi, dEEp doWN dopEiZM
Audience Adults, Youth
Running period January 26, 2012  
Website dopeizm
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Now the Field is Open byImpure Company/Hooman Sharifi, Javid Afsari Rad and dEEp doWN dopEIZMis a cultural meeting and a dialogue. At the same time it is - according to Dansens hus - a nuanced culture clash, unpredictable and innovative.

How do they communicate? Does one bend to reshaping one's language, or does one become clearer and more outspoken on what is one's own? To which degree is one willing or able to adjust one's own? And to what does one, in that case, adjust to, and for whom? Can collaborate exist without having the individuality disappear? Transparent, open meetings rise, and the audience is invited to take part.

Now the Field is Open by dEEp doWN dopEiZM, Impure Company/Hooman Sharifi and Javid Afsari Rad was supported by Arts Council Norway, The Fund for Performing Artists and The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (travel grant/performing arts).

Source:

Dansens hus, dansenshus.com, 06.03.2012, http://www.dansenshus.com/forestillinger/now-the-field-is-open/

Contributors (18)
Name Role
Hooman Sharifi – Direction
Meftah Boushehri – Music
Javid Afsari Rad – Music
Reza Samani – Music
Hooman Sharifi – Lighting design
David Stenmarck – Illustrations
Rikke Baewert – Dancer
Marikken Heitkøtter Bratlie – Dancer
Mathias Jin Budtz – Dancer
Ida Gudbrandsen – Dancer
Loan Thanh Ha – Dancer
Richard Retteråsen – Dancer
Hooman Sharifi – Dancer
Marlene Skoglund – Dancer
Matthew William Smith – Dancer
Anne Golberg Stavn – Dancer
Camilla Tellefsen – Dancer
Valerié Lanciaux – Coordinator
Performance dates
December 12, 2013 20:30 – Salle Touchard Show
May 17, 2013 20:30 – Espace Michel-Simon Show
April 17, 2013 20:00 – Douwe Egbertszaal, Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Nederland Show
April 11, 2013 20:30 – Halle G, Tanzquartier Wien Show
July 2, 2012 20:00 – Salle Molière, Opéra Comédie Show
March 28, 2012 19:00 – Hovedscenen, Dansens Hus Show
March 27, 2012 19:00 – Hovedscenen, Dansens Hus Show
January 29, 2012 19:00 – Hovedscenen, Dansens Hus Show
January 26, 2012 19:00 – Hovedscenen, Dansens Hus Worldwide premiere