Exit Strategies

At the webpage of Bastard, the international performing arts festival of Trondheim, the following, among other things, is written about Exit Strategies:

"Big conglomerates (and military strategies) always have an exit strategy ready. But what about the rest of us, who in our godlessness embrace profits and progression? The faith in the future stumbles nervously, in tune with the financial dance, and the doubt grows and keeps growing. Still, HGDC occupies an empty, shut-down shop and goes through with its business plan in an attempt to surpass doubt and step into euphoria.

Happy Gorilla Dance Company is a recently started multi-genre live art project with Jørgen Knudsen among the involved. He is known as one of the forces behind legendary Baktruppen. It may not be so surprising that this company creates performing arts with clear social commentary, great entertainment value and a lot of strange ideas.

Exit Strategies is a social examination in two parts, in which HGDC researches how society works and reacts in a given situation, for instance a recession. During the day the audience may visit an installation, and during the evening there is a performance in the same venue."

Supported by: Nordic Culture Point, The Fund for Performing Artists, The Audio Visual Fund, the municipality of Bergen, The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (travel grant/performing arts).

Thanks to: EC Dahls Eiendom

The production had the working title The Box.

Source:

Avant Garden, avantgarden.no, 07.09.2012, http://www.avantgarden.no/program/exit-strategies/