Pastillstupet* (The Pastille Dive)

At the webpage of Dansens Hus the following, among other things, is written about Pastillstupet* (The Pastille Dive) by Martin Slaatto:

"Alertness in case of art:

I have given myself a challenge, I am to dive. It is clearly the diving woman** who drives me to it. She leads me out on the edge, back to the tower of the bath at Hvalstrand, and functionalism. Effortlessly I want to establish new connections. I want to get beneath the layers of the room and architecture. I want to be there, at the exact right time, when everything is changed, that is when I want to be there, capture mother's blue hat before it is taken by the wind.

(…)

Throughout a decade Martin Slaatto has made his mark with productions filled with ideas, confrontations and humour. Pastillstupet is related to Rå sløyfe* (Raw Route) (2007), Sløyfa* (The Route) (2004), Skavanken* (The Flaw) (2002) and Mann med motorsykkel R100CS/Uanmeldt hopper* (Man with the motorbike R100CS/Unannounced jumper) (1998). The projects mix autobiographical material, documentary and imagination, in which the solo expression is followed by clear stage design and architecture elements working as fellow actors - often with an element of risk."

Supported by: Arts Council Norway.

Sources:

Dansens Hus, dansenshus.com, 08.09.2012, http://www.dansenshus.com/forestillinger/pastillstupet/

E-mail from Lea A. Basch Opheim, 07.09.2012

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

**There is a popular Norwegian brand of salty pastilles with a diving woman drawn on the box. This is what Slaatto, and the production's title, refers to. Sceneweb's comment.