Thousand Rooms
Thousand Rooms (2011) was a choreography concert by Company B. Valiente in which the musician performed choreography as a dancer would.
Information
(Objekt ID 33138)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | October 18, 2011 |
| Produced by | Company B. Valiente |
| Coproducers | |
| In collaboration with | Riksscenen |
| Audience | Adults |
| Keywords | Dance, Contemporary dance, Concert, Music |
| Running period | October 18, 2011 |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Website | Company B. Valiente |
With Thousand Rooms the choreographer Gunhild Bjørnsgaard aimed to probe the depths of the world of composer Georges Aperghis. According to Company B. Valiente his music requires great precision, evoking a journey through the unconscious, through the undisclosed dimensions of the performer. Aperghis is a composer who challenges musicians by having them employ theatre methods as an important aspect of their communication with an audience and as a significant element of the performance piece.
Composer Rolf-Erik Nystrøm also allowed himself to be influenced and challenged by Aperghis' music, in the music he created for the production.
Thousand Rooms by Company B. Valiente was supported by Arts Council Norway, The Fund for Performing Artists and the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs/MFA (travel grant/performing arts).
Sources:
CODA Oslo International Dance Festival, codadancefest.no, 08.09.2012, http://www.codadancefest.no/en/program/new-creation/
Scenekunst.no, 11.09.2013, http://www.scenekunst.no/pub/scenekunst/nyheter/?aid=2551
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Gunhild Bjørnsgaard | – Idea |
| Gunhild Bjørnsgaard | – Choreography |
| Rolf-Erik Nystrøm | – Composition |
| Marcelino Martin Valiente | – Dramaturge |
| Nina Biong | – Dancer |
| Silje Marie Aker Johnsen | – Dancer |
| Rolf-Erik Nystrøm | – Musician (Saksofon) |
| Silje Marie Aker Johnsen | – Singer |
| Marcelino Martin Valiente | – Advisor (Kunstnerisk rådgiver) |
| December 5, 2012 19:30 – Studio du CDC à Toulouse, Centre de développement chorégraphique de Toulouse / Midi-Pyrénées (Festival Novelum) | Show |
| December 4, 2012 19:30 – Studio du CDC à Toulouse, Centre de développement chorégraphique de Toulouse / Midi-Pyrénées (Festival Novelum) | Show |
| September 28, 2012 16:15 – Grand Salle (Maison des arts de Créteil) (Les Plateaux) | Show |
| October 29, 2011 18:00 – The Main Hall, Sandnes Kulturhus | Show |
| October 19, 2011 19:00 – Hovedscenen, Riksscenen (CODA) | Show |
| October 18, 2011 21:00 – Hovedscenen, Riksscenen (CODA) | Worldwide premiere |
| Festival Novelum | December 4, 2012 |
| Les Plateaux | September 28, 2012 |
| CODA | October 18, 2011 |
Gérard Mayen, December 2012, Danser [France]:
"Her production Thousand Rooms could seem a bit dated, kept together by geometrically formal modernity with roots between 1960 and 1980, and supported by text and music by Aperghis. One dancer, one soprano and one saxophone player took responsibility for the material, but then this foundation was brought miraculously up to date. The combination of vocal, gestural and musical lines got to work together in pure virtuosity, with a clear flow so natural it seemed the performance was created in real time before our own eyes. With transparent and captivating lifelikeness a language was linked together seemingly there and then, in exchange between the performers."