Largo
Largo was a dance production produced by Nordwest Tanzcompagnie, a project company made up with dancers from Tanztheater Bremen and Tanzcompagnie Oldenburg in 2009, with choreography by Ingun Bjørnsgaard.
In Norway the production was performed in Bærum and Bergen.
Information
(Objekt ID 33434)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | February 28, 2009 |
| Produced by | Tanztheater Bremen, Tanzcompagnie Oldenburg, Nordwest Tanzcompagnie |
| Keywords | Dance |
| Running period | February 28, 2009 |
Ingun Bjørnsgaardwon Norwegian Critics' Award for dance in 2009/2010 for Largo.
"In a time when more contemporary dance choreographers test works with large companies, Bjørnsgaard shows that she masters the format, as well as performances in solos, duos and trios. When 18 dancers create an apparent state of chaos in Largo, a well-considered composition step forward, one in which the choreographer's eye for the individual and the group is taken carefully care of. Bjørnsgaard excellently balances power and fragility, humour and melancholy in quick transformations, unexpected and unpredictable. The production towers above other choreography performed in Norwegian venues the period of 2009/2010.
Bjørnsgaard's musicality creates dynamic interaction between music and movement. The music is, as in several of Bjørnsgaard's former productions, composed by Per Henrik Svalastog. Baroque music by Bach, Telemann, Goebel, Händel and others has also been used."
Read the speech in full (Norwegian only) here.
Sources:
Ingun BP, www.ingunbp.no, 13.02.2013, http://www.ingunbp.no/pages/eng/5-largo
Norwegian Critics'Association, kritikerlaget.no, 29.09.2011, http://www.kritikerlaget.no/pages/nor/540-dansekritikerprisen_20092010_til_ingun_bjoernsgaard
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Ingun Bjørnsgaard | – Choreography |
| Per Henrik Svalastog | – Composition |
| Thomas Björk | – Stage design |
| Thomas Björk | – Costume |
| Navember 10, 2009 – Studio Bergen, Carte Blanche | Show |
| Navember 8, 2009 – Store Sal, Bærum Kulturhus | National premiere, Norway |
| February 28, 2009 | Worldwide premiere |