Do & Undo
Do & Undo (2002) by Baktruppen. After many years of textual and idea work, Baktruppen was ready to dance. This lead to the dance performance "Do & Undo".
Information
(Objekt ID 3444)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | October 30, 2002 |
| Produced by | Baktruppen |
| Coproducers | |
| Based on | Adagietto, Symphony no. 5 by Gustav Mahler |
| Audience | Adults |
| Keywords | Dance, Dance theatre, Performance, Contemporary dance, Work-in-progress, Musical theatre |
| Running period | October 30, 2002 — Navember 13, 2009 |
| Website | Baktruppen |
Requirements to venue
| Lights requirements | towers with 8 profile lamps in each, towers placed on left and right end of the dancemat. 1 lightmixer on stage, and technician who can make a chase-program and adjust the profiles. Access to the main roof-light. |
| Audio requirements | 1 good soundsystem, lifted off the ground, 1 CD player on stage |
| Blackout | Yes |
| Other | 1 high quality dancemat, 15 m long (depends on the space). 1 smokemachine, (smoke, not fog). |
Unfamiliar with the ruling dance conventions, Baktruppen embarked on a collaboration with the choreographers Ingun Bjørnsgaard, Eva Meyer-Keller (Germany) and Kyrre Texnæs, plus Karstein Solli. In three groups with each their choreographer Baktruppen studied dance in Uganda, in Røros (Norway) and in Oslo (Norway). The diverging experiences were joined together and Baktruppen distilled the whole thing down to a concentrate of knots in which members of Baktruppen, wearing black and white tricots, move through three entries, two sorties, one turning point and 40 minutes with one trip under the mat they dance on. Baktruppen pulls and pushes in and out of different knotted, twirled and braided patterns in which the art is to stick together, for better and worse.
Music: Gustav Mahlers Adagietto, streched.
Supported by: Norsk Kulturråd, Utenriksdepartementet
Source:
Baktruppen archive. Baktruppen. 04.03.2011
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Øyvind Berg | – Co-creator |
| Trine Falch | – Co-creator |
| Ingvild Holm | – Co-creator |
| Jørgen Knudsen | – Co-creator |
| Per Henrik Svalastog | – Co-creator |
| Bo Krister Wallström | – Co-creator |
| Worm Winther | – Co-creator |
| Ingun Bjørnsgaard | – Partner |
| Eva Meyer-Keller | – Partner |
| Karstein Solli | – Partner |
| Kyrre Texnæs | – Partner |
| Steirischer Herbst | September 22, 2007 |
| NU Performance Festival | Navember 2, 2005 |
| Gothenburg Dance and Theatre Festival | August 27, 2004 |
| Limelight | Navember 18, 2003 |
| The Performance Festival | October 12, 2003 |
| Stamsund Teaterfestival | May 29, 2003 |
| Perfect Performance | April 5, 2003 |
| Autunnale | Navember 15, 2002 |
Maria Lindh-Garreau, review titled "Violent murder for fun on the life of entertainment", Dagens Nyheter 07.04.2003:
"It is like the sculptures of Vigeland are moving. Images of human connections for the audience to associate over. Images of the humans’ absolute conditions of living, doing and undoing ties to others from umbilical cord to the grave."
Writer unknown, review titled "Another dance with Baktruppen", Bergens Tidende, 06.11.2002:
""Identitanz" really is another dance. Light years from The Swan Lake! But beautiful it was, funny and grotesque."
Writer and date unknown, Teatertidsskriftet Visslingar och Rop (Swedish Theatre Magazine):
"Baktruppen, the conceptual, Norwegian group of artists, is indisputable the best of their kind in Scandinavia. Don't miss Do&Undo, a tribute to body tights.»