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Rotating Nora

Rotating Nora is a dance production by Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt (IBP), produced in collaboration with Dansens Hus in 2014.

The production is inspired by A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen.

Ingun Bjørnsgaard choreographed it.

Information

(Objekt ID 40925)
Object type Production
Premiere September 12, 2014
Produced by Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt
Coproducers Dansens Hus
Based on A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Keywords Dance, Theatre
Running period September 12, 2014  
Website INGUN BJØRNSGAARD PROSJEKT
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At the webpage of The National Theatre the following, among other things, is written about Rotating Nora:

"In A Doll's House, the traditional male and female is in an ambiguous zone. Power relationships, love, sexuality and motherhood are part of complex patterns. Dance has a historical grounding in the feminine. Through dance history we have met a silent woman. But Nora is a talking woman. Or is she?

Ingun Bjørnsgaard, in her latest performance, grabs hold of Ibsen's most famous female character, Nora. One of Norway's foremost choreographers continues her immersion in Ibsen's works. In past performances, she has drawn inspiration from The Lady from the Sea and Hedda Gabler. Archetypal fragments from A Doll's House is reworked and inserted into new contexts with the unmistakable signature of Bjørnsgaard.

In Rotating Nora, the dancers and the choreographer seek out and indulge in collisions between requirements and expectations, between the sublime and the obscene, between desires and needs. Ambivalence is queen, and there is a dominating feeling of having gone astray. The tragicomic humanness becomes visible, imperfect and perfect. In motion."

The production is part of the program of The Ibsen Festival 2014.

Sources:

The National Theatre, program for The Ibsen Festival 2014, http://www.nationaltheatret.no/Her+er+programmet!.b7C_wRnG5W.ips

The National Theatre on Rotating Nora, http://www.nationaltheatret.no/?module=Articles&action=Article.publicOpen&id=5303

Contributors (17)
Name Role
Henrik Ibsen – Playwright
Ingun Bjørnsgaard – Choreography
Eivind Buene – Composition
Kai Johnsen – Dramaturge
Thomas Björk – Stage design
Ane Aasheim – Costume design
Morten Pettersen – Sound design
Lutz Deppe – Lighting design
Mattias Ekholm – Dancer
Catharina Vehre Gresslien – Dancer
Marianne Haugli (from 2016) – Dancer
Marta-Luiza Jankowska – Dancer
Erik Rulin – Dancer
Matias Rønningen – Dancer
Ida Wigdel – Dancer
Erik Berg – Photo
Hans Jaran Skogen – Lighting technician
Performance dates
Navember 23, 2016 19:30 – Olavshallen, Lille sal Show
Navember 22, 2016 19:30 – Olavshallen, Lille sal New opening
September 12, 2014Hovedscenen, Dansens Hus Opening night
Festivals (1)
The Ibsen Festival September 12, 2014