The Ugly Duckling
The Ugly Duckling is a production by dybwikdans, based on the fairytale by H. C. Andersen.
Siri Dybwik choreographed it.
The Ugly Duckling is a story of opposition, being different, but also about victory and joy. This is the classic story of the cygnet growing up among ducks. He is misunderstood and harassed because he is different from all the others and eventually he flees. He goes through a lot of hurt before he is eventually transformed into a beautiful swan, admired by all.
Information
(Objekt ID 458)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | 2008 |
| Produced by | dybwikdans |
| Based on | The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen |
| Audience | Children (from 4) |
| Keywords | Dance, Performance for children |
| Running period | 2008 |
Requirements to venue
| Minimum stage width | 10m |
| Minimum stage depth | 10m |
| Blackout | Yes |
| Rigging time | 180 minutes |
| Downrigging time | 60 minutes |
| Audience | 100 |
In The Ugly Duckling by dybwikdans the audience of children meets a dancer and a narrator/musician, and the performance will invite to close interaction between performer and spectator.
The children are allowed to take part in the performance, and everyone is included in a workshop before and after the show. This is not a performance just to be observed, as dybwikdans wants the children to experience the story using all senses.
The production was made for the contemporary dance festival for the youngest the spring of 2008, initiated by the culture centre of Sandnes kulturhus and RAS.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Hans Christian Andersen | – Author |
| Siri Dybwik | – Choreography |
| Bodil Bay Schultz | – Stage design |
| Bodil Bay Schultz | – Costume design |
| Nils Christian Fossdal | – Sound design |
| Bjørnar Mæland | – Lighting design |
| Nils Christian Fossdal | – Actor |
| Silje Bævre Lian | – Dancer |
| Morten Berentsen | – Photo |
| Siri Dybwik | – Producer |
| Hilde Blesvik | – Other |
| Thomas Lønning | – Other |
| 2008 | Opening night |
Line Enervold Berg, Stavanger Aftenblad, date unknown:
"H.C. Andersen's well-known story about being different is told vividly and involved by Nils Christian Fossdal, while the dancer Silje Bævre Lian describes the bird's body's advanced moving pattern to the least detail. (...) With simple, but efficient means dybwikdans has managed to make the fairytale of the ugly duckling into a story for all senses. The new twist in the performance format has become a successful project, and will probably live a long life in newly hatched swan bodies."