| Title (3) | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Editorial on the independent performing arts in Oslo the year of 2007 | December 13, 2007 | Download | |
| Review of Engstad and Nilseng's production Lola and her red shoes dancing with Cirkus Polski (2007) | October 1, 2007 | Download | |
| Sesongprogramkatalog Black Box Teater høsten 2007. | August 2007 | Download |
Lola and her red shoes dancing with Cirkus Polski
Lola and her red shoes dancing with Cirkus Polski by Enstad & Nilseng is a dance theatre performance which can be described as a mix of circus and variety, song and dance, Polish-Russian dance band, glitter and farting horses, sawdust and emotions. It is about a legendary circus artist, Lola Zorba, who was widely known to do her trapeze acts in high-heeled red shoes.
Information
(Objekt ID 4650)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | September 28, 2007 |
| Coproducers | Black Box Teater |
| Audience | Adults |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Keywords | Dance theatre, Physical theatre, Theatre, Circus, Variety show, Musical theatre, Dance, Tragicomedy/Seriocomedy, Metatheatre |
| Running period | September 28, 2007 |
The production Lola and her red shoes dancing with Cirkus Polski by Enstad & Nilseng tells the story about Lola Zorba who lost one shoe during a performance, an unforgivable mistake seen with her own eyes. Heartbroken she limped out of the ring and left the circus forever. But the way fate wanted it the former KGB agent Siberian Varga Domji Sai witnessed the performance that evening. She was deeply moved by what happened and decided to find Lola. After searching for many years she found her in a closed amusement park in Warsaw, living in an unhappy marriage. Varga managed to talk Lola into performing again.
Lola and her red shoes dancing with Cirkus Polski was a production by Enstad & Nilseng springing out from a meeting between two persons longing to fulfil their life projects. Can anything new rise from nostalgia, or is it just sentimental and self-destructive?
Actress Marika Enstad and dancer Ulf Nilseng had formerly worked together in a project called Det Motsatte Prosjekt (literally: The Opposite Project). With Lola and her red shoes dancing with Cirkus Polski they wanted to explore each other in a new context.
The production was supported by Arts Council Norway and The Fund for Performing Artists.
Source: Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival, pit.no, http://2008.pit.no/show_details.asp?ID=604
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Dag Johan Haugerud | – Text (tekstbearbeidelse) |
| Marika Enstad | – Concept/Idea |
| Ulf Nilseng | – Concept/Idea |
| Øyvind Borgemoen Lyse | – Music |
| Olav Myrtvedt | – Stage design |
| Vidar Løvstad | – Musical arrangement |
| Elisabeth Kjeldahl Nilsson | – Lighting design |
| Øyvind Borgemoen Lyse | – Actor (Juri (verdens sterkeste musiker)) |
| Marika Enstad | – Actor (Varga (direktøren for det hele)) |
| Vidar Løvstad | – Actor (Igor (verdens sterkeste musiker)) |
| Ulf Nilseng | – Actor (Lola (tidligere trapesdanserinne)) |
| Jon Tombre | – Consultant (Regi) |
| Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival | June 18, 2008 |
| The Contemporary Stage Festival | September 28, 2007 |
"...a stylish, luscious and colourful circus variety in which glamour and humour as well as tragedy are allowed to strike strongly... The musicians make up a very charming part of the production and not least they perform lots of great music weaved well into the whole. (...) The production about Lola and Varga goes from showing a rehearsal situation to reveal troubled human relationships, past traumas and fear of emotions. Their circus is a revealing circus, metaphorically (there is no nudity), the transvestites Varga and Lola. Two archetypes who with all their power and energy turns insides out and takes us into the soul’s joy and darkest alleys."
Leinslie, Elisabeth (01.10.2007). Review titled Sterkt ensemble med sterkt innhold (literally: Powerful ensemble with powerful content). Scenekunst, Scenekunst.no, 17.11.2010, http://www2.scenekunst.no/article_3948.nml