Un-do-three

Un-do-three (2005) was the third part of the dance trilogy by Baktruppen, developed with co-producer Kampnagel in Hamburg, Germany.

Information

(Objekt ID 6088)
Object type Production
Premiere Navember 2, 2005
Produced by Baktruppen
Coproducers Kampnagel International Summer Festival
Audience Adults
Keywords Dance theatre, Performance, Post-dramatic theatre, Multidisciplinary, Musical theatre
Running period October 30, 2005  
Website Baktruppen
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In Baktruppen’s log for 2005 the following is written about Un-do-three: "The dance is to be completed in the room of co-producer Kampnagel Hamburg’s room. We feel like dancing in with the rig. (Yes, it’s possible.) (No, we don’t know how.) But sure we can dance in with plugs, jack plugs, mats, loudspeakers, lamps, a smoke machine, filters etc. Even the audience can we dance in with."

At a time, this idea gave Baktruppen connotative associations to folklore, and the artists searched for possible movement patterns in Norwegian traditional dances.

Sources:

Baktruppen, 03.01.2011, http://www.baktruppen.org/div_htmls/soknad0608.html

Knut Ove Arntzen and Camilla Eeg-Tverbakk, ed. (2009). Performance art by Baktruppen. First part. Oslo: The publishing house Kontur forlag

Contributors (7)
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
Performance dates
December 4, 2005First Floor Theatre, PS122 Show
December 3, 2005First Floor Theatre, PS122 Show
Navember 2, 2005SAAL, Kanuti Gildi SAAL (NU Performance Festival) Worldwide premiere
October 30, 2005Kampnagel Work-in-progress
Festivals (1)
NU Performance Festival Navember 2, 2005
Press coverage

Jennifer Dunning, Blithe Spirits Wrapped Up in Some Unlikely Bodies, 06.12.2005, New York Times [New York]:
"Un-Do-Three, the work presented by the zany troupe, is actually two pieces. The first is fascinating in the way it takes unlikely bodies doing unlikely things to totally unlikely music by Mahler in an oddball space that the performers make full use of. The second, inspired too much by the Merce Cunningham-Elliot Caplan film Deli Commedia, soon squanders a lot of the good will this charming group builds up in the first half."