Mot himlaleite!* (Towards the area between the mountain and the sky)

Mot himlaleite!* (Towards the area between the mountain and the sky) (2008) was a dance production by Dansdesign, made on commission from Stavanger 2008 and Sauda. The production had its premiere in the skiing centre called Djuvsbotn.

It was choreographed by Anne Grete Eriksen and Leif Hernes.

*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning. "Himlaleite" is a dialect word referring to the area where the mountain ends and the sky starts.

Information

(Objekt ID 67296)
Object type Production
Premiere March 6, 2008
Produced by Dansdesign
Keywords Dance, Multimedia, Outdoors theatre
Running period March 6, 2008  —  March 9, 2008
Duration 60 minutes
Website dansdesign
More

SOURCES:

Dansdesign, dansdesign.com, 19.10.2016, http://dansdesign.com/blog/Productions/Mot%20Himlaleite/index.html

Dansdesign: Koreografi ute (literally: Outdoors choreography( Teater & Eftf. AS, 2009

Helge Reistad's private archive, donated by Helge Reistad, 26.10.2016

Reistad, Helge: Dansdesign 1978-2011. 33 år i dansekritikernes søkelys. (literally: Dansdesign 1978-2011. 33 years in the spotlight of the dance critics), Teater & Eftf AS, Oslo 2011

Other participants

Production team:
RAGNAR FOSSTVEIT, HANS AGNAR WIGELIUS, KJETTIL JANSON, JON HÅTVEIT, WEST AUDIO/BENJAMIN DAHL, HOVE LYSDESIGN/JENS BRYNE, RUNE ANDERSEN, METTE HELEN SEIM, RAGNAR FOSSTVEIT, RAGNHILD JOHANNESEN, KJELL AMGNE LALID, LARS REIDAR FOSSTVEIT, HILDEGUNN ÅSHEIM.

Jibbers and snowboarder:
ANDREAS HÅTVEIT, ANDERS BAKKE, JON BRATAKER, ERIK LØFTEN BØRRESEN, SONDRE ELIASSEN, STIAN ERIKSEN, ØYSTEIN FORNES, FREDRIK PERRY, SIGBJØRN TVEIT, TOBIAS BJØNNES, SONDRE FOSSTVEIT, GUNNAR ANDRE GAUTHUN, CHRISTOFFER GJERDE, VETLE INGE HALSNES, KJARTAN HEGGEBØ, MATHIAS LANDE, SONDRE LARSSON, LARS HENRIK KILLINGLAND LØGE, MADS RØSSLAND SKAR, CHRISTIAN HELGE SWAN.

Group leaders:
JON HÅTVEIT, LARS IVAR PETTERSEN LØGE.

Local singers:
The choir SONOR. OSCAR COLL, EGIL DAHL-OLSEN, GØSTA EKHOLDT, OLE JOHAN ILSTAD, JOSTEIN LØLAND, ALF GUNNAR PAULSEN, GEIR SKÅTEVIK, SVEIN I. THOMASSEN, TOR-OVE VALSKÅR, RAGNHILD ANDERSEN, ODDBJØRG AUSTERHEIM, WENCHE BERSTAD, GRO V. BIRKELAND, IDA G. DJUV, MARIT S. AA. FOSSTVEIT, ODDNY KJELLSEN, NANCY LUND, BERIT NYGÅRD.

Young local skiers:
OSCAR COLL, EGIL DAHL-OLSEN, GØSTA EKHOLDT, OLE JOHAN ILSTAD, JOSTEIN LØLAND, ALF GUNNAR PAULSEN, GEIR SKÅTEVIK, SVEIN I. THOMASSEN, TOR-OVE VALSKÅR, RAGNHILD ANDERSEN, ODDBJØRG AUSTERHEIM, WENCHE BERSTAD, GRO V.BIRKELAND, IDA G. D.JUV, MARIT S.Aa. FOSSTVEIT, ODDNY KJELLSEN, NANCY LUND, BERIT NYGÅRD, ANITA RØYRØY, INGEBROG F.SAUA, AILE SAHR VOLDEN, TORHILD WERDAL, ÅSE KAREN WIIG, ANNE KRISTIN ØYE, MAGNI BÅRDSEN

Performance dates
March 9, 2008Djuvsbotn Show
March 8, 2008Djuvsbotn Show
March 7, 2008Djuvsbotn Show
March 6, 2008Djuvsbotn Worldwide premiere
Press coverage

Stein Roger Fossmo, 07.03.2008, Rogalands Avis [Stavanger]:
"Unique and unforgettable [...] The Mot Himlaleite* (Towards the area between the mountain and the sky) performance became exactly the spectacular tempo, colour and sound show we were promised beforehand. [...] Approximately 1000 tilskuere spectators applauded ecstatically for a long time after the contemporary dancers, the musicians and the skiing acrobats had finished. [...] Thursday evening the weather was as nice as it can possibly be an evening early in March, no wind and clear skies. The vocal ensemble Sonor from Sauda, the 13 dancers in Dansdesign's choreography, the musicians, the jibbers and the snowboarders created a unique and unforgettable performance with video artist Marianne Selsjord."

*Not yet translated into the English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.