Arctic Voices
Arctic Voices was made by The Samovar Theatre AKA Samovarteatret. The production discusses the emphasis on the Barents region and the politic strategy for the Northern area.
Information
(Objekt ID 685)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | January 31, 2008 |
| Produced by | The Samovar Theatre |
| Audience | Youth, Adults (from 15) |
| Keywords | Theatre |
| Running period | January 31, 2008 — 2011 |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | Yes |
In Arctic Voices The Samovar Theatre directs its attention towards the daily life of the people in a border region such as the Barents area. Human life in the multicultural, geographically wide North reflects many millenniums history of survival, cohesion and friendship. A diversity of languages, symbols and distinctiveness has formed strong and rich cultures. Now the people of the region are all of a sudden all citizens of Barents.
Arctic Voices builds on a workshop The Samovar Theatre AKA Samovarteatret arranged in 2008. The workshop VOICES was based in the government’s political strategy for the Northern areas. The Samovar Theatre directed its attention towards the daily life of the people in the area; how the individual is affected by the political strategies and decisions.
In VOICES The Samovar Theatre researched how to make a political document into drama, how the tone of voice in the languages in the Barents region influences the other languages, plus the influence of the meetings across national and cultural borders have. Samovarteatret took use of dance, music and the different languages of the performers in conveying the story.
Sources:
The Norwegian Association of Performing Arts/NAPA, http://www.danseogteatersentrum.no/, 24.10.2010, http://www.danseogteatersentrum.no/sck/members.shtml?lang=nor&sam=&cat=&gen=&cou=&cri=Samovarteateret&aid=36&prid=7&act=prod
Email from Samovarteateret, 08.12.2011
Stamsund International Theatre Festival, http://www.stamsund-internasjonale.no/, 24.10.2010, http://www.stamsund-internasjonale.no/Old/2009/
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Bente S. Andersen | – Script |
| Bente S. Andersen | – Direction |
| Niels Aage Windberg Jensen | – Lighting design |
| Magnus Holm Slettebø | – Actor |
| Kathrine Kolgrov | – Actor |
| Turid Skoglund | – Actor |
| Gøran Østerbøl | – Actor |
| Patrik Häggström | – Dancer |
| Nikolay Shchetnev | – Dancer |
| Odd Aune | – Technician |
| Odne H. Stunes | – Producer |
| Gry Andreassen | – Other |
| May 11, 2011 (International Black Sea Theatre Festival) | visiting performance |
| May 8, 2011 – Samovar Company, Samovar Company | visiting performance |
| May 7, 2011 – Samovar Company, Samovar Company | visiting performance |
| April 3, 2011 (Modern Dance Festival) | visiting performance |
| April 1, 2011 (European Spring Music and Theatre Festival) | visiting performance |
| March 31, 2011 (Arkhangelsk Regional Theatre Festival) | visiting performance |
| June 9, 2009 – MS Innvik | Show |
| June 6, 2009 – Vaglebruket, Teater NOR (Stamsund Teaterfestival) | Show |
| January 31, 2008 – Scene 2, Samovarteatret, The Samovar Theatre | Worldwide premiere |
| International Black Sea Theatre Festival | May 11, 2011 |
| Modern Dance Festival | April 3, 2011 |
| European Spring Music and Theatre Festival | April 1, 2011 |
| Arkhangelsk Regional Theatre Festival | March 31, 2011 |
| Stamsund Teaterfestival | June 6, 2009 |