Readymade Baby
Readymade Baby by Karstein Solli Productions is a dance performance for the very youngest (aged 0-3 years).
Information
(Objekt ID 770)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | April 26, 2008 |
| Produced by | Karstein Solli Productions |
| Audience | Young children (from 0 to 3) |
| Keywords | Dance, Performance for children |
| Running period | April 26, 2008 |
| Duration | 30 minutes of performance plus 20 minutes of playing with the children, all in all, 50 minutes |
| Website | Karstein Solli Produksjoner |
Requirements to venue
| Minimum stage width | 10m |
| Maximum stage width | 8m |
| Minimum stage depth | 12m |
| Maximum stage depth | 11m |
| Rigging time | 90 minutes |
| Downrigging time | 60 minutes |
| Audience | 60 |
In Readymade Baby by Karstein Solli Productions the art term readymade referred to an understanding of the child as one that is ready to meet the artistic expression. The performance was developed in close interaction with children.
Specially designed objects, a doll and costumes, plus other readymades such as umbrellas, megaphones and cleaning cloths, made up the formal and visual frames of the performance. The perceptible appeared through touch, dance, song and other musical expressions.
The readymade art objects by French-American artist Marcel Duchamp stretched and challenged the definition of art. Children 0-3 years old do not yet know the conception of art, but are actively present in the meeting with art work. How do adults relate to that?
Readymade Baby by Karstein Solli Productions was supported by Arts Council Norway and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/MFA (travel grant/performing arts).
Source: Karstein Solli Productions, karstein.no, 21.11.2010, http://www.karstein.no/readymade_baby.html
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Karstein Solli | – Concept/Idea |
| Karstein Solli | – Choreography |
| Stephan Østensen | – Stage design |
| Ebba Johansson | – Costume design |
| Øystein Elle | – Sound design |
| Beata Kretovicova Iden | – Dancer |
| Marianne Skjeldal | – Dancer |
| Øystein Elle | – Singer |
| Tone Gellein | – Documentation (Video dokumentasjon) |
| Maybritt Jensen | – Documentation (Prosjekt dokumentasjon) |
| Ane Lan | – Other |
| Knut Bry | – Performance photo |
| Parallels | October 8, 2011 |
| Tampere Theatre Festival | August 3, 2010 |