I lie, I speak

In I lie, I speak by Carte Blanche Horntveth conducted the development of the staging from the stage, a development sucking the dancers slowly in. The challenge consisted of finding a room for an authentic expression in an increasingly constructed reality. The production was the festival performance of Carte Blanche during The Bergen International Festival in 2004.

At the webpage of Carte Blanche anno 2004 the following was written about I lie, I speak:

"What is true and what is false? What is real and what is illusion? Perhaps we need stories and dramatisation in order to be able to keep a certain order and not get lost in the complexity of existence. Reality may indeed be more fantastic than fiction."

Dancer Therese Skauge won The Norwegian Critics' Award (dance) 2003/2004 for her contribution to I lie, I speak.

In the award ceremony speech on behalf of Norwegian Critics' Association the following, among other things, was said:

"She started dancing at an early age, at four years, and it happened in Sarpsborg at the ballet school of Eldbjørg. There she attended her first classical ballet classes. There was also time for rhythmic gymnastics, for many years, but that dance was what she wanted to prioritise, was evident through her going in to Oslo to attend classes and train at the ballet school of The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet. To do that, one needs extraordinary willpower. The distance to studying at The National Academy of Ballet was not far, and there she started studying in 1987, graduating in 1990. In other words, the award winner has many years of experience from the Norwegian dance community."

The complete speech can be read at the webpage of Norwegian Critics' Association (link in Norwegian only).

Source:

BIT Teatergarasjen, autumn program 2004. 22.11.2010: http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no -arkiv

Norwegian Critics' Association, kritikerlaget.no, 29.09.2011, http://www.kritikerlaget.no/pages/nor/10-dansekritikerprisen_til_therese_skauge