Antoinette Helbing (DE/DK)
The Mirror Project
PART OF DET FRIE FELTS FESTIVAL
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
“The Mirror Project” is a new choreographic work in the cross-field between performance and installation, which will receive its premiere at the Festival for the Independent Field of Performing Arts. Two dancers, Finnish Taneli Törma and Danish Cecilie Schyth Kjær, perform in front of some large mirrors, the position and angle of which change both vertically and horizontally along the way. Depending on where they sit in the hall, the audience can follow a fascinating interplay between mirrors and performers: Is the focus on the performers as subjects and their movements, or is it rather on the movements as objects reflected in the mirror? Or does the gaze constantly alternate between the two expressions?
The work was originally developed in several programmes at Åben Dans in Roskilde and the Development Platform for the Performing Arts in Copenhagen, as well as at Aabne Scene and Bora Bora in Aarhus.
Non-verbal performance.
There will be a 15-minute artist talk on stage after the performance.
More info about Det Frie Felts Festival at detfriefeltsfestival.dk.
PLEASE NOTE: The performance is at Godsbanen.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Antoinette Helbing is a choreographer and dancer who has created a number of performances under her own name. She is a graduate of ArtEZ Dansacademie, Arnhem (Netherlands).
Taneli Törmä is a choreographer, dancer and artistic director of the group Location X. He is a graduate of the Finnish National Ballet School.
Cecilie Schyth Kjær is a dancer and a graduate of Artez University of the Arts, Arnhem, (Netherlands) and the Royal Theatre Ballet School, Odense.
CREDITS
Concept: Antoinette Helbing
Choreography: Antoinette Helbing in collaboration with the performers
Dancers: Cecilie Schyth Kjær and Taneli Törmä
Set design: Kasper Svenstrup Hansen
Dramaturgy: Ida Elisabeth Larsen
Lighting design: Carina Backman
Sound: Mads Emil Nielsen
Photo: Jan Vesala
The work is supported by:
The Danish Arts Foundation
The Augustinus Foundation
The Wilhelm Hansen Foundation
The William Demant Foundation
Næstved Municipality
Aarhus Municipality’s Cultural Development Pool
Bora Bora Residency Centre Aarhus
Åbne Scene Godsbanen Aarhus
Aaben Dans Roskilde
The Development Platform for the Performing Arts