Photographed: Sunniva Opdal, Sofie Bjelland, Thea Asimina Bjørhovde Mavropoulou and Kirstyn Michalczyk
Det Går Bra? It’s Okay?
Was the title of our performance project which came to an end last weekend. And may I just say that I think we pulled of a damn good show.
Dancers Photographed: Karen Engene Hognestad, Oda Strandheim Lykke, Sunniva Opdal and Elisabet Sandal
Image taken from ‘Are we missing the point?’ by Kirstyn Michalczyk
Dancers Photographed: Karen Engene Hognestad and Sunniva Opdal
Dancers Photographed: Elisabet Sandal, Karen Engene Hognestad, Oda Strandheim Lykke and Kirstyn Michalczyk
Image Taken from ‘Hva styres våre handlinger av?’ by Ida Sofie Mathisen
Dancers Photographed: Elisabet Sandal, Karen Engene Hognestad, Oda Strandheim Lykke and Kirstyn Michalczyk
It was kind of bittersweet when it all came to an end, this project has been months in the making, so just like any project or performance to see it all come together as we’d hoped was amazing but also kinda sad because now its just over.
As I mentioned in my last blog I was one of the choreographers for the contemporary dancers, I couldn’t have been more happy with how it came together. I’m so grateful for my dancers and how they performed, with their help my piece was better than I could have ever hoped. But as well as not wanting to be finished with that piece of choreography yet, reaching the end of this project means we’re in May which also means I’ve only got a month and a half left. Until now its felt as though I’ve had forever left but I don’t. So know I’ve just gotta make sure i make the most of the time I do have.
When it came to this project until i was almost half way through it felt kind of like i was at loss for what to do. Sometimes i think choreography is just like that, choreographers block is a thing for one and also sometimes your running with an idea that doesn’t work or your just not sure where your going with it yet. That’s how I felt anyway, until i reached the end i wasn’t really sure what I wanted to leave the audience with as a parting image. I got there in the end though and I’m proud of the work I did. Sure I’d love to go back and play with the ideas even more but this was the first piece I’d made of this scale and this standard, so I’m proud of myself and my dancers because I’d say the ownership of this piece was like 45/65. They created solos based on the tasks i gave them and there was a good deal of improvisation in the opening of the piece, so without the hours they put in, how patient they were when things didn’t work first time, this piece wouldn’t have turned out as great as it did. All of them were amazing to work with in all of the pieces. I’m grateful that I’ve had the chance to perform with such a talented bunch.
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