søndag den 17. april 2011

Nostalgia #2 - FORLAD OS VOR SKYLD

FORLAD OS VOR SKYLD (transl: Deliver us from our sins) by Teater Dark Horse Inc.
Played at Planeten (Huset i Magstræde, CPH) and at Teater Katapult (Århus) - 2009
En absurd, socialrealistisk kærlighedshistorie


”Det gælder konstant bevægelse... En ny tid er kommet... Du må give slip...”


Det nystartede teaterkompagni, Dark Horse Inc. har allieret sig med dramatikerelev Caroline Malling fra dramatikeruddannelsen ved Århus Teater og genopsætter et stykke ny dansk dramatik: Forlad os vor skyld.
I vores tid er kernefamilien og kønsroller problematikker, der næsten dagligt bliver sat til offentlig debat i folketinget og i medierne, ligesom forskningen i køn på universiteterne vinder mere og mere anerkendelse. Det er blandt andet spørgsmål om hvem der har ret til – og patent på idealet om
kernefamilie. Er det kun kvinder der må være desperat skrukke? Med Forlad os vor skyld blander Dark Horse Inc. sig i den offentlige og samfundsmæssige debat om, hvorvidt tiden er løbet fra kernefamilien.

En kassedame (Maja Clementsen Hansen) stilles til regnskab af en mand  (Anders Aaman Anderskov), der vil vide hvorfor hun ikke elsker ham mere. I en stærkt fysisk og absurd socialrealistisk iscenesættelse bliver mødet mellem parret en tour de force ind i kampen mellem drømmen om kernefamilie og retten til at følge sine egne veje og drømme i en historie om kærlighed, ofre, skyld og tilgivelse.


 Manuskript: Caroline Malling 
Med: Maja Clementsen Hansen og Anders Aaman Anderskov 
Instruktion: Camilla Bonde. 
Lysdesign: Eva U. Handberg.
Producent: Signe Egebæk Andersen og Tania Rangstrup Christensen

Photos by Søren Meisner:










Nostalgia #1 - HAMLET DESTRUKTIONEN

HAMLET DESTRUKTIONEN
Played at Vildskudsfestivalen '07, Rosenteatret, Får302, Copenhagen, Denmark (2007-08)

A stripped-down version of Hamlet featuring one actress, one director and one technician wrestling Shakespeare. A high-paced show dealing with failure and the dream of becoming an action hero - when you are in fact NOT and never will be.

HAMLET DESTRUKTIONEN follows young Hamlet in the last month up until his death, where he is being brutally beaten up by existence and overthrown by monstrosities such as a father with way too huge ambitions, Danish alcohol traditions, pirates and most important of all: his own inability to love himself, Ophelia and everybody else...

HAMLET DESTRUKTIONEN was a one-woman tour-de-force into the mind of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Through experimenting with deconstructing form, physicality, perception of gender and the act of storytelling, Aktoraret created a comically tragic vision of Hamlet that was dealing with the constant failure of being human and making theatre.
 HAMLET DESTRUKTIONEN had the concept of failure at the core of it's mythology. First of all, it was about a young man (Hamlet) failing to do what was expected of him and achieve purpose in his life. At another level, it was also about a young actress being unable to handle the burden of playing all of Shakespeares Hamlet by herself. And at a third level, the play became about the impossibility of fiction; as the reality of the actress crashes with the agony of the character, the narrative dissolves into an undefined empty space, where the audience can decide for themselves upon the authenticity of the action presented onstage.


Director: Liv Helm
// Actress: Maja Clementsen Hansen // Scenography: Cecilie Kubert // Producer: Maja Quist // Costume: Ulla Ramskov // Choreography: Nadja Engholt Kaspersen // Lightning design/Tech: Søren Knud Christensen // Music: My Beloved og Seven Mile Journey // Text: based on texts by William Shakespeare

Photo by Søren Knud:









www.aktoratet.dk
www.faar302.dk
www.sorenknud.dk

HAMLET DESTRUKTIONEN was well received and reviewed.

"Aktoratet går løs på klassikeren med både fysisk og mental råstyrke. Udfordrende godt tænkt og fremragende gennemført" - Politiken, 5 hjerter

søndag den 3. april 2011

BLAMING THE MONSTER #1

Maja Clementsen: Blaming The Monster - a poetic action theater

Second year independent performance (NTA) - spring 2011
Inspired by Jean Racine's "Phaedra"
Created by Lars August Jørgensen, Mikkel Rasmussen Hofplass, Maja Clementsen Hansen and Bjørn Neukom
Tutor: Serge von Arx

“A group of performers set out on a quest to tell the story of Phaedra. But little do they know, that the horrors of this greek tragedy, will eventually wake up a monster, that is not so well hidden beneath the floorboards as first assumed...”
Played at NTA/Akademi for scenekunst: 17. - 19 February 2011

Photo by Björn Neukom







Photo by Jan Hajdelak Husták








BLAMING THE MONSTER #2 - Documentation Video/Trailer