In Ingun Bjørnsgaard´s latest performance Gjenstand og fortvilelse (Object and despair) she examines human fallibility, in close collaboration with dancers Catharina Vehre Gresslien, Edith Strand Askeland and Ludvig Daae, and composer and musician Jan Martin Smørdal. Attempts at correct behavior in fragmented social situations become the subject of vulnerability, but also subtle humour, opening up[…]
In this world premiere from Ingun Bjørnsgaard, Vanessa Baird’s paintings are used both as a jumping-off point and as a companion to newly composed music from Rolf Wallin and Tansy Davies. In a performance which sees Ingun Bjørnsgaard use Vanessa Baird’s paintings as a jumping off-point, we enter a room filled with tension. Unacknowledged conflicts[…]
«It is this balance between recognizable yet ambiguous relational situations and an aesthetical realm that keeps you on guard, which in Seven Duets creates moments where Bjørnsgaard’s choreography and the humane chaos it generates really comes into its own.» Venke Sortland, Norsk Shakespearetidskrift «The movements are beautiful in a non-ambitious manner, and the way the[…]
Uncoordinated Dog, 1 min. Trailer from Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt on Vimeo. Uncoordinated Dog (2019) Two generations of dancers meet in the dynamics between the youthful and the middle-aged, between the latent coming of age and the improper. Here Ingun Bjørnsgaard explores the personal, the ambiguous, exposure and beauty. The work is inspired by Simone de Beauvoir’s[…]
Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty (1994) by Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt and Zakras Dansekompani. Sleeping Beauty premiered at Dansens Hus, Stockholm, Sweden, played at BIT Teatergarasjen i Bergen and Black Box Teater, Oslo and toured later with the National Touring Company (12 performances), tour premiere at Lillehammer. Ingun Bjørnsgaard received the Norwegian Critics Award for Sleeping Beauty. Credits Beate Grimsrud – lyrics Ingun Bjørnsgaard – Choreographer Johann Sebastian Bach[…]
A List of Things He Said A List of Things He Said explores masculine fragility in an ambiguous game between four performers, with Ingun Bjørnsgaard’sunique choreographic take on formal detail and everyday pathos. In a vaguely staged public space, the distinguished dancers come[…]
”With IBPs 25th anniversary and the performance Notes on Frailty, Norwegian contemporary dance has reached a milestone.” E. Høyland, Klassekampen ”Sur fond de musique éthérée, tour à tour instrumentale ou mixée par Christian Wallumrød, les danseuses déclinent l’expression de la féminité, dans sa beauté et sa douleur. Les enchaînements des quatre performeuses sont d’une précision et[…]
Golden Fleece (trailer) from Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt on Vimeo. Golden Fleece Premiered January 28th 2016, at Dansens Hus, Oslo, Norway January 28-31, 2016 In Golden Fleece, the figures apparently move freely around, in a space between, in transit, between meaning and non-meaning. They are on their way somewhere, and from something. They are governed by[…]
Premiere September 12th 2014 Dansens Hus Norway Ingun Bjørnsgaard takes playful hold of Henrik Ibsen’s most renowned female character Nora (”A Dolls House”). One of Scandinavia’s foremost choreographers continues her deconstructive and liberating investigation on iconic dramatic works. ”Extraordinarily redeemed and mature – while at the same time fresh as dew.” – Chris Erichsen, scenekunst.no[…]
Premiere 31st of january 2013 Dansens Hus, Oslo, Norway With Praeambulum Bjørnsgaard has created an exemplary piece of work, which unites her strongest qualities: Great choreographic and musical knowledge paired with a wry look at gender, power and the most vulnerable of the deeply human. Sidsel Pape, scenekunst.no Choreographer: Ingun Bjørnsgaard Composer: Henrik Hellstenius Dancers: Lone[…]