Catch Me If You Can
Photo: Torunn Rasmussen
Catch Me If You Can is a choreography project depicting physical contact and different kinds of touch. The piece is working with developing concepts from games such as tagged, twister, the floor is lava and more. Through playing and experimenting with the physical touch in these games, the dancers are participants in the creation of the choreography.
Through playfulness, the piece will put in context the meaning of touch in a very digitalized world. Today, more and more meetings take place online and behind a screen. This piece hopes to serve as a reminder of the importance of physical touch in todays society.
Catch Me If You Can is also created through a cross-disciplinary collaboration with a cellist who is composing the music for the piece. In that way the piece seeks to find a common ground for musician and dancers to create a new room and draw the audience in.
The work premiered 25th of November 2019 in Stavanger at the UiS Faculty of Performing Arts. The piece was created for 5 dancers and in addition I was also dancing myself.
COMPOSER:
Johanna Saaek (1995)
Johanna graduated from Ingesunds Musikhögskola in 2016 and UiS Faculty of Performing Arts' pre-study in 2017. Since August 2017 she has been studying at the BA programme in classical music (cello) at UiS Faculty of Performing Arts. Johanna also has played multiple concerts with Ingesund's Symphony Orchestra between 2014-2016 and played in the staging of Carmina Burana in Stavanger Concert House in the spring 2018.
DANCERS:
Live Rosseland (1998)
She graduated from Trøndertun pre-study in dance in 2018 and has been studying BA in contemporary dance at UiS Faculty of Performing Arts since 2018. Live has been part of the national project På Tå Hev (2016) where she worked with Guro Rimmeslåten (Carte Blanche).
Dagny Ingebjørg Gimse (1997)
She completed her BA in contemporary dance at the UiS Faculty of Performing Arts in May 2019. Through the studies she got to work with both international and national choreographers. Dagny also has made a personal project for half a year resulting in an improvised solo work.
Thea Kjeseth Dolmen (1998)
She graduated from SpinOff pre-study in dance 2018 and been studying BA in contemporary dance at UiS Faculty of Performing Arts since 2018. Thea has been part of the national project På Tå Hev (2016) that ended up with 3 performances at the National Opera in Oslo.
Hanne Kristine Jensen (1998)
She graduated from Stavanger Katedralskole's dance study in 2017 and has been a BA student in contemporary dance at UiS Faculty of Performing Arts since 2018. Hanne has been part of the national project På Tå Hev (2016) where she performed in a choreography by Hagit Yakira.
Petra Oona Lesonen (1990)
She graduated from North Karelia college of Outokumpu in 2014. After graduation she has worked with several projects related to contemporary dance and circus. In 2017 Petra started the studies of dance pedagogy in Savonia University of Applied Sciences and currently she is taking a semester abroad at UiS Faculty of Performing Arts.
Photos: Anna Ting
Photos: Torunn Rasmussen