Bergen International Festival 2015 English catalogue

074 BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL FE STIVAL 2015 FR I CT I ON F RICT ION t Scandinavian premiere d World premiere P RI VAT E H O M E S PLACE/DATE/TIME ST U DIO B E RG E N C I T Y C EN TR E Home Visit: Europe Sunday 31 May at 13:00, at 17:00 & at 21:00 Tuesday 02– Thursday 04 June at 17:00 & at 21:00 Saturday 06 June at 13:00, at 17:00 & at 21:00 Monday 08 & Tuesday 09 June at 17:00 & at 21:00 IN D RE ARNA Monday 01 June at 17:00 & at 21:00 AUST EVO LL Friday 05 June at 17:00 & at 21:00 S OT RA Sunday 07 June at 13:00 D U RAT IO N 2:00 L AN GUAGE English performances 02, 03, 04 and 07 June at 17:00. All other performances in Norwegian T IC KET * Full price: 190 Under 30: 150 *Festival card: 40 %–30 % discount 075 Carte Blanche DAT E / T IME Saturday 30 May at 17:00 & at 21:00 Sunday 07 June at 17:00 og at 21:00 B E RG E N IN T E RN AT ION A L F E ST IVA L 2 01 5 Friday 29 & Saturday 30 May, Tuesday 02 – Saturday 06 June og Monday 08 & Tuesday 09 June at 20:00 DU RAT ION 1:50 including interval OT H E R How close can theatre approach? What does 'Europe' mean? The stage: a table. On it a suitcase containing the secret of Europe. This is how the renowned ensemble Rimini Protokoll opens its new theatrical project in a series of European cities. They take the abstract and unstable concept of Europe into the intimate sphere of the private home. How do people talk about Europe in Lisbon, Berlin, Poznan or Bergen? performances of Home Visit: Europe will be collated in a European archive and be involved in establishing a network of the same name. Europe is constantly being reshaped and redefined. At the same time the EU makes political decisions with serious consequences for coming generations. Home Visit: Europe plays out in private homes. Each time an audience of 15 is invited to participate in a game about the future of Europe and the processes involved. Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi, Daniel Wetzel concept & direction Katja Hagedorn dramaturg Juliane Männel production manager Ragnhild Gjefsen croupier Ideas that would never reach Brussels are debated. In Bergen the game will be led by a Norwegianspeaking croupier, but some of the performances will be in English (see language, left). Rimini Protokoll is at the forefront of documentary theatre, in which the script is taken from real life, and in which 'everyday experts' – ordinary people – take part. Documentation of all 074 W W W.FIB.N O Would you like to host a Rimini Protokoll performance in your own home? See www.fib.no/ homevisit (registration in Norwegian only). Produced by Rimini Apparat in associaton with BIT Teatergarasjen/Bergen International Festival, Archa Theatre, BRUT, Frascati, HAU, Kaaitheater, LIFT, Malta Festival, Théâtre de la Commune Aubervilliers, Théâtre Garonne, Teatro Maria Matos, Sort/Hvid, Mungo Park and Teater Nordkraft. A House on Fire co-production supported by the Cultural Programme of the European Union. Introduction by artistic director Hooman Sharifi Saturday 30 May, Wednesday 04 June, Thursday 05 June and Friday 06 June at 19:00 T IC K E T * Full price: 300 Under 30: 150 *Festival card: 40 %–30 % discount Birthmark A triple-bill programme that cultivates imperfection.  As artistic director for Carte Blanche, Hooman Sharifi wishes to focus on gender. His first programme for the company is dedicated to feminism. Together with the dancers of Carte Blanche, five choreographers, all of them women, create three performances in a programme for the 2015 Bergen International Festival. The five artists Kristin Ryg Helgebostad, Ingeleiv Berstad, Siri Jøntvedt, Snelle Hall and Lina Saneh have been handpicked because they have created strong images of women, bodies and characters in their artistic works. In addition, their nuanced and direct approach to the opposite sex contribute to the importance of their works. Together with Carte Blanche’s dancers, Helgebostad & Berstad will explore a meeting, a unity, a song. Vanity and courage are the points of departure for Siri & Snelle’s choreographic production. Thematically, the piece is about failing – a recurring topic for the two – and everything we as people do to succeed. Lina Saneh interrogates the nature and function of acts and speech in the era of the virtual and of the idealized body as portrayed by the media. Read more about the choreographers and the performance at www.fib.no. Carte Blanche – the Norwegian national company of contemporary dance Ingeleiv Berstad and Kristin Ryg Helgebostad, Siri & Snelle Production: Siri Jøntvedt and Snelle Ingrid Hall and Lina Saneh choreographers and costumes Zeina Hanna dramaturgy Tilo Hahn lighting design Ivar Grydeland composer/music W W W.F IB.N O 075

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