RESIDENS
Tsjekhov´s "Three sisters" is the source of inspiration for Masja Abrahamsen in her new piece "Residens".
Here we also meet three women,and as in Tsjekhov´s piece the story is less prominent. The relations between
them and the atmosphere is emphasized through an underlying monotunous
tension and drama. Three personal stories floats together, visualised through reality, fiction
and surrealistic images. The aesthethic expression refears to the
1940´s and 1950´s Film Noir.
"Residens" performed at Dansens Hus Oslo, November 24-27 2011.
Choreographer: Masja Abrahamsen
Dancers: Marie Male Kalstø, Henriette Hamli, Kristianne Mo
Setdesign: Dordi Strøm
Lightdesign: Tobias Leira
Composers: Truls Kvam and Robin Crafoord (Trulz & Robin)
Costumes: Signe Vasshus
The performance is supported by Arts Council Norway, Audio and Visual Fund, Fund for Performing Artists.
Co-produced by Dansens Hus, Norway.
OSLO DANSE ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION 2011, “PASTICHE”
Choreographer: Masja Abrahamsen
Dancers: Sergio Benvindo Junior, Martine Sofie Bergh, Gard Hjertaas Bjørnson, Ane Evjen Gjøvåg,
Filipa Peraltinha, Jacob Walleberg
Light: Jon Kjemperud
Soundediting: Olav Andre Løvmo Gravseth
Costumes: Masja Abrahamsen
HOMELAND SECURITY
Second year students at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 2011
Stine Karoline Eliassen, Maria Caroline Mushtaq Freyvoll, Merete Hersvik, Hedda Rivrud, Tony Tran, Anja Sunniva Valseth
Music: Murcof/LFO/Lucy/Pan Sonic
Sound/mix: Olav Andre Gravseth
Costume design: Signe Vasshus
Light design: Tobias Leira
EMOTIONAL KETCHUP BURST
Third year students at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 2010
Hedvig Sønstebø Bang, Gard Hjertaas Bjørnson, Vilde Halle Ekeland, Victoria Krogsæter, Cassandra Loo, Anette Stokke, Mathias Aas Stoltenberg
Music: Biosphere/Byetone/Alva Noto
Sound/mix: Olav Andre Gravseth
Costume design: Signe Vasshus
Light design: Ingeborg S. Olerud
POEM TO END MY HEAD OFF
Second year students at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 2009
Phitthaya Phaefuang, Stine Hagen, Isabell Johansen, Daniel Stamnes, Emilie Thun, Erlend Rolvsjord (excerpt, Isabell Johansen and Daniel Stamnes)
Music: Bluem
Costume design: Signe Vasshus
Light design: Kaja Glenne Lund
UNCONVERSATIONS
Third year students at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 2010
Berit Lundene, Ronald Belaza, Olav Andre Gravseth, Julia Grønningen, Marianne Holm Glad, Alesia Tsiasta, Gustav A. Kvale, Carina Dietrich, Linn Sannes
Music: Murcof/Byetone
Costume design: Signe Vasshus
Light design: Tobias Leira
NUMB
“Numb” is one of the choreographies in a triple bill with choreographers Hege Haagenrud and Fiksdal/Lie.
Dansens Hus, Norway, november 19-22, 2009.
In “Numb” we will get to know a man and a woman, in a relationship “in between”. A “non” – condition. On the edges of movement and stillness. Between beginning and end. They bond and drives apart from the same destructive force, where their actions in the end will be a result of their fear of being trapped in something that wont give resistance. A condition they repeatedly return to.
Choreographer: Masja Abrahamsen
Dancers: Kristianne Mo and Magnus Eide Myhr
Producer: Kirre Arneberg
Costume design: Signe Vasshus
Light design: Kyrre Heldal Karlsen and Ingeborg Olerud
Sound: Olaf Stangeland
Supported by: Arts Council Norway, the Fund for Performing Artists and Fond for Lyd og bilde
Co-producer: Dansens Hus Norway
PEPPER`S GHOST
Masja Abrahamsen precents with “Pepper`s ghost” her first full length performance, at Dansens Hus in Oslo August 27, 2009. Performances through August 30`th.
“Pepper`s ghost” is the term of a lighting tecnique used in theatre, to create an illusion of a person appearing or disappearing slowly; without being in the room. Here “Pepper`s ghost” is an image of the complex human mind. Different hidden aspects that enters to the surface or floats in the background, and then to disappear again. Moving in and out of the mind. Layers that perform alone, but also in communication with each other.
Choreographer: Masja Abrahamsen
Dancers: Guro Rimeslåtten, Sigrid Hirsch Kopperdal, Nina Biong
Costume design: Signe Vasshus
Light design: Inger Johanne Byhring
Sound: Olaf Stangeland
Supported by: Arts Council Norway and the Fund for Performing Artists
Co-producer: Dansens Hus, Norway and deVIR/CAPa – Faro, Portugal
HIDING UNDER YOUR TONGUE
Second year students at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 2006
Martine Sofie Bergh, Catherine Michelet, Kristine Moldesæther, Jon Ole Olstad, Christoffer Flinder Pedersen, Emma Rozgoni, Atle Karsten Solberg
Music: Alva Noto/Apparat
Costume design: Ellen Ystehede
Light design: Marianne Th. Wedsett