Three questions for... Ole Kristian Tangen, guest choreographer in Jihoceske divadlo

Three questions for... Ole Kristian Tangen, guest choreographer in Jihoceske divadlo

Three questions for... Ole Kristian Tangen, guest choreographer in Jihoceske divadlo

Lucie Hayashi Author Lucie Hayashi
This is your first work in the Czech Republic – how do you feel about it? Do you find anything special about dance in here compared to the Western Europe? I met Atilla two years ago and he asked me to come to the Czech Republic and I‘m just glad I did come – it all has been so nice until now! I think the company is fantastic and very open, I feel great potential in them.  I came in and started my work with improvisation, which seemed quite different from how they were used to work. I wanted to let the dancers participate, to get their input, see how they move and also to get to know the company, to see the language of their body. The dancers got it really great, they opened, threw themselves in and it was really good. So you have soon found that this company is a bit special, it is more of a group of individualists, personalities, rather than the traditional corps de ballet – nevertheless you frequently use unison movement in your piece. Was it your first idea to use unison and always pick up one dancer to tell the story you came with? I find it really interesting to see the whole body move together. In the music in the beginning there is not really much rhythm going on so the dancers must be really concentrated on each other to feel the whole group, the people they are next to. Of course it is interesting to watch each dancer moving, but for me I wanted to see them move together, like a fish gang. And then I could pick up one soloist or a couple to get the contrast to the whole group.  To tell his or her story... about leaving? Or being left? There is a specific prelude to this piece in front of the curtain... This is not a piece that screams: „This is what you should think“. I also want to invite the audience to think, I give them themes and beginnings of stories, emotions, so they can sit down and reflect what they have seen – it is not a narrative story from the begining to the end... although the dancers do have some narratives to dance about, to transmit the emotion. But then it is up to the audience, how they want to see it.   

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