I-IR — Forest Stages – Revisited

Program Institute of Interconnected Realities Forest Stages – Revisited 16.–28.11.2024

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About the performance Forest Stages – Revisited is a performance installation

by Institute of Interconnected Realities (I—IR) that reflects upon a meeting with a forest that took place on the Island of Møn in Southern Denmark between January and August 2024.

This November, the I—IR is revisiting the performance at Dansehallerne. Forest Stages – Revisited is a documentation of the meeting with the forest as well as an event where emotional, physical, and cultural landscapes of the audience’s imagination are invoked.

Over the duration of the original artistic process, all materials including text, sound, choreography, and the performer’s practice were composed on-site. By bringing Forest Stages into the curated environment of Dansehallerne the I—IR asks themselves what emerges when there are no trees, no soft forest floor, no insect bites, when the birds singing and the bees buzzing is only playback, when the roots have been disconnected from the soil and become scenography? What of the forest remains inscribed in the performing bodies? What do they carry with them?

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The audience is invited to lie back and compose the context of the uncanny denizens of the invisible forest; to encounter the beauty, the horror, to practice directionlessness, to get thoroughly lost.

With Forest Stages – Revisited, the I—IR investigates the theater’s role as an archive of human experience and how it can form a resistance to the depletion of imagination.

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About the Artists The Institute of Interconnected Realities (I—IR) is influenced by the eco-inspired concept of Decentralized Choreography. The implication of this term is that the choreographic event unfolds in multiple centers simultaneously none of which are more important than the others. Occupied with ‘place-thought’ in the last years, the I—IR has been deeply engaged in a variety of natural environments.

Their work and research unfold in dialogue with these places that have included a former quarry in Roskilde, a natural grazing land in National Park Thy, and a forest at Møn.

The artistic directors of the I—IR are: Ida-Elisabeth Larsen – choreographer, dancer and dance-dramaturge. She graduated from SEAD in 2007 and continued to supplement her education with a BA in Philosophy and Performance Design from Roskilde University and an MA in ”Ecology and Contemporary Performance” at TeaK-University of the Arts Helsinki.

Marie-Louise Stentebjerg – performer, dancer, and choreographer. She graduated from SEAD in 2005.

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During her studies, she participated in the Intensive Erasmus Program ’Dance Integrated in Humanities and Society’ at Amsterdam School for the Arts. From 2011- 2013 she followed the AUTEUR program at Odsherred Teaterskole, Danish Development Center for Performing Arts.

Associate artist of the I—IR is: Jonathan Bonnici - London born actor, performance maker, writer and teacher. He has a BA in philosophy and politics which was followed with the 3 year actor training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

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Artistic team

Concept and staging Jonathan Bonnici, Ida-Elisabeth Larsen, Marie-Louise Stentebjerg Performers Jonathan Bonnici, Þórunn Guðmundsdóttir, Kitt Johnson, Ida-Elisabeth Larsen, Marie-Louise Stentebjerg Sound Santi Rzr Light David Nicolás Abad Costumes Maria Folkmann Ipsen Set and dramaturgical consultant Balz Isler Graphic design Sam Moore Photo and video documentation Thomas Hyttel Creative producer Carlos Calvo Supported by Danish Arts Foundation, Skuespillerforbundet, William Demant Fonden, Vesterbro Lokaludvalg

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Practical info Date and time 16.11.2024, 17:00 17.11.2024, 17:00 26.11.2024, 19:00 28.11.2024, 19:00 Duration and stage 80 minutes / Hallen Dansehallerne’s Address Franciska Clausens Plads 27, 1799 Copenhagen V

Important!

I—IR is bringing the experience of the forest to Dansehallerne.

This somewhat includes the current temperature of the forest. Please expect Hallen to be a rather cold venue. Dress warmly and consider keeping your outerwear on during the performance.

About Dansehallerne Dansehallerne is a national center for dance and choreography. Our focus lies in presenting and co-producing Danish and international productions for all ages. We are a gathering point for passionate dance audiences and professionals. From our center, we communicate professional knowledge of the art of dance, and we drive discussions about all aspects of the art of dance, at an intermediate level and in-depth.

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Being a national center, as well as a gathering point for the local and international communities, we continuously work to ensure the best possible settings for artistic production and for the audience’s encounter with the art of dance. Every year, people from all around the country can experience the best that dance has to offer.

And for several hundred artists, Dansehallerne is the yearround base and interface for professional activities within the field of dance.

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