MUOVI What did I just do?
By Fabio Liberti
May 10–11 2023 Dansehallerne Dansekapellet 20:00
Photo Sofia Runarsdottir
I am so fascinated by the fact that our whole life is memory. Everything we do and feel is memory. The very fact that I can write these words and you can read them is thanks to memory. We have found the way to this theatre and we know how to move in this space thanks to memory. Without it, information and experiences would dissolve, every person we meet would remain a stranger, and this sentence you just read would vanish into thin air.
create the narrative of our life and our identity. I question this narrative.
Another aspect that I fell in love with is the contrasting qualities of memories. Essential to our life and sometimes unbearable to carry. Real and unreal. Existing and elusive. Weary and fragile. Everchanging.
Memories of significant events and moments connected together
I often find myself trying to move smoothly in a life that I perceive as full of fragmented experiences, feelings, situations. I feel that many of us are continually striving to find a thread between these fragments to create a narrative of things and ourselves that makes sense. It seems that making sense is all we seek. Even preferring a general negative sense to the frightening possibility that things aren’t meant to be connected at all, much less make sense.
–
Liberti “ ”
“Aren’t you struck by the fact that life is all memory, except for the single present moment that passes so quickly” (Tennesse Williams)
Fabio
About the performance
and selected as myths. Images of the past are imprinted, almost like genetic information, on our sensitivity. “ (Eric Kandel)
In “What did I just do?” performer Maud Karlsson recovers her six decades of life in a detailed stream of memories. A journey in time and space, which mixes events in an overwhelming chaos of images and speed, exposing the inextricable relationship timememoryidentity-society.
To what extent do memories become part of our identity? Are we aware of their impact on our present actions? Is there such a thing as the present moment? The sentences you just read are already part of your past. Your immediate past, which still lingers in the air as if it were present, but your past nonetheless.
Choreographer Fabio Liberti has created this piece about memories in close collaboration with Maud Karlsson.
“It is not the past as such that governs us, except perhaps in a biological sense. It is the images of the past, often highly structured
About Fabio Liberti
Fabio Liberti is a freelance choreographer based in Copenhagen. He graduated from Codarts Rotterdam Dance Academy in 2004. Since graduation, he has been part of dance companies in Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Denmark. Here he settled to give full time, energy and focus to choreography and to the development of his own work.
Fabio Liberti’s choreographic research has been directed towards mixing different communicative elements with the aim of developing a language to discuss subjects connected to this particular social time and create what he refers to as abstract narrative works. His independent works are performed at numerous venues and festivals throughout Europe. Particularly the piece Don’t, Kiss has been presented internationally with 46 performances.
Fabio’s work received several prizes, such as 1st prize at RIDCC- Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition 2018 (NL); Critic Award at Hannover International Choreography Competition 2014 (DE) and the 3rd prize at Copenhagen Choreography Competition 2013 (DK).
He creates both independently and for dance companies such as for Skånes Dansteater (SE), Norrdans (SE), Danish Dance Theatre (DK), Landerer & Company (DE), Dark Circles Contemporary Dance (TX), Mainfranken Theater Würzburg (DE), Landesbühnen Sachsen (DE), EDGE Dance Company (EN). In 2020 Fabio created his independent artistic association MUOVI in Copenhagen and received support for the creation of the works #ASIFILOOKEDLIKEME and As if, I have missed myself.
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About Maud Karlsson Lima de Faria
Maud Karlsson Lima de Faria graduated from the Ballet Academy in Stockholm 1982 and began her professional career as a dancer in New York the first 11 years, primarily with the legendary choreographer Donald Byrd. 30 years later, she now works mostly with visual art, design and photography while retaining much of her expression and inspiration coming from the physical body.
She is drawn to works on women’s history and female stories and is currently exhibiting a voluminous exhibition with the overall title HER STORY around Sweden. She produces – apart from exhibitions and other art work –performances, site specifics, film, events, commissioned works and talk shows through MaudsArt.
Her work is supported by Uppsala municipality, the regional art councils as well as from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee. Maud Karlsson Lima de Faria –
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We asked Fabio Liberti and Maud Karlsson some questions
How did you come up with the theme memories?
F: The theme of memories almost manifested itself. When Maud and I started working together, we engaged in many conversations about our experiences, visions, inspirations, interests. These conversations naturally lead us to the theme of memory and the many complex aspects connected to it. The theme suited both of our paths and became a natural development of what we were already independently committed to.
– Fabio
How did you two meet?
M: I invited Fabio and Jernej (Fabio’s partner) to an event I produced in Uppsala called The Dance Café. An event where I invited all sorts of choreographers and dancers in order for an audience to grow curious about contemporary dance. We met and I saw him work and I was blown away by his skills, his presence, his meeting with the audience and his charm.
How did you create material together for the piece What did I just do?
F: Along the process we created material with different methods; some approaches started from the physicality, some from voice or text, some from the use of the space; all of course inspired by the topic itself.
Early in the process we decided to use real memories from Maud’s life as material for the piece with as little sorting or manipulation as possible. This created a unique process and many conversations with Maud on how to deal with the memories. We both had to develop a kind of distance from the memories, to be able to use them as creative/choreographic material, while also creating a process that protected and respected how personal the memories are.
What made you want to work together?
M: Fabio had looked at some of my videos, expressing that he liked what he saw. Me being 58 at the time, dared to ask him if he wanted to do something with me. He immediately said YES!
Would you like to recommend this piece to a friend? What did I just do? will be presented in Malmö in one month at Dansstationen June 10 + 11. Get your tickets here
Concept and choreography
Performer
Credits
Fabio Liberti
Maud Karlsson Lima de Faria
Dramaturge
Sara Živkovič Kranjc
Builder
Light design
Co-production
Fredrik Borg
David Nicolás Abad
Dansehallerne - MUOVI - MaudsArtDansstationen
Production supported by Research supported by
Statens Kundstfond, Augustinus
Fonden and Dansk-Svensk
Samarbejde Fond
Bora Bora Residency Centre (DK), Théâtre Sévelin 36 (CH), Centro per la Scena Contemporanea (IT), Zavod
Flota (SI), Riksteatern-production residency (SE), Swedish Arts Grant
Committee (SE), Konstnärsnämnden (SE), Uppsala Kommun (SE), Statens
Kunstfond (DK)
Plan your visit
Type
Performance
Duration
55 minutes
Venue
Dansekapellet
Program
19:00 – Doors open
20:00 – Performance starts
21:00 – Bar is open
May 11 – Everybody is invited for an aftertalk with Fabio Liberti and Maud Karlsson
Lima de Faria at the foyér immediately after the performance.
Accessibility
There are a number of wheelchair and companion seating locations in the theater.
A special thanks to: Bora Bora Residency Centre (DK), Théâtre Sévelin 36 (CH), Centro per la Scena Contemporanea (IT), Zavod Flota (SI), Riksteatern-production residency (SE), Swedish Arts Grant Committee (SE), Konstnärsnämnden (SE), Uppsala Kommun (SE), Statens Kunstfond (DK), Augustinus Fonden (DK) Dansk-Svensk samarbejde fond
