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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.
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– 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
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