HERSTAD & BERSTAD

Kompani Haugesund – Herstad & Berstad

“KØ” by Ludvig Herstad

It is said that boredom is the root of creativity. But when you’re not bored, they are. Your unborn ideas. They sit there, in your inner waiting room. They wait for the limbo of boredom to take root in you, for then it’s their turn to jump out. Their turn to shine. Or wither. Or explode—depending on whose turn it is.

“NATTSANG” by Ingeleiv Berstad

NATTSANG is a sleep-drunken contemporary dance musical and an extended nervous system of tense strings stretching across the entire space. Five dancers and one musician work with the dust of everyday life and existential reflections through space, body, and voice. The text is largely written by the dancers, with selections made by Berstad and Frøkedal. The hopeless and the hopeful, the absurd and the vulnerable exist side by side in NATTSANG. We wake with a start, with our own or someone else’s words in our mouths, and stagger on without knowing whether we’re asleep or awake.

Herstad and Berstad have chosen an unconventional approach to creating a two-part evening. The two performances spill into and blend with one another, unlike the typical intermission usually seen in such split evenings. Instead of two hermetically sealed works, the audience gets to witness how space and moods topple over, transform, and leave imprints in each other’s worlds. For two choreographers who have not worked together before, this was also seen as a golden opportunity to get to know each other’s universes.

CREDITS
Choreography: Ludvig Herstad and Ingeleiv Berstad
Co-creating dancers “KØ”: Martine Bentsen, Panisara Wanlopbanhan, Victoria Jane Harley, Miriam Hammersland, and Oda Østenstad Fjell
Co-creating dancers “NATTSANG”: Martine Bentsen, Panisara Wanlopbanhan, Victoria Jane Harley, Even Eileraas, and Ludvig Herstad
Sound mix “KØ”: Kristian Brummenæs and William Boo
Composer and musician “NATTSANG”: Anne Lise Frøkedal
Lighting design: Martin Myrvold
Set and costume design: Thale Kvam Olsen
Producer: Oda Østenstad Fjell
Stage manager: Kine Rostøl Ottesen
Graphic design: Tobias Gulbrandsen
Photography: Tale Hendnes

Produced by Kompani Haugesund, co-produced by Festiviteten and RAS – Regional Arena for Contemporary Dance, in collaboration with Haugesund Teater.

Supported by the Kulturrådet, Fond for Utøvende Kunstnere, Rogaland fylkeskommune, Haugesund kommune, og Haugesund Sparebank.