Pinocchio-Paradokset – WALK Dance Company (NO)
Age Limit 10 years and up, recommended for youths/adults.
Content warning
The performance contains high volume and intensity, with extensive use of lighting and, at times, dark moments that may be frightening for a younger audience.
Do you let yourself get swept away in an explosion of sound and movement?
Pinocchio-Paradokset is as much a rock concert as it is a dance performance, with high energy, expansive physicality and a strong sense of expressive joy. Five musicians and five dancers share a stage dressed from floor to ceiling in Persian rugs. With large and explosive movements, the dancers charge the space with an electric and suggestive energy, built up by the rock band Undergrünnen.
But since hypnosis and suggestion are by nature involuntary, the performance dives into a curious riddle. If Pinocchio says, “My nose is growing now!”, he creates a paradox. If it is growing, he is telling the truth and the nose should not grow. But if it is not growing, he is lying and the nose must grow. In this way, the performance explores the paradox of performing arts itself. When an audience willingly sits down in a theatre, can they truly be influenced from the outside without being aware of it?
About the company
WALK Dance Company was founded by William Boo, Albin Lindén Ludvig Herstad and Kristian Vindenes during their time at KHIO (Oslo National Academy of the Arts) where they all have got their education in Contemporary – and Jazz dance. Their common view of the art form of dance and its connection to music and movement brought them together into WALK. Their work has already attracted the attention of the dance world in both Norway and Sweden and given them a platform to continue to develop their expression both by creating their own style but also as teachers/choreographers. All participants in the company have had the dance in focus since an early age and even before they met at KHIO they have been active on Stage and other productions in TV and Media in both Norway and Sweden. The experience that members have created through their form of expression has not only been limited to dance but also given them experience in modern production of music and media.
https://www.walkdancecompany.com/
Credits
Choreography: Ludvig Herstad
Dramaturgy: Oda Østenstad Fjell
Lighting Design: Simon Alvsvåg
Set Design: Ludvig Herstad and Oda Østenstad Fjell
Music: Undergrünnen
Producer: Oda Østenstad Fjell
Dancers: Eirik Dreyer Sellevoll, William Boo, Marte Brækken, Alma Apenteng and Kristian Vindenes
Musicians: Pål Jackman, Per Steinar Lie, Morten Jackman, Svein Olav Herstad, Raymond Lavik
Artwork: Tobias Gulbrandsen
Produced by WALK Dance Company
Co-produced by Festiviteten Haugesund Concert Hall
Supported by Arts Council Norway, Fond for utøvende kunstnere, Fond for lyd og bilde, Haugesund Municipality and Rogaland County Council
The performance is presented in collaboration with Dansenett Norge