The Walls/ Good Night and Good Morning
Goodnight and Goodmorning, Premiere December 15, 2007, Oslo
Location: Private space, Duration: 50 min
Idea/choreography/costumes/location and setdesigner
Emilia Adelöw
in collaboration with the dancers: Miguel Cortes, Thomas L. Gundersen, Marius Kjos, Cecilie Lindeman Steen and Maria Naidu
Composer
Music and live electronics Petter Wiik
Scenographer and light design
Tormod Lindgren
Photographer
Carina Musk-Andersen
Video documentation
Bjørn Amundlien and Rudi Simmer
Supported by Norsk Kulturråd, Fond for utøvende kunstnere and Fond for lyd og bilde
The Walls consists of several dance performances by choreographer Emilia Adelöw presented in Oslo in 2005-2008. In year 2005 she converted an office location in central Oslo to a studio where shows were produced, transformed and displayed.
The performances had a presentation from where a basic idea where the theme, choreography and dramaturgy repeats itself in several different contexts. The human body as carrier of communication, with underlying definitions and presentations of problems, is a pervading approach. The performances had portrays different life situations where the private room and space is central. The body language has tension in a moody atmosphere. Stilistic expression in combination with precision and detail in the choreographic language. A poetic form of language with dynamic and a nerve, expressed through movement and dance, gives form to people in relations as well as individuals reactions to inner and outer influences.
Sound design: Live electronics in combination with originally composed music creating the soundscape for the performances.
Good Night and Good Morning is filled with infinite possible interpretations, Sidsel Pape, scenekunst.no Oslo, Norway
The personal signature is strong and eminent … Emilia Adelöw is going her own way, NY NORSK dans, Dansens Hus, Oslo, Norway. Annette Mürer, Dagbladet