2022

Performances

24th, 25th March 2023 - DanseRom, Cornerteateret Bergen

18h Nov 2022 - Ta Ordet, Universitetet i Bergen

24th - 28th May 2022 - Dansens Hus Oslo, Koreografilabratoriet

About the work

They swagger and parade,

They dance and display,

Mesmerising funkiness morphing into shapes.

A side step. Head bobs. Body bouncing.

Spectacular exhaustion,

Of ornaments of seduction.

Blue Carousel - the short vers on is a satire of the phenomenon of seduction by Lisa Colette Bysheim & Katrine Patry. Through a series of performative situations inspired by bird mating rituals, two dancers and dj ́s evolve and interact; moving through repetitive and insisting motives to transformative techno beats, arranged through a live set by dj-duo asiangirlsonly.

The performance is a power play of expectations and associations, collapsing and climaxing into a series of transformations. A playful and suggestive work looking at power relations between the spectator and exhibitor.

In our collaborative work, we are interested in the spectacle of seduction as a tool to look at power relations. In the act of an eye-catching public display, we want to discover who has the power: the exhibitor or the spectator? Is this reversible or exchangeable? The project is a research on how birds mating dance can be related to pop-culture, questioning what is socially accepted/expected vs the absurdity in the unexpected. We wish to use humour and satire as an entrance to look at power relations. In this research project we want to discover if and how insistence has a key role in making seduction an effective tool in the games of power. Two women like birds of paradise, a serious parade in all its absurdity.

Artistic Team

Concept: Bysheim & Patry

Choreography & Dance: Lisa Colette Bysheim & Katrine Patry

Sound design & live DJ: asiangirlsonly

Sound design & Live Dj: asiangirlsonly

Outside eye: Magnus Myhr

Special thank you to: Chollada Phinitduang

Photographer of process: Dev Dhunsi

Photos: Tale Hendnes

Length

20mins

Supported by

Norwegian Arts Council, Dansens Hus -Koreografilabratoriet.