MAN — in the understanding as man and human being — is a project at the crossroads between two cultures. Through seriousness and humour, MAN portrays individual struggle for inner balance and unfolds as a dialogue between the Norwegian choreographer Sølvi Edvardsen and the remarkable dancer Sudesh Adhana. Presented in collaboration with the CODA Festival and The National Touring Company.
The recurring theme in the performance MAN is the maximum use of simple means. The dancer has only a small stool as a partner – a prop that has been given great symbolic value, and which Sudesh himself has described as follows: “It is sometimes a toy, a person, a companion. To begin with it is a little too small, but then we use it in a way that it grows into my body, or my body adjust or melt into it. It is sometimes very modern and other times very ancient. From prison to temple, materialism and spirituality, body and soul”
Choreographer: SØLVI EDVARDSEN
Dancer: SUDESH ADHANA
Music: KIM SØLVE MED SWARMS:
BJEIMA, PETTER BERNTSEN, ANDREAS VILTHAGEN
Light design: PAUL VIDAR SÆVARANG
Film, costumes, prop: SØLVI EDVARDSEN
Seam: JOHANNA SUTINEN
Metal: ARNE ØYSTEIN LUNNER
Producer: KIRRE ARNEBERG
