Horisont by Anders Engebretsen (NO)

Performances:
28 June 18:30, outside Kilden/Kunstsilo (free)
29 June 18:00 in Ravnedalen, as part of Ravnedans i Ravnedalen

Suitable for: Everyone
Tickets: Tickets for Ravnedans i Ravnedalen here

ABOUT THE PIECE
Horisont is a choreography for two dancers and an open horizon. The duet was inspired by cloud formations soaring across the sky, waves breaking in open seas, and the poetic idea of a dance taking shape in a space in-between the waves and the skies.

Two dancers weave and wave their way through the choreography. Gentle sways lead them through a series of looping motions and patterns, in a medidative state of togetherness.

The dance is accompanied by a poetic and almost ethereal soundscape, described as an amalgamation between ambient, classical, and jazz sounds. It’s not intended to get anywhere, but is an invitation to notice the surroundings, and observe how the choreography unfolds, one movement at a time.

Altogether, the work invites audiences to lean into a slower sense of time, noticing the subtlety of the dancers’ weight shifts, the wind sweeping past them, clouds dancing along in the sky, and the way the music melts into the surroundings.

 

  • Anders Engebretsen is a dance artist hailing from Stavanger, Norway. He works as a performer and maker in creative constellations across Norway and internationally. Upon graduating from London Contemporary Dance School, he toured internationally with VERVE, and obtained an MA in Contemporary Dance Practice at Northern School of Contemporary Dance in August 2018. He has performed work by the likes of Carl Aquilizan, Kristin Helgebostad and Ida Utvik, as well as frequently collaborating with dance artist Marit Meløe as the duo Meløe/Engebretsen.

    Anders has created work for galleries, public spaces and for stages. His work has been programmed by RAS, Bærum Kulturhus, and a wide range of festivals across Norway and abroad. Improvisation is at the heart of his practice, connecting to a sense of spontaneity and playfulness, often through scores as a starting point for choreography and performance. His work celebrates the virtuosic nature of dance, creating situations and experiences that celebrate moving bodies in relation to one another, building structures and scores for living landscapes. 

    Victoria Jane Harley holds a BA in dance with pedagogy from Universitety of Stavanger, including an exchange at Escola Superior de Dança in Lisbon, and later also at Gibney Dance in NYC. Victoria is based between Stavanger and Haugesund, working as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She has performed with MOCO movement collective, Hagit Yakira Dance, Therese Markhus and Molitrix Scenekunst, and has choreographed several productions at Rogaland Teater. She also frequently collaborates with other dancers and musicians, through the collective Kunstgrillen as well as other constellations.

  • Choreography Anders Engebretsen
    Co-creating dancers Anders Engebretsen, Victoria Jane Harley
    Music Brendan Eder Ensemble, Ethan Haman
    Created with support from Rogaland Fylkeskommune, Stavanger kommune, Sola kommune, MOCO movement collective and RAS regional arena for samtidsdans

 

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