DUET / H2DANCE

Fimmtudagskvöldið 4. febrúar mun danshópurinn H2DANCE sýna hið rómaða dansverk DUET sem var frumsýnt í London árið 2013 og hlaut frábæra gagnrýni í bresku pressunni. DUET hefur síðan verið sýnt víða í Skandinavíu, í Berlín og víða um Bretlandseyjar og hlotið afar góðar viðtökur. DUET er eftir danshöfundana Hönnu Gillgren og Heidi Rustgaard sem fara einnig með hlutverkin tvö í sýningunni en verkið er að hluta til sjálfsævisögulegt þar sem þær stöllur deila reynslu sinni af sambandsskrísum á sinn kómíska hátt. Sýningin í Mengi er Íslandsfrumsýning DUET og aðeins verður um þessa einu sýningu að ræða.

H2DANCE kynnir DUET (50 mín.)

Hugmyndasmiðir, danshöfundar og flytjendur: Hanna Gillgren and Heidi Rustgaard

Dramatúrgía: Wendy Houstoun and Mark Whitelaw

Tónlist: Sylvia Hallett

Ljós: Andy Hammond

Aðstoðarstjórn: Natalie Richardson

Tæknistjórn: Liam Fahey

Um H2DANCE

H2DANCE er dúett danshöfunda / flytjenda frá Svíþjóð og Noregi. Þær Hanna Gillgren (SE) og Heidi Rustgaard (NO) vinna jafnt í Bretlandi, Noregi og Svíþjóð.

Á sviði bræða þær saman dans og gjörningalist og eiga oft við erfið viðfangsefni en nálgast þau á gamansaman hátt. Þær vinna náið með þverfaglegum hópum og nærsamfélaginu til að skapa verk sem ögra áhorfendum eða hreyfa við þeim á einn eða annan hátt.

H2DANCE hefur getið sér góðs orðstís á ferðalögum um Evrópu og fengið lof fyrir sýningar sínar svo sem þá nýjustu STAGING AGES (2015), hina rómuðu SAY SOMETHING (2012), To Die For (2007), Silent Movie (2004), Faked (2003), Butterfly Belly (2002) og Ostrich (2000). Verk þeirra hafa verið flutt vítt og breitt um Evrópu á ýmsum stöðum í Englandi, Svíþjóð, Noregi, Frakklandi, Þýskalandi og Belgíu.

Húsið opnar klukkan 20.

Sýningin hefst stundvíslega klukkan 21.

Miðaverð er 2.000 krónur.

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H2DANCE presents DUET (length 50 mins)

Concept, choreography and performance: Hanna Gillgren and Heidi Rustgaard

Dramaturgy: Wendy Houstoun and Mark Whitelaw

Music: Sylvia Hallett

Lighting design: Andy Hammond

Associate producer: Natalie Richardson

Technical Manager: Liam Fahey

Drawing on their experience of couple therapy, H2DANCE take an erudite but humorous look at relationships, disclosing some truths and a handful of lies about themselves and their life as a two-some. ‘The disconnect is funny, sometimes brutal, and always entertaining.’

The Guardian

‘The big crowd-pleaser is h2dance’s Duet, a slickly crafted, comic double act based on choreographers Hanna Gillgren and Heidi Rustgaard going into couples therapy, which punctures silliness with knife-in-the-stomach reality.’

The Evening Standard

About H2DANCE

H2DANCE is choreographer/ performer duo Hanna Gillgren (Sweden) and Heidi Rustgaard (Norway), working between UK, Norway and Sweden. Their work sits in between performance and dance and can be characterized as interdisciplinary, often taking a humorous approach to serious subject matters.

The company works in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams and local communities to create evocative pieces that challenge and respond to an audience.

H2DANCE has created a body of touring work including their most recent work STAGING AGES (2015), the acclaimed SAY SOMETHING (2012), To Die For (2007), Silent Movie (2004) Faked (2003), Butterfly Belly (2002) and Ostrich (2000). Their work has been commissioned and performed throughout

Europe by venues and producers in England, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany and Belgium.

They were Place Prize finalists this year, performing a 20- minute version of DUET, and won the audience vote 7 nights out of 10. In 2003, they collaborated with film-maker Rachel Davies on “GOLD”, which won the prestigious IMZ Dance on Screen Award, 2005. H2DANCE were Associate Artists at The Place in 2001-02, and have since then taken up residencies at Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan, Gaara Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya and DansiT, Trondheim, Norway to name a few. They are

currently Escalator Artists, and brought DUET to Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August as part of British Council Showcase and the Escalator East to Edinburgh Program. Future plans include research and development of a new community installation ENCOUNTER spring -16, as well as their work

STAGING AGES is touring Scandinavia and Europe throughout 2016-17.

For further information and tour dates please visit: www.h2dance.com

DUET is funded by Arts Council England, Arts Council Norway, Swedish Arts Council, Nordic Culture Fund, Royal Norwegian Embassy and Region Varmland, Sweden.

DUET was commissioned for The Place Prize for dance sponsored by Bloomberg. A co- production with DansiT Norway, Studiotrade Germany, Dans i Varmland Sweden, CambridgeJunction and The Place UK.

h2dance would like to thank all their creative collaborators, Trestle Theatre and Tripspace for subsidised rehearsal space, VIDEOfeet for generous help with editing, Mengi for allowing the work to be performed in Iceland for the first time.

HOUSE OPENS AT 8PM. EVENT STARTS AT 9PM. TICKETS: 2000 ISK.