Collective Matter 2: Breath
CHANGE OF VENUE 26/7 DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS: See info below
Breath is performed by Nønne Mai Svalholm, her muse Sisse Lunøe and a large inflatable yellow-black sculpture, which they think of as the work’s third dancer; with references to a lung, an ocean, a garden, a body, a gate. At first the breathing is slow and calming, then commanding and finally out of control. Breath examines breath as a life-giving and transformative figure.
Nønne Mai Svalholm has created the sculpture in collaboration with multi-artist Henrik Vibskov.
COLLECTIVE MATTER consists of two choreographic works:
COLLECTIVE MATTER can be experienced as a coherent event or as individual, but still connected, impacts: COLLECTIVE MATTER 1: Passages (2021) by the duo two-women-machine-show and the new work Collective Matter 2: Breath (2023) by Nønne Mai Svalholm.
INFO
Duration: 25 min.
COLLECTIVE MATTER 2: Breath
can be experienced in two different locations in Hornbæk:
26. juli kl. 13.00 + kl. 15.00 + kl. 17.00 – Hornbæk School, Lille Sal
27. juli kl. 13.00 + kl. 15.00 + kl. 17.00 – Hornbæk School, Lille Sal
INTERVIEW
Read an interview at Iscene.dk with Nønne Svalholm and Jon Skullberg about Open collaborations – creating during, for and together with a festival English Google translation here
CHANGE OF VENUE 26/7 DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS: See info below
Breath is performed by Nønne Mai Svalholm, her muse Sisse Lunøe and a large inflatable yellow-black sculpture, which they think of as the work’s third dancer; with references to a lung, an ocean, a garden, a body, a gate. At first the breathing is slow and calming, then commanding and finally out of control. Breath examines breath as a life-giving and transformative figure.
Nønne Mai Svalholm has created the sculpture in collaboration with multi-artist Henrik Vibskov.
COLLECTIVE MATTER consists of two choreographic works:
COLLECTIVE MATTER can be experienced as a coherent event or as individual, but still connected, impacts: COLLECTIVE MATTER 1: Passages (2021) by the duo two-women-machine-show and the new work Collective Matter 2: Breath (2023) by Nønne Mai Svalholm.
INFO
Duration: 25 min.
COLLECTIVE MATTER 2: Breath
can be experienced in two different locations in Hornbæk:
26. juli kl. 13.00 + kl. 15.00 + kl. 17.00 – Hornbæk School, Lille Sal
27. juli kl. 13.00 + kl. 15.00 + kl. 17.00 – Hornbæk School, Lille Sal
INTERVIEW
Read an interview at Iscene.dk with Nønne Svalholm and Jon Skullberg about Open collaborations – creating during, for and together with a festival English Google translation here
About COLLECTIVE MATTER
ABOUT COLLECTIVE MATTER
COLLECTIVE MATTER is a common reflection across generations, a transition, an exchange and a co-creation. All the physical movement material is created via meditative practices that embrace the pre-articulated and the uncultivated voice.
Collective Matter is the second work in the BIG BANG trilogy by Artistic Director and Choreographer Nønne Mai Svalholm/ SVALHOLM, which this time examines the themes of co-creation and community. COLLECTIVE MATTER is an interdisciplinary and site-specific work that adapts and transforms itself in the light of the places it is performed and the different artists involved.
COLLECTIVE MATTER is the first work where Nønne Mai Svalholm has curated other choreographers to co-create with her and SVALHOLM’s 60+ dancers. The choreographers behind these works have created the content on the basis of a long-term exchange – partly with a focus on their respective artistry, interests and methods, partly with a focus on the performers involved. COLLECTIVE MATTER was originally created for specific locations in Aarhus City Center in Aarhus Denmark and was co-produced by Aarhus Theater and Åbne Scene, Godsbanen in collaboration with Aarhus Festival.
In 2023 COLLECTIVE MATTER has been developed for international touring and it now consists of two choreographic works: Passager (2021) by the duo two-women-machine-show and the new work Breath (2023) by Nønne Mai Svalholm.
COLLECTIVE MATTER premieres at PASSAGE FESTIVAL 2023 and plays at Fira Tárrega Festival in Spain from 7 – 10 September 2023.
About the company
Nønne Mai Svalholm (she/her) is a choreographer and artistic director of the Aarhus-based company SVALHOLM. She works conceptually and multidisciplinarily with choreography, dance, lighting design, sculptures, and installation art. She creates works for black boxes, white cubes, as well as site-specific works in public spaces. Nønne Svalholm recently received a 2-year grant called DUKE – The Young Artistic Elite. SVALHOLM creates and produces choreographic works from our base at Godsbanen (the old Train Factory) in the center of Aarhus and is co-produced by Godsbanen and BORA BORA – Dance & Visual Theatre, Aarhus. www.svalholm.dk
CREDITS
Concept, idea and choreography: Nønne Mai Svalholm/ SVALHOLM
Artistic direction/production: Nønne Mai Svalholm/ SVALHOLM
Performance and development: Sisse Lunøe and Nønne Mai Svalholm
Sculpture: Nønne Mai Svalholm and Henrik Vibskov
Consultant: Marie DahlCostumes: Nønne Mai Svalholm in collaboration with Marie Dahl and KASPERSOPHIE
Headpieces: Design duo KASPERSOPHIE for the work Of All Its Parts: From Darkness(2020) / Design & production by Rasa VilJewelry with interpretation by Nønne Mai Svalholm
Residency: ARoS Aarhus Art Museum and BORA BORA Dance & Visual Theater
Photographer: Peter Ravnsborg @mumilabFilm: Fade to Grey