RESONANCE
In this raw, absurd, playful music- performance, Anika Barkan- 47 years old woman/ 177cm / 90kg and Petter Wadsted 32 years old man /155cm / 55kg / challenge the normative, and question body ideals, identity, and the individual.
Duration: 70 min
The performance is a study in natural behavior, an uproar where things are turned upside down, constructed and deconstructed. The performance uses tools from social media, like snapchat, webcams, live and recorded voices, thereby exposing the manufactured reality. Through breaking down the norms of behavior and identity, RESONANCE highlights the beauty and strength of daring to be who you are – “imperfect”.
THE COMPANY : Barkan Productions
Performancemaker Anika Barkan is an important figure in Danish Experimental Performing Arts. She pushes the boundaries and moves us with her presence and stories.
She has 25 years of experience and works in the intersection between performing arts and social engagement. She has studied and worked for 10 years in Japan, New York, South Africa and Palestine, with a number of legendary artists such as Min Tanaka, Anna Halprin, The Woostergroup and many more. She is the co-artistic director of the performance ensemble CoreAct. Since 2004 she has been based in Copenhagen, Denmark her place off birth. The focal point of her work is to examine how the performing arts can create alternative narratives that can broaden our perspective and improve our compass of empathy and compassion.
Her work contains many aspects. She writes, directs, produces, teaches and performs. She makes things happen. She has a tremendous strength and an irreversibility.
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY
The performance is created by an international team with a strong international network. In today's society we are all intertwined in a filtered reality- looking to redefine real human connection. Through tapping into and de-construction tools from social media, the piece touches something beyond a danish context, and Barkan production believes that it has relevance for diverse international audiences. They are actually working with Wildtopia on a strategy for an international tour.
LANGUAGE
English - Swedish - Danish
AGE TARGET
+15
CONTACT PERSON
Anika Barkan, anikabarkan@mail.dk, +45 22539546
CREDITS
SHOW:
Performers and script: Anika Barkan, Petter Wadsten
Director: Cille Lansade
Lighting designer: Clementine AM Waldelius
Performers and script: Anika Barkan, Petter Wadsten
Director: Cille Lansade
Lighting designer: Clementine AM Waldelius
VIDEO:
Filmed and Edited by: Søren Meisner
Sound: Søren Knud Christensen
Producer: Karen Toftegaard
Production manager: Ditte Drehn
Producer’s assistant: Lucie Auréjac
Pitch curated and produced by CPH STAGE.
Pitch is prepared and presented in collaboration with The Development Platform for Performing Arts and Supported by The Danish Arts Foundation
Composer/live music: Mika Forsling
Costumedesign: Camilla Lind
Technical advise: Troels Jensen
Producer : Barkan produktion
Co producer: AFUK Scene