GjestekunstnereDansearena nord har etablert ordningen med gjestekunstnere for å tilby et lengre forløp med dialog, oppfølgning og utvikling enn det vi greier med det ordinære residensprogrammet. I 2020 er Maria Landmark og Silje Solheim Johnsen gjestekunstnere.
Gjennom et helt ti-år har Silje Solheim Johnsen produsert og vist forestillinger for barn i grunnskolen. Hennes produksjoner har turnert utallige skoler og festivaler i hele landet. De siste årene har Solheim Johnsen sitt kunstneriske fokus beveget seg over på å utforske forholdet mellom barn og voksen – og iscenesatt dette. Solheim Johnsen bor og virker i Tromsø, men turnerer i hele landet. Med fokus på det lokale, skaper Maria Landmarksteds-basert scenekunst med utgangspunkt i det som stedet tilbyr i byen, i åpne områder eller i naturen. Landmark gjør modige valg i form av samarbeidspartnere og ser muligheter for å skape gode kunstneriske verk i lokalsamfunnet. Landmark bor og virker i Alta, og hennes stedsbaserte verk er også vist i Tromsø og Bodø. Dansearena nord har i lengre tid samarbeidet med dansedramaturg Thomas Schaupp. Målet er å gi dansere verktøy til å arbeide dramaturgisk med sine produksjoner. Schaupp er tilknyttet gjestekunstordningen og vil følge Landmark og Solheim Johnsen dette året. |
Guest artistsBy establishing the Guest Artists program, Dansearena nord is offering a more long term commitment to connect to and develop artists than we are able to do through our Artist in residence programme. In 2020 the Guest Artists are Maria Landmark and Silje Solheim Johnsen.
Silje Solheim Johnsenhas spesialized in developing new ways of producing work for schools – thereby also creating performances for young people over a decade. Her works has toured extensively in schools and at festivals. In the later years, Solheim Johnsen has taken her works to a different level exploring the relationships between the adult and the child. Solheim Johnsen is a Tromsø-based artist, touring nationally. Maria Landmarkworks mainly site spesific, taking in the local opportunities given in a city, open space or vast nature. Daring to invite unlikely collaborators into her productions, Landmark opens for explorative ways of seeing and creating art in local communities. Landmark lives and works in Alta, also creating work shown in Tromsø and Bodø. Dansearena nord has a long term collaboration with dramaturge Thomas Schaupp, making use of dramaturgy as an important tool for dancers. Schaupp will be working with Solheim Johnsen and Landmark throughout the year. |
Thomas Schaupp is a free-lancing dance dramaturg based in Reykjavík and Berlin. Since 2010, he is collaborating with several international choreographers, currently with Anne-Mareike Hess, Janne-Camilla Lyster, Camille Mutel among others. As a mentor and advisor he collaborates with institutions such as Dansearena Nord in Hammerfest, Oslo National Academy of the Arts and Festival Tanztage in Berlin.
Thomas is a guest teacher at the Inter-University Centre for Dance in Berlin as well as the Iceland Academy of Arts and facilitates workshops on dance-dramaturgy in choreographic centres across Europe.
In collaboration with Ibsen International and Goethe Institut Beijing he also co-curates a Cultural Exchange Program on Dance Dramaturgy in China.
For the season 2020-2021, Thomas is a member of the Jury for the Berlin Senate's Department for Culture and Europe funding program for existing works.
Thomas is a guest teacher at the Inter-University Centre for Dance in Berlin as well as the Iceland Academy of Arts and facilitates workshops on dance-dramaturgy in choreographic centres across Europe.
In collaboration with Ibsen International and Goethe Institut Beijing he also co-curates a Cultural Exchange Program on Dance Dramaturgy in China.
For the season 2020-2021, Thomas is a member of the Jury for the Berlin Senate's Department for Culture and Europe funding program for existing works.
