Work-in-progress visning, 8 januari kl 19.00 med Kenneth Flak, Harakiri Farmers och Chazam

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Kenneth Flak är en norsk koreograf som är baserad i Stockholm. Han samarbetar här med polskt kollektiv- Harakiri Farmers som är grundat av koreografen/skådespelerskan/dansaren  Dominika Knapik och Wojtek Klimczyk som är sociolog och regissör. David Chazam är kompositör från Frankrike.

Tillsammans har de under fyra veckors studiovistelse arbetat inför kommande föreställningen Technicolor- a tragedy. Drama, dans, musik och mim med skratt, skräck och dagdrömmar utlovas. Efter visningen är publiken inbjuden att samtala med konstnärerna och ge feedback. Se mer information nedan på engelska.

Technicolor—A Tragedy. Work in Progress showing
Konstnärsnämnden Studio, Maria skolgata 83, 2 tr, 19:00, January 8, 2010

In the Technicolor world people live Technicolor lives. The smiles are bright, the cars are fast and the TV is always on. Men are men and women are pretty. Even the monsters are friendly and eager to lend a helping hand. Everybody sings with voices that are strong and clean. The endings are happy, the tears full of joy and the little birds keep flying to the moon.

Harakiri Farmers, Kenneth Flak and Chazam invite you on a roller-coaster ride full of humor, thrill and reflection. In Technicolor—A Tragedy they create an explosive mixture of drama, dance, music and mime. The laughter, the horror, the daydream—it is all there, presented in exciting Panavision stage format. Come and join HaFa, Kenneth Flak and Chazam on the journey of a lifetime!

The performers’ collective behind Technicolor—A Tragedy has been in residence for four weeks at Konstnärsnämnden courtesy of a studio grant within the framework of the International Dance Programme. The Work in Progress showing is an important part in the further work with the performance, which will premiere in the fall season this year. After the showing there will be an after talk with the artists with the possibility for the audience to ask questions and give friendly or hostile feedback (both varieties are equally welcome).

Kenneth Flak is a Norwegian Stockholm-based choreographer and dancer. In 2007 he received a New York Dance and Performance Award for his interpretation of André Gingras’ CYP17. He has toured the world extensively with a number of choreographers, including Norwegian Dansdesign, American Richard Siegal and Swedish Charlotta Öfverholm. He currently teaches at Danshögskolan and Balettakademin. www.kennethflak.com

Harakiri Farmers is a Polish artistic collective based in Krakow founded by dancer, actress and choreographer Dominika Knapik and Wojtek Klimczyk, theatre director and sociologist. Among their works are: "Keret", an adaptation of short stories of Etgar Keret for which they received the first prize in "New Situation" contest during the Malta Festival 2008, "Beat Hotel" based on the life and work of Allen Ginsberg and "We Are Oh So Lucky" inspired by "Waiting for Godot". In their creations HaFa mixes dance, theatre and performance art using aesthetics that is both minimalistic and humorous. www.myspace.com/harakirifarmers

Chazam is a French composer based in Bordeaux that works in different musical and show paradigms like: contemporary dance, boring theater, radio