PERFORMER PORTFOLIO
2023
the burnt city by Punchdrunk
Directors: Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle.
Choreographer: Maxine Doyle.
Designers: Felix Barrett, Livi Vaughan and Beatrice Minns.
Location: Woolwich, London.
Sound desginer: Stephen Dobbie.
Costume designer: David Israel Reynoso.
Lighting designer: F9, Ben Donoghue & Felix Barrett.
Sponsors: Porsche.
solaris ? by Mathilde Caeyers
Choreographer: Mathilde Caeyers.
Musicians: Nonne - a band with Erlend Skotnes and Gustav Eidsvik.
In collaborations with performers: Karianne Andreassen, Lou Ditaranto, Synne Lundesgaard and Marit Meløe.
Location: Tromsø, Norway.
Funded by: Arts Council Norway.
Research surrounding methods to work with musicians, with the perspective of improvisation connected to tasks.
how to build a universe by Extended Play Dance
A research into a new digital world of composition between improvised dance and interviews, in the format of a podcast.
Location: Leeds, UK.
c'mon in, the water's lovely by MAYK Theatre / Aidan Moesby and Dan Bye
Directors: Aidan Moesby and Dan Bye.
Interdisciplinary piece exploring the relationship between climate change and mental health.
a(ttention) deficit delight by Yaniv Cohen
Choreographer: Yaniv Cohen.
Sharing: Oslo Academy of the Arts, MA in Choreography.
Co-creators / participated in the creation and not performing: Lou Ditaranto.
Co-creators / performers: Ida Hebsgaard Mogensen, Jil Sira, Iselin Nybak, William Vikan, Aasa Frøystein, Oskar Vigren, Edith Strand Askeland and Panisara Wanlopbanhan.
Light designer: Martin Myrvold
Composer & sound design: Rebekka Andresen
Costume designer: Eyrun Leistad Müller
Artistic support: Janne-Camilla Lyster Per Roar
KHiO Technical Department: Ida Lome Brevik, Are Engebretsen, Kjetil Skåret, Olaf Stangeland
The piece is a journey of heightened sensory awareness which drew its inspiration from the mind of an ADHD person.
do not stand too close by Hege Haagenrud
Choreographer: Hege Haagenrud.
Premiere: Dansens Hus, Oslo.
Voice Coach: Ingri Enger Damon.
Music by: Metteson (Sverre Breivig and Vetle Junker) and already- publiched YouTube voices/talks.
Dramaturgy by: Mads Sjøgård Pettersen.
Costumes by: Eline Dragesund.
Light design and scenography by: Martin Myrvold.
Photographer: Tale Hendnes.
How affected are we by WHO's speaking, rather than hearing exactly WHAT's being said? Welcome to an absurd, dramatic and apathetic world.
2022
teachers' lounge by Olsen, Bruylant & Anchetas / Panta Rei Dance Theatre
Choreographers: Malene Olsen, Iannes Bruylant & Ian Anchetas.
Dancers: Malene Olsen, Iannes Bruylant, Ian Anchetas & Lou Ditaranto.
Comissioned by: The Cultural School Bag (Den Kulturelle Skolesekken)
Touring: 2022 and 2023.
Outer Eye: Panta Rei Dance Theatre.
Music by: Various.
Photographer: Private.
Let's meet our gym teachers on a typical day at work, behind closed doors from pupils.
how to sit like the devil by Lou Ditaranto
Choreographer: Lou Ditaranto.
Research Partner: Anders Engebretsen.
Researched & Shared at: Dance in Process by Forum for Nordnorske Dansekunstnere, & Dialogscenen by NORA.
Outer Eye: Marianne Kjærsund & Hilde Sandvold.
Original Music Composition by: Kristoffer Lislegaard - 'C3'.
Filming: Private.
A solo deriving from her own movement research earlier named ultrafiolett / UV. Taking inspiration from Salvador Dalí The Antropomorphic Cabinet (1936); a comment on Freud's psychoanalyse, the solo plays with surrealism and her connection to pain and pleasure. Where is the devil, when does it laugh, and can you sit with it?
mission neighbourhood by Company B. Valiente
Fascilitator: Company B. Valiente / Gunhild Bjørnsgaard.
Comissioned for: Oslo Architecture Triennal.
Performed at: Old Munch Museum, Oslo.
Composer: Tanja Orning & Tøyen Young Orchestra.
Photographer: Private.
Publication: https://www.france.no/oslo/soiree-de-cloture-de-la-triennale-darchitecture-doslo/
An improvised solo between movement and live music, a meeting between expressions.
gigant by Anna & Berit Frøysland
Choreographers: Anna Frøysland & Berit Frøysland.
Comissioned for: CODA (Oslo International Dance Festival), as part of the CODA:SNAP triple-bill.
Premiered at: The Norwegian Opera and Ballet.
Original Music Composition by: Joey McNamara.
Photographer: Lars Opstad.
A group piece inspired by Nordic mythologies and folktales.
how to build a universe (and how to end it) by Extended Play Dance
Company / Choreographer: Extended Play Dance / Jamaal Burkmar.
Premiere: Birmingham International Dance Festival 2022.
Other Events: Chelsea & Kensington Festival.
Photography / Videography: Genevieve Reeves.
An accessible piece of dance that plays with improvisation and Burkmars' compositional method in relation to music. Warmly welcoming all ages to watch, also for physical participation during the performance. Performed outdoors.
the sense of freedom by Melissa Hough (NNB) / Panta Rei Dance Theatre
Choreographer: Melissa Hough (NNB) / Panta Rei Dance Theatre.
Comissioned for: Panta Rei Dance Theatre's program TILT GROW 2021.
Premiere in 2021: Oscarsborg, Norway.
Toured to Frankfurt (Stärcke Stücke Festival, 2022) and in/around Oslo. Performed near 50 times in total over a year.
Original voice over: an interview between Ditaranto and Hough.
Music: by Tchaikovsky, Serenade for Strings, IV. Finale.
Photography: Niell Nisbet (Article 19).
Funded by: Arts Council Norway, Talentstiftelsen DnB.
Additional sponsors: Talent Norge.
A solo exploring an aspect of what 'freedom' meant to me at the time; in the midst of a global pandemic, as a young, unestablished, confused mover.
flekker by Yaniv Cohen
Choreographer: Yaniv Cohen.
Performed: Mini Øya Festival (Oslo), Nonstop Festival (Moss), Globusfestivalen (Drammen).
Funded by: Arts Council Norway.
Photography: Yaniv Cohen / Private.
'Flekker' meant as 'splatters of colours' in Norwegian. A group piece made for mainly for children during the pandemic, a colourful pop-up performances surprising kindergartens, public openings, festivals and other comissions.
outlining by Aquilizan, Ditaranto, Engebretsen & Meløe
Collective Fascilitators: Carl Aquilizan, Lou Ditaranto, Anders Engebretsen, Marit Meløe.
Sharing at: Davvi - Centre for Performance Art, at the end of residency.
Funded by: Arts Council Norway, Oslo Municipality.
Additional Support: Davvi - Centre for Performance Art.
Photography: Marthe Nyvoll / Nyvoll Foto og Film.
By dissecting details from drawings, movement and text, the structure was developed as a method for choreography, improvisation and research. Each individual has in later processes actively used the method for their own creations and research methods.
2021
dis_func by Carl Aquilizan
Choreographer: Carl Aquilizan.
Comissioned for: Koreografilaboratoriet.
Premiere: Dansens Hus, Oslo.
Original Music Composition: Robin Crafoord &Truls Kvam.
Costume designer: Anna Louraine Dichoso.
Funded by: Arts Council Norway.
Photography: Antero Hein.
A piece inspired by Butoh and Expressionism, questioning what happens when emotional states are held back.
kunst inn i kroppen by Annette Brandanger
Choreographer / Fascilitator: Annette Brandanger.
Premiere: Kunstbanken, Hamar.
Funded by: Arts Council Norway.
An improvised structure for galleries, actively working with the present art pieces in the rooms. How does the moving body put itself in relation to frames, images, sculptures, paintings, and the audience?
2020
an invitation by Lou Ditaranto
Choreographer: Lou Ditaranto.
Comissioned for: Mind the Gap.
Co-produced by: DansiT.
Outer Eye: Ulf Nilseng.
Sharing: Scenehuset, Oslo.
Music: Various.
Photography: Ferghas Clavey.
A solo deriving from her Master Thesis An Invitiation for Resistance to Come Closer (2020), looking at inner conflicts and frictions as an active creative ally. Here, distance to loved ones and sensation of inner isolation, is the core conflict. It is an invitation to see the conflict alive.
white lies by Botis Seva / VERVE
Guest Choreographer: Botis Seva (Far From the Norm).
Assistant: Jordan (Far From the Norm).
Comissioned for: VERVE, Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Artistic Director / Rehearsal Director: Matthew Robinson.
Premiere: Riley Theatre, Leeds.
Toured at different venues of different scales in the United Kingdom.
Original Music Composition: Torben Sylvest.
Photography: Nicole Guarino.
A piece about frustration, about the youth carrying the world on our shoulders, about unity, about power and fatigue.
shelter by Lali Ayguadé / VERVE
Guest Choreographer: Lali Ayguadé.
Assistant: Akira Yoshida.
Comissioned for: VERVE, Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
Artistic Director / Rehearsal Director: Matthew Robinson.
Premiere: Riley Theatre, Leeds.
Toured at different venues of different scales in the United Kingdom.
Music Composition: Various.
Photography: Nicole Guarino.
Amongst the mass; questioning, hiding, sharing.
fast love and a crash by Mari Carrasco / VERVE
Guest Choreographer: Mari Carrasco.
Assistant: Filippa Fahlin.
Comissioned for: VERVE, Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
Artistic Director / Rehearsal Director: Matthew Robinson.
Premiere: Riley Theatre, Leeds.
Toured at different venues of different scales in the United Kingdom.
Music Composition: Various.
Photography: Elly Wellford / Elly Wellford Photography.
A piece building on repetition and slow groove, into a hectic crescendo of energy.
clowns by Douglas Thorpe
Guest Choreographer: Douglas Thorpe.
Assistant: Tiia Ourila.
Comissioned for: VERVE, Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
Artistic Director / Rehearsal Director: Matthew Robinson.
Premiere: Riley Theatre, Leeds.
Toured at different venues of different scales in the United Kingdom.
Music Composition: Various.
Photography: Nicole Guarino.
A piece inspired by the craziness we all inhabit.
the light project by Barnaby Booth
Choreographer: Barnaby Booth
Produced by: Spin Arts.
Premiere: The Middle Floor, Leeds.
Music Composition: Various.
Light designer: Barnaby Booth.
Photography: Private.
Meetings, partings, sorrows and lovers. A piece based on movement and the stories that unfold through them.
2019
the whole shebang! by Vinicius Salles
Choreographer: Vinicius Salles.
Commissioned for: 3rd Year Graduation, Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
Premiere: Riley Theatre, Leeds.
Music Composition: Various.
Photography: Nicole Guarino.
The 'work takes place in The Cow’s Arms pub, a place lost in a mundane, urban wilderness. It is a refuge for locals to ruminate on their political ideologies. The customers’ stories intertwine, creating a contemporary physical tale that is sharp, funny and cruel.'
- Vinicius Salles
