Year: 2023
Project type: Stagecraft
Light and spatial design: Gard Gitlestad
Shadowland
«Shadowland responds to an increasingly unstable post-pandemic world. It is a poetic investigation of a continuum, as well as the body moving through loss. Visually and conceptually inspired by the work of Norwegian visual artist Jan Groth, Shadowland centers around a series of solo dance practices, aiming toward an expression that is both abstract and poetic, and emphasizing the affective and energetic power of movement. The distinct solos Hoaas has created with each dancer in Shadowland appear in fluctuating constellations, forming choreographic bricolages and larger kinetic events. The resulting dance performance becomes a web of various assemblages and shifting formats. Shadowland is performed by three dancers along with choreographer Hoaas.»
Light and spatial design for the performance Shadowland by Kari Hoaas Productions. The performance premiered at La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theatre in New York. The design for this performance also encompasses a 3 x 6 metre suspended, rotating light sculpture. The installation works as a graphical element, a scenographic object, and a moving light source.
Performed by dancers Ida Haugen, Christine Kjellberg, Mattias Rønningen, and Kari Hoaas. Costume design by Zofia Jakubiec, music composed by Fil Uno, sound design by Erling Bergby. Performance photos by Steven Pisano.
