"Two women arrive on stage, slickly dressed in engineered slacks and tops the colours and coolness of cassata ice-cream, smooth and tasteful. They begin a gestural Q&A: body ripples, hand thrusts, enquiring head tilts, responding to each other with complicit smiles."

Oonagh Duckworth / Springback Magazine

REtransLATE is a performance about communication and (mis)interpretation. The point of departure for the creation was to translate the different aspects of communication beyond words between the performers, though starting with personal stories.

One could wonder if in the end there is meaning in understanding what is said or if meaning is to be found in the spaces between what is said, which one might never be able to understand.

One listens and perceives. In the transfer of messages and stories from one person to another, one is never sure where the loss occurs on the one hand or where other dimensions of meaning tend to add up.

One would assume that any occurrence of a particular message gets transformed by our body, as much as this personal story is enhanced by a broader historical and cultural picture. In REtransLATE, the performers question the procedures of listening, interpretation and extraction in communicative situations - leaving the audience with the core of the matter: translating that transition.
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Credits

Consept og choreografi:
Mirte Bogaert

Sound design:
Stephan Meidell

Co-creating dancers:
Yoh Morishita,
Erlend Auestad Danielsen

Light design:
Randiane Sandboe

Dramaturge:
Alain Franco

Costume design:
Olga Regitze Dyrløv Høegh

Producer:
Sølvi Katrine Andersen

Photo:
Linn Heidi Stokkedal

Co-produced by:
BIT Teatergarasjen, Carte Blanche – The Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance, RAS (Regional Arena Samtidsdans)

Supported by:
Bergen Dansesenter – Regional centre for Dance, KAAP (BE), KWP Kunstenwerkplaats Pianofabriek (BE), ATLAS – ImPulsTanz (AT)
Økonomisk støttet av: Norwegian Art Council, Fond For Lyd og Bilde, Fond for Utøvende Kunstnere (FFUK), City of Bergen, Performing Arts Hub Norway (PAHN)

Thanks to:
Guy Cools, Deva Schubert, Julia Müllner, Liv Basberg, Lisa Nøttseter, Kristina Melbø Valvik, Nicola Gunn, Eva Pfitzenmaier, Lucius Romeo Fromm, Ingrid Berger Myhre, Lorenzo De Angelis, Caroline Eckly, Karlien Vanhoonacker, Aki Iwamoto, Karen Joosten, Andrea Spreafico, Anne B Pedersen

Reviews

SPRINGBACK MAGAZINE
https://springbackmagazine.com/supplement/assembly-oktoberdans-22/

PERSINSALA TEATRO | Cultura e critica teatrale e delle arti performative
https://teatro.persinsala.it/retranslate-unimages-dark-dynamite-oktoberdans-2022/ (ENG/IT)

LA GAZETTE DES FESTIVALS
http://www.iogazette.fr/festivals/2022/fantomes-sur-fjord/ (FR)

SCENEKUNST
https://www.scenekunst.no/sak/a-dyrke-det-usikre/ (NO)