METTE EDVARDSEN

My first piece was about space, and the possible creation of new or other spaces, my second piece was about time, and collapsing causalities in respect of the directions of time, my third piece is about the theatre; as space, place, and time, with its functions, conventions, and history, and collapsing narrations.

In Opening I try to activate the audience and create a space in time to fantasize and let the capacities and desires of our understanding bring us towards other views and readings, to look and look again. Opening is also a solo, in that there is one performer on stage. But like the previous pieces, the performer is not the center of the work, but plays together with the other elements like space, sound, text, light, curtains, doors, and more.

A first short version of Opening was especially created for an evening program presented by Les Ballets C. de la B. in 2005. The complete version of Opening was premiered in Kaaitheaterstudio’s in March 2006.

+ created by: Mette Edvardsen
+ in collaboration with: Philippe Beloul, Helga Duchamps, Jan Van Gijsel, Nienke Reehorst
+ support: Norsk Kulturråd (N), Fond for Lyd og Bilde (N), Fond for Utøvende Kunstnere (N), Les Ballets C. de la B. (B)
+ thanks to: Vooruit/ Gent, Kaaitheater/ Brussels, Stuk/ Leuven
+ photo: Anette Lundebye