THE ORCHARD BALLADS
Music for concert & dance performance (2011)
The Orchard Ballads combines choreography, concert and installation into an experiential performance inspired by motives of transformation from nature and mythology. These are manifested into physical and spatial states, where the transformation takes place in the perception of the spectator as much as in the performance. The music spans from aerial folk ballads and soulful melodies with multi-layered vocals, touching on percussion driven, synthbased pop, into darker, dystopic soundscapes.
“t is an surprisingly all-consuming experience with Langgård´s suggestive music. The performance shakes the premises for what dance and theatre can be.
Aftenposten
Phaedra´s rythmical music from a place between life and death adds primordial power to The Orchard Ballads.
Bergensavisen
In The Orchard Ballads the music plays the first violin and a huge textile takes the leading role in an evocative performance
Scenekunst
Duration: 60 min
Full documentation video here
CONCEPT Fiksdal/Becker/Langgård
CHOREOGRAPHY / PERFORMER Ingri Fiksdal
COMPOSER / PERFORMER Ingvild Langgård
SCENOGRAPHY Signe Becker
LIGHT DESIGN Tobias Leira
OUTSIDE EYES Brynjar Bandlien & Sidney Leoni
CO-PRODUCED BY BIT Teatergarasjen and Black Box Theatre
SUPPORTED BY The Norwegian Arts Council
