Text Link text THE TEAM BEHIND Nadja Mattioli (LU), director, researcher & co-artistic director of Beyond Darkness. Nadja studied Creative Writing in London, did a BA in Theatre Arts in Athens (2018) and an MFA in Performing Arts at The Danish National School of Performing Arts (2021). Nanna Hanfgarn Jensen (DK), choreographer & co-artistic director…
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Text Link text THE TEAM BEHIND Nadja Mattioli (LU), director, researcher & co-artistic director of Beyond Darkness. Nadja studied Creative Writing in London, did a BA in Theatre Arts in Athens (2018) and an MFA in Performing Arts at The Danish National School of Performing Arts (2021). Nanna Hanfgarn Jensen (DK), choreographer & co-artistic director…
TOOLBOX
A choreographic method development project TOOLBOX was originally motivated by a personal intent to critically (re-)engage with the last five years of my choreographic work, physical research, ideas, texts, and classes, in order to understand my own process better, examine my relationship with dance, and create new understandings and insights into how to work with…
MEMBERSHIP TRIAL DARKNESS
MEMBERSHIP TRIAL DARKNESS Led by performing artist Julie Kunz and together with lighting designer Michael Breiner, the experiment explores the fundamental question: “Can we learn to accept the darkness as part of our being and thus achieve a more nuanced and reassuring relationship with the world and ourselves?” Excerpt from the intention report: “Darkness has…
TRY “CIGAR PIMPLE NOSE”
TRY “CIGAR PIMPLE NOSE” – A musical paper theater experiment WunderVerk v/Anette Asp Christensen leads this experimental project that works with musical paper theater. The experiment has a duration of 4 weeks between September 26 and November 4, 2016 and is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation’s Project Support Committee for Performing Arts. The work…
EMBODIED IMMEDIACY
EMBODIED IMMEDIACY The experiment is a first step into a working partnership between movement and experience facilitator Rikke Jeppesen Rod (DK) and dancer-poet Catherine Magill (AUS). The project was born out of a shared curiosity about the synergy that arises when dance and words are simultaneously listening to each other’s stories. Can particular approaches to…
B&W;’S TEACH EACH OTHER MONDAYS
B&W;’S TEACH EACH OTHER MONDAYS Teach Each Other Mondays are a series of knowledge sharing events, organized by B&W Art and Support. For each Monday morning session, they invite one group or artist to share a short glimpse into their practice for one hour, and let all participants practically try out a way that they…
TELE(INTIMACY)
TELE(INTIMACY) The experiment “tele(intimacy)” is led by Dorte Bjerre Jensen and is a study that began during the COVID-19 lockdown, where 4 women on opposite sides of the globe set out to explore how it is possible to create a virtual, artistic collaborative space. And find out what kinds of presence and intimacy this format…
Newsletters 2022 / 2023
Newsletters 2022 / 2023 March 2023 Dear members We still have a few seats available for – VOICE WORKSHOP May 13-14 – EUROPEAN ADVANCED THEATRE STUDY CIRCLE May 10, 17 and 24 The deadline for registration is April 1. Read more here Free events with JUBB In connection with the April Festival, Forsøgsstationen…
Workshops May 2023
WEEKLY TRAINING Monday 9 – 11 Teach Each Other – starts 26 September – see more: www.burmesterwium.art 18 – 21 Stands & Dance – see more: www.standsogdans.dk Tuesdays 8 – 11 Free morning training in common room – starting 9 August. 19 – 21.30 Gaga training – start on. August 9. Wednesdays 9 -…
THE SHAPE OF THE AUDIENCE
Study of audience movements, seen as choreographic patterns. The Shape of the Audience is the third attempt in the series of the basic research project “Audience in an Artistic Context”. The study focuses on the movement patterns of the audience, both as a collective organism and as individuals, based on observations of the social and…
SOUND OF AUDIENCE SILENCE – PAUSE – REVERBERATION
Investigating the aural identity of audiences in theatre… The Sound of the Audience and Silence-Pause-Echo are the first two experiments in the The Lab stationbasic research project “Audience in an Artistic Context”. The experiments worked with sound compositions written for choirs based on audience sounds researched from field studies in and around theatre halls and…
TOTAL!IN!
When the audience experiences the dance physically… How is trust and contact established? How do the artists invite the children to enter the work and experience it with all their senses and their whole body in motion? How does choreographic structure and dramaturgy emerge through the interaction between performers, dance, music and a group of…
THE ACTOR AND THE ÜBERMARIONETTE
How to give life to dead material and conversely give “death” to the actor’s living body? A study of the stage expression of the actor and the puppet theatre and the fusion of both into a new stage expression. The experiment is inspired by theatre theorist Edward Gordon Craig’s ideas about the “ideal” actor, the…
BREATH
What are the qualities of breath as a musical and theatrical means of expression in harmony with an audience? BREATH started as an investigation of breath as an interdisciplinary expression: we wanted to explore the musical and physical qualities of breath. During the study, it became clear how we subconsciously recognise and copy the bodily…
TEACHING EACH OTHER LAB
How can we teach and learn performance in non-hierarchical ways? The initiators of this project share the belief that each performer has to invent their own practices to adequately express what moves them. Because they consider everyone’s experiences to be of equal value, each participant in the workshop should teach all others. For the Teaching…
STORY PLAY
Do the five phases of the Story Play model: listener-carrier-opening-situation-echo make sense as a starting point for creating your own artistic narratives? Over a 6-year period, the quality of working with one’s own personally related stories in groups of four representing “mixed time” was studied in groups of children, youth, adults and elders. Through meditation…
SPOR
What does the imprint of the autonomous body in motion look like? In relation to dance and movement, the viewer will typically relate to the movement by watching the one who moves. As a graphic artist, I wanted to relate to movement second-hand: look for the body in motion. Explore the dynamic in a static…
SECOND SKIN EXPERIMENT
What is a doll and how and when does it appear? The experiment was based on the idea of the doll as a second skin, and that if we provide ourselves as a canvas for it, the doll could appear anywhere on our body. Using body fragments based on casts of our own and each…
ANTIMUSIC
A study in failing… A group of 10 actors on wind instruments and percussion, with little or no experience in playing music, have collaborated over a period of 5 years with professional conductors to interpret well-known classical works such as. Carmen and Bolero. Here, of course, a discrepancy arises between what the ear expects to…
RANDOM PERFORMANCE GAME
Is it possible to develop a hands-on game that can be used as a structuring and inspirational tool in a performing arts creation process? Livingstone’s Cabinet has worked with randomness principles in the past. This has sparked an interest in going further in working with ‘randomisation’ in performing arts development. With RPG, we tried to…
LIKE NOT LIKE
What happens when you submit your creative ideas for public review? In 2012, we each created a small daily performance that we videotaped all 366 days of the year and posted for public review on YouTube and Vimeo. In the creation process we had a constant focus on serendipity. We examined the immediate with an…
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STRIKT
STRIKT – How does fear affect your life and how much of a risk are you willing to take? Choreographer My Lindblad Szlavik from Stands&Dans is leading the experiment, which will use the square as a metaphor for a “safe and secure zone”, inspired by the film “The Square”. As long as you move inside…
MEMBER ATTEMPT “SELF”
MEMBER ATTEMPT “SELF” The experiment “Self” investigates the self as a physical state or starting point and what this focus does for performer, spectator, expression and movement quality. The experiment will ask questions such as: Can focusing on yourself make you more inclusive? And what does it do to the body to move from open…
THE BLUE HOUR – WORKING TITLE
THE BLUE HOUR – WORKING TITLE Experiment led by Birgitte Lundtoft with the aim to investigate what influence light and darkness have on us (as people, performers and audience) – and how we can enhance the perception of changing states in the blue hour through different materialities, touch and movement. The experiment is itself a…
FROM STUDIO TO STUDIO
FROM STUDIO TO STUDIO The experiment “From Studio to Studio” will explore the need for non-commercial training, moderated by the actors themselves. Inspired by The Actor’s Studio in New York, participants in the experiment will study self-selected scenes together, taking turns to perform, moderate and comment. The trial is led by actor and casting specialist…
MEMBERSHIP TRIAL “A LAND WHERE NO DRAGONS HIDE”
MEMBERSHIP TRIAL “A LAND WHERE NO DRAGONS HIDE” – a choreographic study of vibration The experiment is a study of a performance that challenges the private and the public, a quest to create new connections between performer and audience. “A small intimate performance at the foot of a bed. A feast for the senses, spaceship…
THE SPARK OF THE BLUE SEA
THE SPARK OF THE BLUE SEA The experiment entitled “The Spark of the Blue Sea” is the first of 3 planned studies with the overall working title “The Alchemy of Training”. The experiments are led by Jonas de Neergaard. The studies can be seen as a direct extension of Jonas de Neergaard’s master project; A…
IN IN
IN IN – a forum where independent dance artists meet, train and explore together. DANS DANS is a defined time where dancers who already have their own practice work on and explore their own dance practice, in a space with colleagues. Because we meet regularly, knowledge and questions will build up in the group, providing…
TEACH EACH OTHER LAB
TEACH EACH OTHER LAB – a study of non-hierarchical learning in the performing arts Everyone has experience that can be turned into material that can be developed into a performance or a show. The experimental team invites a wide range of people to take part in two days of labs, where participants explore and share…
THE ACTOR AS SHAMAN
THE ACTOR AS SHAMAN A study in transformation and presence. “The Actor as Shaman” is a research project with and by the Olske Orkesters Company of 6 actors and its director. Due to our long-standing collaboration, we have already gained common experience from up to several theatre productions and research projects and are thus a…
THE ACTOR AND THE ÜBER-PUPPET
“THE ACTOR AND THE ÜBER-PUPPET” For the 15/16 season, Øyvind Kirchhoff of the Research Station is in charge of the main experiment “Open exploration of the actor and the über-puppet”. It is a study of the theatrical expression of the actor and the puppet theatre and the fusion of both forms into a new theatrical…
The Aesthetics of Death
The Aesthetics of Death between actor and puppet, between life and death “The ideal is not flesh and blood but rather the body in a trance state. The body must be clothed in mortal beauty, while radiating its living spirit.” Edward Gordon Craig The Aesthetics of Death is a 5-day development project and a knowledge-sharing…
WHAT IS AN EXPERIMENT?
WHAT IS AN EXPERIMENT? – creation of a working demonstration in word and practice based on the experimental series “The Actor and the Übermarionette”. The experiment is a study of the stage expression of the actor and the puppet theatre and the fusion of both into a new stage expression. The experimental team will develop…
THE LAUGHING GAME
THE LAUGHING GAME The experiment “The Laughing Game” by Antoinette Helbing is based on the phenomenon of laughter. She uses already generated material from research on this in an exploration of how the many forms of value of laughter can be conveyed through a dancer in a solo. I see a great artistic and physical…
GESTURES
GESTURES The GESTURES experiment aims to explore how, through our formal language of dance and music, we can work with, relate to, use, translate, record and understand processes and self-organising principles observed in nature. How can this inform strategies for generating choreographic and compositional form? We work partly in duos and partly in groups, exploring…
ACTOR’S VIBRATIONS
ACTOR’S VIBRATIONS The experiment “The actor’s vibrations” builds on the Olske Orchester’s recent experiment “The actor as shaman” on transformation and presence. In this attempt, the actor’s body and voice and habits are challenged to an extreme degree, in order to amplify the vibrations of the players so that they can propagate in the audience…
THE CIRCULAR SELF
THE CIRCULAR SELF The experiment “The Circular Self” is led by choreographer Sara Gebran and explores how concepts like intimacy and inclusion can be established on stage. It is an elaboration of concepts and practices in her book “ANOTHER HOLE” (2019). Read the experiment’s purpose statement here HOLD BAG The experiment is led by choreographer…
THE FOXCAVE
THE FOXCAVE The Foxcave Development Project by Sew Flunk Fury Wit, explores the immersive theatre genre and attempts to answer the question of how to tell a sensory story that envelops its audience in interaction, sensing and narrative. The trial will take place in autumn 2019. “Our study has a thematic framework that the creative…
VOICES FROM ENGHAVE PLADS
VOICES FROM ENGHAVE PLADS After 8 years of metro construction and the closure of a square that is the setting for much local life in Vesterbro, Enghave Plads is alive again. Singer and composer Anna Kruse wants to give voice to those who were affected, and act as a poetic mouthpiece. Anna Kruse will explore…
SOMEWHERE, SOME TIME
SOMEWHERE, SOME TIME The experiment is based on the question “If we resist to attach a certain function or purpose to dance, and instead reinforce dance as something in itself by insisting on form, aesthetic and craft – what sort of experiences can unfold?”. The study at the Experimental Station is part of an ambitious…
SOMEWHERE, SOME TIME
SOMEWHERE, SOME TIME The experiment is based on the question “If we resist to attach a certain function or purpose to dance, and instead reinforce dance as something in itself by insisting on form, aesthetic and craft – what sort of experiences can unfold?”. The study at The Lab station is part of an ambitious…
“NO”-BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU
“NO”-BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU The experiment is a study of the word “no” in different forms, bodily, phonetically and psychologically. In his intention report, Jon Hoff, the head of the study, elaborates: “I want to explore my assumption that we as a society celebrate a “yes” and therefore forget to say no, almost…
SILENCE, PAUSE, REVERBERATION
SILENCE, PAUSE, REVERBERATION The 2020 season experiment includes the creation of 3 small sound works, developed by composer Peter Bruun in collaboration with an experimental choir and the artistic direction of The Lab station. The project is inspired by the work with “The Sound of the Audience” (season experiment 2016/17) and a general interest in…
THE WAKE OF SLEEP
THE WAKE OF SLEEP THE WAKE OF SLEEP is an experiment that builds on years of exploring ‘public intimacy’ on stage. Work is carried out in a collective framework, as a natural continuation of previous experiments ( A land where no dragons hide ) and the book “Another Hole” from 2019. Quote from intention report:…
BODY OF SAND
BODY OF SAND The experiment is a continuation of another experiment that Tora Balslev held in the 18/19 season entitled ” Fair Phone ” which later became the performance “Nature Calls” and inspired by ” The imprint of the body ” led by Katrine Stewart, in which Tora participated as a dancer. “The idea arose…
TRY YOUNG NATURE WILD
TRY YOUNG NATURE WILD Walk in the footsteps of the artists… What is the best way to experience performing arts? And what knowledge helps to enhance the experience? Nordic Performance Art would like to explore this. The thesis is that the more you involve the young audience and the more they explore the same themes…
DISCOVERING THE BODY
MEMBER EXPERIMENT ‘DISCOVERING THE BODY’ The experimental team wants to develop a teaching format that invites young people into the world of the choreographer and dancer, where they are an active part of the space, participate and have a say both in the teaching and in a creative work process. Based on previous years’ experience…
MAIN EXPERIMENT WITH THE DANISH PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL
MAIN EXPERIMENT WITH THE DANISH PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL The scenographic actor The experiment is a collaborative project between The Danish National School of Performing Arts and The The Lab station and is an investigation of the outer technique as a path to a new method for the creative processes of the actor, puppeteer and set…
MEMBERSHIP TRIAL FAIR PHONE
MEMBERSHIP TRIAL FAIR PHONE Through a sensory unfolding of a smartphone, it is investigated whether it is possible to create a sense of the object as a concrete starting point, a landscape that can perhaps be used to find our footing and direction when we have to navigate in cyberspace on a daily basis. The…
TRAINING TRIALS SEASON 17/18
TRAINING TRIALS SEASON 17/18 The meeting of poetic narrative and expressionist physical theatre The continuation of the experiment in season 18/19 is called “The Actor as Shaman ” – read more here. In August 2017, Det Olske Orkester began a 3-year research project at the The Lab station to investigate and develop a theatrical idiom…
DAILY DANCE – AN EMBODIED THINK TANK
DAILY DANCE – AN EMBODIED THINK TANK Membership trial led by Ellen Kilsgaard, which will run as a continuous study room. The experiment is a re-activation of an experimental work in the years 2012 to 2014, where a group of dancers worked once a week on a continuous basis here at The Lab station. Ellen…
MEMBERSHIP ATTEMPT BREATH
MEMBERSHIP ATTEMPT BREATH The experiment “BREATH” is led by Kirstine Lindemann and is a music-dramatic investigation of breath as a musical instrument and dramatic means of expression. Can the breath make music? Can the gesture of breathing convey emotions and actions? – And what can that experience do to the viewer? The trial will…
MEMBERSHIP ATTEMPT SHAKESPEARE IN TWO LANGUAGES
MEMBERSHIP ATTEMPT SHAKESPEARE IN TWO LANGUAGES This fall, Rikke Liljenberg has chosen to intensify and focus her Sunday Shakespeare labs in the form of a membership experiment with a permanent group of actors. The focus of the experiment is to investigate whether there is anything to be gained by working with the original English text…
MEMBER EXPERIMENT “IMPRINT OF THE BODY IN MOTION”
MEMBER EXPERIMENT “IMPRINT OF THE BODY IN MOTION” The intention is to investigate the graphic language that the autonomous body creates in its encounter with paper. The hypothesis is that the emerging individual compositions together create a graphic expression in which movement and body are recognized. It is also an examination and documentation of the…
TOTAL!IN!
TOTAL!IN! The experiment has 2 phases. The first phase is in week 20 and the second phase in week 36 In week 20: TOTAL!DANCE! – back to basics – exploring the essence of the practice that forms a living foundation for TOTAL!DANCE! – an interactive dance and music performance for children, is explored. In week…
TRY ‘THE RACE TO ZERO’
TRY ‘THE RACE TO ZERO’ – an artistic attempt on the financial markets Kristian Husted has been working on ‘The Race to Zero’ experiment since 2014. The third experimental period at the The Lab station is underway d. October 1 to 5, 2016. Overall, the experiment is about what language the experts – programmers and…