TOTAL! DANCE! FOR CHILDREN / ELLEN KILLSGAARD In the attempt TOTAL! DANCE! children are free to move around the space between the dancers, mirror the dance or simply observe. The traditional stage-hall division is suspended and the children are audience, participants and active co-creators as we explore ways in which the dancers can integrate and…
TALKBOX // ERIK POLD The thesis behind the experiment is that it is possible to create a performance that in its finished form is in dialog with a young audience, where the young people themselves are in focus, and where the themes are unfolded for them and with them. In other words, where I as…
STORY PLAY // JESPER LA COUR Stories that live – both for the listener and the teller – are – and have always been – central to Jesper la Cour’s work as a storyteller and actor. From this springs his interest in the underlying conditions, structures and mechanisms that make for good, long-lasting and relevant…
SHAKESPEARE // RIKKE LILJENBERG An attempt with Shakespeare – the actor’s path! Shakespeare – interactive & accessible! Rikke Liljenberg, Morten Andersen Thunbo and Maria Stokholm are busy exploring how Shakespeare’s play text can be made more accessible to young audiences. Read the trial’s statement of intent here
SCENIC BODY MANIPULATION // ARRIEREGARDEN Teater Arrièregarden’s experiment “Scenic Body Manipulation” is based on a wonderment about the basic human tendency to want to look like the people around us. In the experiment, we will take a hands-on approach and soberly test and invent different methods to create physical equality: To what extent can we,…
BREATHING // LIFE PLOW The project stems from a need to explore the theater’s potential for intimacy in contrast to today’s fast pace and high noise levels. To do this, we go all the way back to the starting point of life: inspiration – pause – expiration – pause Breathing is created by the physical…
ABOUT COLLECTING // THEATER BLOOM The phenomenon of “collecting” was not only the subject of Theater Bloom’s investigation, but also a dogma of the experiment. It became the through-line of process, form and content in an attempt to understand the mindset of a collector. Read the trial’s statement of intent here
LIKE NOT LIKE // BÄCKVALL & ROSSIL A year of unbridled and untamed creativity, influenced by and shared with the world, culminates in a performing arts experiment that blurs the boundaries between stage and internet audience in a new kind of creative process. A process where every step, from the first step in January 2012…
LESSONS IN MELANCHOMANIA // KATRINE WEIGELT The experiment is a kind of theater lab where we will create a series of innovative solos, all created within the same time frame (approx. 7-10 min) and the same minimalist set design. They will all be played by different actors from different countries, so each actor brings their…
WHAT CAN I BECOME? // PRISM FORUM THEATER SPLICING FORUM THEATER AND GAME DESIGN Forum theater, with its special mix of live elements and blend of fiction and reality, has a fantastic potential to innovate and create new contracts with the audience. Forum Theatre Prism’s attempt WHAT CAN I BECOME? aims to fertilize the forum…
KITCH The main experiment in 13/14 focuses on Kitsch. Throughout December, around 25 performing artists will be exploring what happens when you consistently and persistently work pathetically, banally and sensationally with performing arts. To mark the occasion, we invite all interested parties to screenings, seminars and a Christmas ball in Santa’s Land in the days…
FELIX // ALICE MARTUCCI In the Felix experiment, we will use different working methods. The starting point is a desire to explore the tension that exists between freedom and constraints, between conscious choices and randomness, and between rules and intuitions. The result of the experiment will take the form of a choreography for people and…
BYEBYE BABY // THEATER SIGNATURE Theater Signatur has moved into The Experimental Station with the experiment “ByeBye Baby. The experiment is based on the theme: ‘losing’. Targeting children aged 9-12 years, the Bye Bye Baby experiment explores how children can be integrated into the scenic narrative through music and also works to put music and…
