gracerunners

gracerunners by karen foss quiet works; was an aesthetic production not designed merely to please. Its expression was both disturbing and a release. To the accompaniment of sound and visuals, the dancers did everything in their power to meet the expectations of the audience. What lies beyond the moments of exhaustion?

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(Objekt ID 4117)
Object type Production
Premiere March 29, 2007
Produced by karen foss quiet works
Coproducers BIT Teatergarasjen, Carte Blanche,
Audience Adults, Youth
Keywords Dance, Contemporary dance, Music
Running period March 29, 2007  
Website karen foss quiet works

Requirements to venue

Minimum stage width 12m
Minimum stage depth 14m
Minimum stage height 7m
Blackout Yes
Rigging time 600 minutes
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gracerunners by karen foss quiet works; made exquisite use of space, light and video work. On stage were three dancers and one live musician who filled the space with activity. The production was at once dynamic and poetic - a performance that aimed to expose the audience to the raw and forceful, yet strangely intimate, presence of the performers.

gracerunners by karen foss quiet works; received support from Arts Council Norway, The Audio Visual Fund, the Fund for Performing Artists, ABM/the Cultural Rucksack Scheme, the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs/MFA (travel grant/performing arts) and through Nanohach, the Czech Ministry of Culture.

Source: karen foss quiet works, karenfossquietworks.no, 01.08.2010, http://www.karenfossquietworks.no/prod.html

Performance dates
Navember 9, 2011Warsztaty Kultury Reopening
Navember 23, 2009Theatre auditiorium, Ponec Theatre Show
April 22, 2007Theatre auditiorium, Ponec Theatre Show
April 21, 2007Theatre auditiorium, Ponec Theatre Show
April 13, 2007BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk Show
April 12, 2007BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk Show
April 11, 2007BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk Show
April 1, 2007Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) Show
March 31, 2007Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) Show
March 30, 2007Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) Show
March 29, 2007Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) Worldwide premiere
Festivals (1)
Press coverage

" In gracerunners, (Karen Foss) allows the physical and visual idiom to speak for itself, and the result is one of the most clearly expressed performances she has ever produced... a little piece of social criticism about consumption and production that creates an atmosphere of great urgency and pressure, where the choreography appears soft and beautiful in contrast... The dancers are constantly moving, but they tire as time passes... energy is resource that can run out." (12.04.2007). Bergens Tidende

"Symbolically, this latest production by karen foss quiet works is an attractive and politically correct warning light for our times. We live in an affluent society and when those who have everything want more – what happens to us?... Sound-wise, the production is a convincing attempt to push back the boundaries of what we can absorb." (12.04.2007). Bergens Tidende