Fire Away


Length
: 7 min

Creation time:  spring 21 and spring 22

Music: Trøstesang by Gjermund Larsen Trio

Performed: August 21 Verdal, April 22 Verdal, June 22 Amsterdam

Thanks to:  Åsne Håkvåg (2021) and Marie Reincheiner (2022) for artistic  feedback and Gjermund Larsen for allowance to use the music.

Pictures:  Rune Aasen og Øyvind Malum

This solo is about reaching out and trying, but not being met or cared about, and the feelings and sensations that can arise in such a situation. The creation is based on personal experiences in 2020- 2022, though I think many can relate to similar situations.

THE MUSIC:

The music is called Trøstesang ( Supportive song) by Gjermund Larsen Trio. I find this song soothing and emotional strong, without any words. With that song as my backdrop I created a Trøstedans ( supportive dance).

THE BACKGROUND:

I created a solo to capture the turmoil of the overwhelming situations and challenges I had and was in. I explored emotions and mind states , took some artistic choices and combined it all into a concrete product.  I found it interesting to explore emotions and to have such a solo in my repertoire. This is the first time I have done that. I think then some of the work I did for this solo helped the process of Knute(r) where I take communicaton further thought  different ways of expression ( voice, text, song, music and movement)

THE NAME OF THE SOLO:

Comes from several inspirations:

  • The song “Fire Away”  of Chris Stapleton. The song was also one of the inspirations to the choreography, through improvisation.
  • A Norwegian translation of fire away – “fyr løs”.  I rather want you to talk to me than ignore me.
  • Last is a fire that inside that slowly goes away…

LOCAL ARTISTIC WORK:

The solo is created in Verdal, by a dancer from Verdal, situations in the solo happened here and the musician is from and living in the town too. 

EXTRACTS FROM THE VIEWING AUGUST 21:

1 min rehearsal video from the solo, june 22 Amsterdam.

EXTRACT FROM VIEWING APRIL 2022:

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If you are interested in this project, feel free to contact me.