'We're Working On It' is a collection of performative situations involving text, bodies and balloons, which derive from artists' responses to a questionnaire concerning their art practice.
Choreography and Performance: Anaïs Bouts, Sara Lindström, Ida Uvaas.
Music: Kathleen Ferrier.
'We're Working On It' premiered at gDA as part of (Not) Simply Dancing 20 June 2009.
Past performances:
NyNorskDans
22-24 January 2010, Dansens Hus in Oslo, Norway.
http://www.dansenshus.com/
LOCATE Dance Festival
Richmond, London, 24 July 2010.
http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/leisure_and_culture/arts/locate_festival...
Further performances:
11 September 2010, 7pm.
'The Stage That Wasn’t There',
organised by Risk:Reclaim:Entertain, Københavns Musikteater, Copenhagen, Denmark.
http://1rre.wordpress.com
http://www.riskreclaimentertain.dk/
7-10 October 2010
STOFF, Stockholm Fringe Festival, Sweden.
Hantverkargatan, Stockholm
http://www.stockholmfringe.com/
QUESTIONNAIRE
Do you believe in the power of illusion?
What are your main interests in making performance?
What is it that makes you create?
How much money do you earn with that?
How do you define an audience?
Why do you choose to be an artist?
What is bad/good art?
Why do you use your body in performance?
What is inspiring you?
What motivates you?
Is your art a political statement?
Is your work politically charged?
Is your work accessible to a large audience?
What would you be if you hadn't become an artist?
What would you like an audience member/witness to leave with?