Hamlet II:exit ghost visit Kunstenfestivaldesarts i Brussels and Göteborgs Dans & Teater Festival in may

 

In Hamlet Teatr Weimar reaches top results with the fusion of sound art, visual arts, voice, text and body .(...) Teatr Weimar artistic research laboratory continues to deliver exceptional performances / Nummer.se

It is extremely well done and continuously fascinating (...) the ground rocks beneath us, and the boundary between what is true and what is a lie, between what is fantasy and what is reality, is dissolved. / SDS

It is suggestive, it is different, it is intense, and it is very difficult to write about. Like trying to describe the experience of a thunderstorm over a field or a walk in a catacomb for someone who never experienced either. / SKD

The show, which premiered in a studio in Malmo is an example of how future artistic development stage may appear by integrating text, video technology, live editing, sound, live electronic music and camera. / Danstidningen

"Hamlet" and "Ophelia" is as elusive shadows of one another's memories, of their own myths. But somewhere, they are also a young man and a young woman who is confused and compulsive seeking a space of freedom in a life and a language which definitely has been turned out of joint. / SVD

This is a show that is impressive, both in its approach and its implementation. The fusion of form, content and theme is virtually spotless and results in a work that is both fascinating and thought-provoking. / Benshi.se

A Hamlet in bits - Experimental and desolate suggestive (...) you believe everything they say, even the broken and unspoken words. / AB

Hamlet II:exit ghost is a play that examines the text of Shakespeare in different ways. It´s a artistic approach that investigates thoughts, motifs and metaphores in the classic play, trying to deal with memory and doubt.
Text + director: Jörgen Dahlqvist. Composer: Kent Olofsson. Actors: Rafael Pettersson and Linda Ritzén. Light design: Johan Bergman. Camera: Johan Nordström and Nils Dernevik.
Roter Salon, Volksbühne nov 29-30
Elverket, Dramaten dec 10-11
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A Language At War visit The Royal Music Academy in Stockholm in january and Göteborgs Dans & Teater Festival in may

 

Jörgen Dahlqvist reaches here an absolute highlight in his dramatic creations. Together with composer Kent Olofsson He develops a complex theatrical score with both text, audio and spatiality that opens in a multi-layered experience. A special tribute to Rafael Pettersson, Angela Wingerath and Linda Kulle, who intelligently and dynamically involved in this sometimes bewildering language and sound universe. / SvD

This is a successful multi-media performance that integrates live video, prerecorded audio material and the actors' voices amplified - the visual and sonic elements are involved in the often hilarious language games that take place. / KVP

A brilliant third act (...) Here we encounter the full expectations from the brilliant performance "De stränga antreckningarna". And the questions of language: what's left when the words torn apart and just our way to look at the world remains. Is it perhaps in the dumb eye of the animal that we most clearly exist. / SDS

It is in the combination and the tension between the playful and existential despair as the work reaches its highest peaks, as a portrayal of the main character's contradictions, both on stage and on a meta level. / Benshi.se

With the help of video projections and the musical performance is all our senses sharpened and it makes us all feel like we for a moment look into ourselves. Now hope only that this exciting collective continues their explorations and makes us not only challenging but also change our ingrained thought structure. / Danstidningen

A Language at war has Wittgensteins philosophy as a starting point. It´s an investigation of what is left when language breaks down and stop communicating with words. The performance is a sonic art theatre for one actor, one singer, live-electronics and composed music by Kent Olofsson and text and video work by Jörgen Dahlqvist.
Text + director: Jörgen Dahlqvist. Composer: Kent Olofsson.
Participants: Angela Wingerath, Linda Kulle and Rafael Pettersson
Costume: Sandra Haraldsen. Light+room: Jörgen Dahlqvist
Will perform in Stockholm jan 23

Europol, Eurotrash, EuroDisney, Eurosport, Eurodisco
A dark saga i five acts about money, consumtion, desire and greed. We´ll follow Uncle Scrooge´s, aSwedish blog teen queen´s and the german cannibal Der Metzgermeister´s journey into the heart of the European darkness. From a dirty apartment in the outskirt town of Rotenburg an der Fulda, to banks in Duckville, France, to penthouses in New York, to end up in Genoa for a battle of classes at the G20 summit.
Text: Jörgen Dahlqvist. Director: Linda Ritzén
Participants: Daniel Nyström, Simon J Berger and Pernilla Göst
Room: Linda Ritzén and Jörgen Dahlqvist
Premiere at the Inkonst venue, Malmö march 30

Brechttage 2012: on language and identity
Teatr Weimar are invited to Brechttage 2012 at Brechthaus in Berlin to talk about our work with focus on language and identity. Other participants include Rimini Protokoll and Nya Rampen from Finland (who won the Impulseprize i Germany in 2011 together with Institutet). Staffan Valdemar Holm and Ulf Peter Hallberg also are invited from Sweden.
Mon 6/2 at Brechthaus, Berlin




Idioms. International tours in 2012 and 2013.

Idioms is a piece of experimental music theatre. The text is in English, Swedish and Vietnamese and can be understood as a deconstruction of three classic stories of impossible love across cultures and social barriers: Marguerite Duras: The Lover, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and the Vietnamese tale of My Chau and Trong Thuy. The different traditions that the actors represent provides a range of expression in a wide span between spoken theatre and opera. The music weaves traditional Vietnamese music together with experimental Western music.
Composer: Richard Karpen. Text and direction: Jörgen Dahlqvist
Actors: Pia Örjansdotter, Valerie Curtis-Newton andNguyen Duc Manh Musicians: Nguyen Than Thuy, Nguyen Quang Hung and Stefan Östersjö
Programming: Josh Parmenter. Costume: Jenny Ljungberg and Niké Moens. light design and set design: Johan Bergman. Sound and live electronics: Martin Svensson. Technician: Johan Nordström.
Arr: Ars Nova, Teatr Weimar and DxArts, Seattle

Calendar spring 2012

A Language At War
23/1 The Royal Music Academy in Stockholm
20/5 Guest performance at Göteborgs Dans & Teater Festival in Gothenburg

Vit, rik, fri
Co-production with Stockholms Stadsteater.
Performs at Stockholms Stadsteater during spring

Brechttage 2012: on language and identity
6/2 Brechthaus, Berlin
Tid för ekot
18/2 The Swedish Radio theater

Historien Lyder
Co-production with Ars Nova and Teater Galeasen
Premiere at Teater Galeasen, Stockholm in january, later performances in Malmö and a tour in Sweden.
6/2 Teater Galeasen, Stockholm
12/2 Atalante, Göteborg
18/2 Inter Arts Center, Malmö

Noli me Tangere
2-4/4 Stockholm

Europol, Eurotrash, Eurosport, EuroDisney, Eurodisco
Premiere at the Inkonst venue in early april

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4/5 Production at Stockholm Dramatiska högskola, The Stockhom Theatre Academy

Hamlet II:exit ghost
9-12/5 Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels
19/5 Göteborg Dans- och teaterfestival in Gothenburg

Karolinas Sömn
A production by the Royal Opera in Sweden
Premieres 2/6


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