TEACH US TO OUTGROW OUR MADNESS sets out to explore the intense relationships that exist between women living closely together - be it sisters, nuns, witches, best friends, members of a sect, or polygamist wives. The rivalry, the secrecy, the gossip, the cruelty but also the kindness, the bonds, and the unconditional love. This piece combines dance, live music and storytelling into a horrifying yet liberating experience.
The dancer and choreographer Erna Omarsdottir is one of Iceland’s most interesting and successful artists and for a number of years she has been well established on the international scene. Her collaborators include Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Les Ballets C de la B and Jan Fabre, and four times in a row she has been recognised as an outstanding performer by the magazine Tanz. In 2008 she had a short residency at the K3 Centre for Choreography in Kampnagel.
Künstlerische Leitung / Artistic direction Erna Omarsdottir
Choreografie, Text und Kostüm / Choreography, texts and costumes Sissel Merete Bjorkli, Riina Huhtanen, Sigridur Soffia Nielsdottir, Erna Omarsdottir and Valgerdur Rúnarsdóttir
Ferner von / also created by Margret Sara Gudjonsdottir
Musik und Text / Music and texts Lieven Dousselaere and Valdimar Johannsson
Dramaturgieassistentin / Dramaturgy assistant Karen María Jónsdóttir
Licht / Lightdesign Sylvain Rausa
Bühnenmeister / Stage manager Eric Civel Produktion,
Vertrieb / Production, distribution Esther Welger-Barboza
Produktionsfirma / Production Company, Institution Shalala ehf - Erna Omarsdottir
Koproduktion / Coproduction Les Antipodes’09 / Le Quartz – Scène Nationale de Brest, La Passerelle – Scène Nationale de Saint-Brieuc, drodesera /centrale FIES, le CNDC Centre national de danse contemporaine Angers in the frame of the «accueil studio / Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication»
Mit Unterstützung von / Supported by Norden – Nordic Culture Point, Kampnagel (Hamburg – Germany), ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival, De Warande - Turnhout (B), Vooruit (Ghent – Belgium), Workspace Brussels and Reykjavik city
Dank an / Thanks to Mugison, Amber Haines, Asly Bostancy, Michaela, Les Bains, Olof Soebech, Roberto Flores Moncada and Martin Meddourene / Cinema 7 asbl
