An interactive dance performance that activates the audience's energy and emotions through a combination of performance and workshop.

In the workshop part, the children are led through simple physical tasks that they encounter later in the performance part. These tasks are designed to build confidence so that the children can feel safe interacting with the performers and each other.

The performance is a collaboration between dance artists Jon Filip Fahlstrøm and Jens Jeffry Trinidad. Among other things, they use the concept of the mosh pit as inspiration. This concept is most often encountered at metal concerts, where the audience is given an outlet for power and aggression through free movement. This is possible because you share some ground rules and everyone knows that you support each other and make room for each other's physical expression. It's also a way of getting in touch with each other's energy to accumulate an even higher level of energy and a stronger awareness that you're in this together, something Fahlstrøm and Trinidad want to emphasize. In COMPASSION STORIES, the concept is adapted to the target group.

For Fahlstrøm and Trinidad, it is important to highlight that great energy and power can be experienced as something positive and a resource for children, and that the sensation it creates in the body is something you can become familiar with and confident in.

Throughout the performance, they also want the children to experience how body contact through high-energy dancing, leaning and lifting exercises with a different energy, and dance have a lot in common through physical sharing. Underlying this is trust as a fundamental element. Trust also creates the freedom to unfold.

COMPASSION STORIES allows the audience to be physically active and involved, exploring how their own energy and emotions resonate with what is presented through the performance! It provides an opportunity to express themselves in an exciting and creative way.

Supported by: Spenn, Arts Council Norway, and FFUK (Fund for Performing Artists)
Co-produced with Kloden teater.

Duration:
45 minutes

Max capacity:
50

Set up:
60 minutes

Download:
15 minutes

Stage size:
Customizable

Room or area specifications:
Gyms, schoolyards and blackbox/cultural centers

Audience placement:
Everyone participates on the floor. No chairs.

Technical equipment (must be rented or brought along):
Equipment brought: 4 speakers and one loudspeaker.

Workshop:
Yes

Comments to the workshop:
Included in the performance.

Jens Jeffry Trinidad
Artistic director, Choreographer, Dancer, Performer, Producer

Jon Filip Fahlstrøm
Artistic director, Choreographer, Dancer, Performer

Loan Ha
Other

Peter Baden
Composer

Knut Sævik
Composer

Kloden Theater
Other

Elin Osjord
Photo/animation/film

Base price A
13040

Base price B
13330

Travel, per diem and accommodation not included

Contact:
Jens Jeffrey Trinidad
trinidad.jens@gmail.com
98050024