Björn Säfsten
Lost Night
In Lost Night, Björn Säfsten approaches the feeling of loss. Using words, sound, songs and movement, dancers Sophie Augot, Alexander Gottfarb and Salka Ardal Rosengren pick up on their choreography and sing – with rigour as well as humour.
Three individuals gather in an undefined room to talk and listen to each other. Together they process the most diverse emotions in connection with loss and grief, thus trying to categorise their impressions, actions and thoughts. However, language is flawed and fragmented, which makes it difficult to listen properly and to know how to interact with each other – and yet, there is this huge, tenderly urgent shared desire to do just that. In Lost Night, dancers Sophie Augot, Alexander Gottfarb and Salka Ardal Rosengren let situations emerge like dreams; dreams in which the night is constantly present. Some emotions become bodies and wander away, others open a physical space as a vent. Björn Säfsten’s Lost Night explores ways to create meaning and ambiguity together by breaking open voices, movements, songs and texts. In his work process, the choreographer likes to shape characters he likes. Characters we would like to laugh with but who nevertheless fail in expressing themselves clearly. Composer Hans Appelqvist was present in the studio during the creation process and turned the dancers’ proposals into compositions.
Björn Säfsten is a choreographer based in Stockholm. In his artistic practice, he examines, dissects and reveals body and soul as well as the actions connected therewith. His focus is often on exploring how different patterns of thinking can change the ways we move. Björn Säfsten is the initiator and curator of the Within Practice contemporary dance festival at MDT in Stockholm.
Credits
Idea & choreography Björn Säfsten in close collaboration with the artists involved Dancers Sophie Augot, Alexander Gottfarb, Salka Ardal Rosengren Music Hans Appelqvist Lighting design Susanna Hedin Production management Anja Arnquist
A production by Säfsten Produktion and Nordberg Movement
With the support of Swedish Arts Council, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee and Stockholms Stad
Residencies at The Swedish Arts Council and Arbeitsplatz Wien
Dates & Tickets
brut nordwest
Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10, 1200 Vienna
accessible
Info
The show on Fri, 11 April will be followed by an artist talk, Moderation: Kira Kirsch (Artistic Director brut Wien).
Content Notes
The performance uses strobe lighting and haze.
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Eyzinggasse 12, 1110 Vienna
U-Bahn: U3 (Gasometer) Bus: 72A (Gasometer), 76A, 76B (Simoningplatz)
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