Soil Girl
It’s all gonna rot
It’s all gonna – yes, waste away
Secret rooms and the dark side of the human mind inspire this visually arresting trio. Soil Girl launches itself onto the stage with gale force energy. Death is the most normal thing that could happen.
Soil girl is inspired by the eponymous poem by playwright Maria Tryti Vennerød (Norwegian: Jordjenta). In it, a young person looks for something earthy, eternal. Berstad/Helgebostad/Wigdel wondered what they have in common with the protagonists of this poem. The performance is based on an bewildering inward examination: Where lies the dark sides of the soul? What secret spaces are hidden within?
Soil Girl premiered at Black Box in 2013, and has since been selected for the International Aerowaves Network 2015 and Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform in 2014. Touring includes Oslo International Theater Festival / BIT Teatergarasjen (Bergen) / Festiviteten (Haugesund) / Teaterfestivalen in Fjaler / Ice Hot 2015 / RAS (Sandnes) / Dansefestival Barents (Hammerfest) / Ravnedans (Kristiansand) / Bora Bora (Århus) / Rotterdamse Schouwburg (Rotterdam) / Nordwind festival (Berlin) / Muzeum umění (Oloumuc) / Aerowaves Spring Forward 2015 (Barcelona) and Impuls Tanz (Vienna).
Length: 50 minutes
Credits
Concept/Choreography/Performers: Kristin Helgebostad, Ida Wigdel and Ingeleiv Berstad
Composer: Siri Schippers Skaar
Scenography: Silje Linge Haaland
Costume: Berstad/Helgebostad/Wigdel and Chrisander Brun
Lighting design: Chrisander Brun
Dramaturge: Huy Le Vo
Text: Maria Tryti Vennerød
Producer: Anne Cecilie Bodin Larsen
Video documentation: Vibeke Heide