In Spiti - The House of Us, five dancers move through different memories and sensations related to home. They carry themselves, each other and their history through a landscape of relationships and places. They share the stage with big fabrics where over 80 embroiderers tell their personal experiences of home. In the meeting point between the people and the handicraft, a choreography arises in the possibilities of moving, carrying, changing, relating and re-relating. The dancers build different homes, performing both practical and emotional work, and examine what traditionally female and male coded arenas are contained in different types of labor. Ludvig Daae calls both Sweden, Norway and Greece home. In Spiti, he examines this rootlessness, which is highlighted by his situation as a freelance artist. The five on stage have worked on finding the feeling of home within a concept, a fleeting feeling, a situation, a relationship or a dance rather than a geographical location. Spiti is Greek and means both home, house and household.
CREDITS: Choreography and concept: Ludvig Daae Created and performed by: Marcus Baldemar, Ludvig Daae, Linnéa Martinsson, Amie Mbye, Rina Rosenqvist Producer: Sara Bergsmark (Johnson & Bergsmark) Composer: Linnéa Martinsson Scenography: Tove Berglund and Ludvig Daae Light design: Ludvig Daae and Björn Kuajara Costume design: Ludvig Daae in collaboration with the dancers Technician and technical coordinator: Björn Kuajara Tailor: Lisa Asplund Floor carpet: Chrisander Brun Embroideries: Members of Bærum and Nesbyen husflidslag as well as Erika Hansson, Ann-Sofi Näslund, Maria West, Tove Gullrikson, Helena Lagerqvist Kouljiok, Eva Forsgren, Annika Frank , Carmen Valer Blanco, Liza Nordenström, Elmer Eriksson, Mai Lundell, Pernilla Björnberg, Marie Louise Nilsson, Maria Roos, Annika Ferm Adevall, Margareta Stoor, Maud Jonsson, Irene Johnson, Linnea Trudevall and Sara Söderlund Thank you: Ida Wigdel and Ingun Bjørnsgaard Co-production: Bærum Kulturhus - Dans Sørøst-Norge, Sprang Ål Residency: MDT Stockholm, Hallingdal Museum, Sprang, Bærum Kulturhus Financial support: Norsk Kulturråd, Fond for Lyd og Bilde, Viken Fylkeskommune, Fond for utøvende kunstnere, Svensk Kulturråd. Du you want to follow the project, or learn more about the embroideries? Join the Facebook group: Spiti - Hjem for Broderi & Dans
