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“Ambiguous is my favourite word,” explains Ina Christel Johannessen. Her work is characterized by high energy in the physical movements merged with poetic and often theatrical elements. The sought-after choreographer has in addition to her own company zero visibility corp., created works for international companies such as Ballet de Monte Carlo, CCDC Hong Kong, and Cullberg Ballet. In 2008 Ina received the Critics Award for “Ambra” made for Iceland Dance Company and Carte Blanche.
Since the international breakthrough in 2003 zero visibility corp. and choreographer Ina Christel Johannessen has created performances that have toured in 18 countries on 3 continents. zero visibility corp. | Ina Christel Johannessen offer some of the finest and most innovative in Norwegian dance. As members of the audience we are thrown into crossroads between aesthetic extremes in physically explicit and powerful expressions. We are united in a belief in dance as an art form. It is perhaps in this insisting on the concrete and physically demanding choreography that ZVC place themselves in a theatrical dance tradition, creating their very own artistic profile.

“ICJ knows how to observe and draw the dance from the body, free, honest, and with formidable impact”
Colombia Moya, La Jornada

Base Funding
zero visibility corp. has been awarded with a new four year period of base funding from Arts Council Norway for 2013 – 2016. ZVC received for the first time this funding in 2009 for the years 2009-2012. This represents a great recognition for the company and choreographer Ina Christel Johannessen. The basic funding is of great importance for the company’s artistic development and possibilities.

New performance 2014/2015: “The Guest”
Ina Christel Johannessen brings together dancers and performers whom are part of zero visibility corp.s history and present now. The evening exists in a performance format that can change from 10 to 14 dancers on stage. In this new piece, the first section will be performed to music by Demdike stare. The last section of the piece will be based on the text “The Guest” by Albert Camus, containing themes such as morality, solitude and freedom, and will be performed to Arabic music.
“Time is experienced and dissolved through the language of the body, through dance. Space is orchestrated through movement, stillness and details. Powerful movement through space, at times a chamber play, intimate and secretive. Hypnotic structure and rhythmic mantra. Anticipation and waiting.”

Performance title: The Guest
Premiere: January 29th at Dansens hus, Oslo, Norway

Co-produced by:
– Akropoditi Dance Centre, Syros, Greece
March 31st – April 10th 2014
– O Espaco de Tempo, Montemor o Novo, Portugal
June 9th – June 18th 2014
October 20th – October 31st 2014
– Dansearena Nord, Hammerfest, Norway
September 29th – October 12th 2014
– Dansens Hus, Oslo, Norway
January 12th – February 1st 2015

Dancers:
Line Tørmoen (NO) , Pia Elton Hammer (NO), Mate Meszaros (HU) , Jon Filip Fahlstrøm (NO), Dimitri Jourde (FR), Merete Hersvik (NO), Antero Hein (NO), Valtteri Raekallio (FI) , Edhem Jesenkovic (SE), Yaniv Cohen (IL), Guro Nagelhus Schia (NO), Vebjørn Sundby (NO), Camilla Spidsøe Cohen (NO)

Artistic team:
Choreographer: Ina Christel Johannessen
Sound design: Morten Pettersen
Light design: Chrisander Brun
Set design / Costumes: Kristin Torp / Graa Hverdag AS
Artistic advisor: Cecilia Roos

Residency at Akropoditi Dance Centre
The residency at Akropoditi Dance Center has been vital to the creation of the performance and a great inspiration. As this was the first of 5 residency periods, the time spent at Akropoditi included creating the concept, structuring of the performance and music, planning of rehearsals and mapping out the qualities and characteristics of the dancers involved. The facilities allowed the choreographer and two participating dancers (Hammer, Tørmoen) to explore the myths and theatre history of Ancient Greece and unfold and express themselves in improvisation. Solo and duet work was carried out to a wide range of music, guided by choreographer Ina Christel Johannessen and artistic advisor Cecilia Roos (SE). zero visibility corp. greatly appreciate the opportunity to be in residency at Akropoditi Dance Center. Akropoditi has been an essential collaborator to the company in the creation of this new piece, and we look forward to future cooperation.
http://www.zerovisibility.no/

Espirito Santo Dance Society is currently touring thought Europe with the Artistic Residency program (United Kingdom, Italy, Greece and Portugal) with Project Unity. Unity is a human artistic experience designed to bring together communities through the art of Contact Improvisation, voice and music.
A performance for self-observation, anticipation, the vastness and companionship. A performance by Espirito Santo Mauricio, dancer and choreographer from the Azores who lives and works in Canada, with amateur and professional dancers and musicians of local communities.
www.espiritosantodance.com

During this Artistic Residency the following performance was given:  “UNITY PROJECT: The way we are”

During 2013 Iraqi Bodies have continued their work on the themes surrounding the rituals and ceremonies of sexuality, death and reproduction within the religious groups of Muslims, Christians and Jews.

In exploring and investigating the connections between dance and physical theater, Iraqi Bodies has gained unanimous critical acclaim over the last couple of years. With affecting performances such as “Unidentified” and “Vowels” the group has managed to carve a unique niche for themselves in the field of contemporary dance. It’s a world where sparse lighting, silence and near immobility is paired with seemingly erratic yet repetitive movements, at times creating an atmosphere of discomfort and unease but also one of tremendous beauty. Using almost archaic movements and textures, the aim is to articulate feelings of loss, frustration and isolation but perhaps to also show a tiny sliver of light and hope

During this Artistic Residency the following performance was given: “Gerontion”

Born in Tehran- Iran in 1987, Aftab Darvishi had her first musical contact with the violin at the age of 5. As she grew older she got in touch with more instruments like Kamancheh (Iranian string instrument) and piano. She studied music at the University of Tehran and after her graduation she began to collaborate in many projects with the theater faculty of the university as well as other artists combining music with animations, theater plays, short films, etc. In 2010 she moved to Amsterdam-Nederlands to study Composing for film at the Conservatorium Van Amsterdam. Creating unusual combinations of vocals and mixing the different musical cultures has been and still is her inspiration in her musical journey. At the moment she lives in Amsterdam where she composes, teaches and study Karnatic music (South Indian classical music) with Rafael Reina.
www.aftabdarvishi.com

During this Artistic Residency the following performance was given: “OXYS” in black and white.

Marius Soluna is the first artist hosted by the Dance Centre Akropoditi through the Artistic Residency program. The Dance Centre, expression & creation in contemporary arts Akropoditi is a member of Res Artis, worldwide network of Artist Residencies since January 2013.
Marius Soluna is a Swiss independent artist and dancer. For the past seven years, he is based in Switzerland, traveling, teaching and dancing in various places of the world. His work is based on the conscious work of healing and transformation of the body. His main influences come from his training in the Subbody Butoh School of Rhizome Lee, Jinen Butoh of Atsushi Takenouchi, Vipassana Meditation, Qi Gong and Yoga.

During this Artistic Residency a workshop was given by Marius Soluna as well as the presentation Abandoned Eternity.