Wesenwelt

For "Wesenwelt" choreographer Kristin Ryg Helgebostad and composer and carillonist Laura-Marie Rueslåtten transform the ensemble into a collective musical instrument. All the dancers hold at least one bell in their hands - each with a different pitch. Every movement leads to a sound and every sound requires a movement, which makes the music visible.

On stage the ensemble acts as a collective subject in which each individual is dependent on the group and vice versa. What happens, if they can’t join together like well-oiled cogs in a gearbox? The collective whole can only exist, if it can include deviations. This results in a vulnerability which affects the collective as well as all its members - a precarious state that can only be balanced through humour.

As with a beehive, it is difficult to tell whether one is dealing with a single swarm-like creature or a multitude of individuals. And are they human? Who's to say!

Kristin Ryg Helgebostad

Kristin Ryg Helgebostad is a dancer and choreographer who combines a wide range of performative and choreographic strategies in her practice. She studied contemporary dance and choreography at the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo, Norway, and now works with a range of partners.

Her pieces have been performed at various festivals and have toured Europe. She created “Soil Girl” and “Spoiler” together with the trio Berstad/Helgebostad/Wigdel. Laura Marie-Rueslåtten is one of Norway’s few professional carillon players. Together the two artists founded the handbell ensemble Ula Metall and created the pieces “Me Too/Thee Too” and “Cheers”.