SILENCE | Norway
Taus is the one who is lying.
He who is silent seems to consent.
Photo: Kriistin Opdan
The biggest secret should be the best kept. But inside it cries out
something that wants to come out. Something that has been locked away for far too long. When it
first bursts, it lets out: monsters, burning birds, howls, anger –
a cacophony of voices. The facade is disintegrating. The cracks are
deep.
So they stand there.
Looking at each other.
Looking into each other.
Are each other.
Is it you I've been looking for?
The dance performance Taus examines how a person lives with experiences that have left deep traces. With dance, music, text and voice, the audience is invited into a space where the unsaid takes place. For what actually happens in a person when the very foundation of the closest ties is damaged? What does it look like when one tries to live on – or just survive?
Taus is about what we carry with us. About shame, anger, longing and hope. About secrets that remain in the body. About everything that shapes the way we meet other people and ourselves.
Brigitte Blomlie - dancer
Silje Risdal Liahagen - dancer, vocals
Thomas Eriksson - guitar
Sondre Meisfjord - double bass
Idea, text and co-creative performer: Brigitte Blomlie
Direction and choreography: Silje Onstad Hålien
Dramaturgy, text and lighting design: Yasin Gyltepe
Composer and performer: Thomas Eriksson
Co-creative performers: Silje Risdal Liahagen, Sondre Meisfjord
Costume and Scenography: Martin Skogli and Marita Solhjell Ølander
Artistic producer: Rannveig Øygardslia
Produced by Mamelukk with Førdefestivalen , Riksscenen and Sprang as co-producers,
Supported by: Directorate of Culture, Fritt Ord, Valdres Museums
