Grasping the floor with the back of my head // 2008 – Mutecomp.
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2008

Grasping the floor with the back of my head

Life as a living hell

Grasping the floor with the back of my head is a tender, humorous, forceful and highly expressive performance about; why man – since the beginning of time – always somehow manage to make his life a living hell.

The show features an international cast from the Faeroe Islands, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland/Ecuador. The music is composed and performed live by VALRAVN., whose inspiration comes from the original Nordic music tradition blending the raw sounds from their ancient instruments with the smooth possibilities of electronic music.

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A vivid and playful light emanates from the title of the performance. The functions of the different performers receive equal weight and form a poetic synthesis. The result is a highly professional performance.

From The Danish Arts Foundation’s award speech on Mute Comp.’s Grasping the floor with the back of my head.

You’re almost left in a trance while experiencing a mind expansion on both a physical and mental level. The spectator is sucked in by the performance.

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A dream of fleshy moving bodies in a supple musical universe.

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Awards and nominations

– Prize by the Danish Arts Foundation for the concept for – and the staging of – Grasping the floor with the back of my head, 2008.

– Award winner “Best Performace” at The Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre, 2008.

– Nominated for the Reumert Prize “Best show” in Denmark, 2008.

– Nominated for Best Performance and Best Actress, Dublin Fringe Festival, 2008.

Medvirkende

CONCEPT OG CHOREOGRAPHY: Mute Comp. Physical Theatre // DANCE AND PERFORMANCE: Kasper Ravnhøj, Jacob Stage, Thomas Bentin, Sigrid Husjord and VALRAVN. // COMPOSER AND LIVE MUSIC: VALRAVN / Martin Seeberg, Anna Katrin Egilstrøð, Juan Humberto Pino and Søren Hammerlund. // STAGE DESIGN: Johan Kølkjær. // LIGHTDESIGN: Michael Breiner.

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