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Performances - Presentation For Kitt Johnson solo work has always been central. Since 1992 she has choreographed a series of unique solo performances. A number of these have toured with great success. In all there have been 27 works of shorter or longer duration, many of which have been part of site specific projects such as "Transform" and "Provinz Europa". Occasionally, the performances, which were produced within X-act’s repertoire, have also been created for particular sites. "For me as a choreographer, with my own body at stake, the solo work differs from the ensemble work primarily by its short distance between intention and result. As the vision and the tool whereby it is realized exist in one and the same body, the distance is shorter and the compromises fewer." Besides the solo performances, which are the distinguishing mark of Kitt Johnson’s work, she has choreographed a series of diverse ensemble works. Most of these have been site specific, the players being professional performers and artists, old ladies over 70, children, railway officials and circus artists, among others. The strength in this work is the richness of differences. X-act has produced Skyggefang, premiered May ’99, and farven tid, premiered September ’00. Two new ensemble performances, Aortas Partitur, which premiered 24th May 2003 in connection with Kitt Johnson's residency at Dansescenen, and the performance The Lemonkeepers, wich the premiered on 17th February 2004. The Lemonkeepers is available for touring. In February 2006 Kitt Johnson X-act's ensemble work Palimpsest premiered at Kaleidoskop K2 in Copenhagen. "By meeting with other dancers and artists I gain the opportunity to challenge my physical ’thinking’ and to stretch my capacity to develop inspirational concepts." A common feature in Kitt Johnson’s artistic work is the site specific. The site specific space offers a setting and content, which instigate choreographic solutions other than those required for a conventional theatre space. Working in these two completely different spaces proves to be mutually beneficial. Over the years there have been 27 site specific projects, of which 8 were created in close co-operation with visual artists. |
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For further information please contact Anne-Lie Andersson: Kitt Johnson X-act |