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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 25 site specific projects, of which 8 were created in close co-operation with visual artists. Much of the site specific work has been affiliated either to the Danish based Transform project or to the European artists’ network, Provinz Europa. SELECTED SITE SPECIFIC WORKS 2006 Lemonwidow, Festival de la Nouvelle Danse, Uzés, France, 15th June. Location: Park. "The amzing dancer Kitt Johnson deluded, amused and captured her audience in the public space of La Promenade des Marroniers." 2005 en Route, Happy Days!, Opéra de Lille, France, 1st October. Location: The public areas of the newly renovated opera house. “en Route” is not the title of a performance. It is the designation of a process which so far has led to three performances and one film sequence. “en Route” is the journey of a figure. It travels through different circumstances, locations and states. In its suitcase it carries choreographic material. In confrontation with new conditions this material will be expanded, renewed, discarded or replaced as required. This figure was first developed in 1998 in the site specific art project “Second Hand”, Provinz Europa at Schloss Plüschow, former DDR. In 1999 it appeared in the prize winning stage performance “Stigma”, Denmark. This performance is still touring. In 2003 it showed up in the site specific performance “House of Absence”, Festivalle de la Nouvelle Danse Uzés, France. And later that same year in the dance film “Quintet” by Cathrine Maximoff, Arte. Kitt Johnson will create the choreography, dance and costume. The music will be especially composed and performed by Sture Ericson. Three performances are planned for Saturday 1st October 2005. 2004 Stigma, site specific version, Festival Île Danse, Ajaccio, France, 20th May. Location: Citadel - headquarters of The Foreign Legion. 2003 oso, in collaboration with Theofanis Melas, Athens, Greece, 4th July. Location: Art gallery House of Absence, Festival de la Nouvelle Danse, Uzés, France, 25th & 26th June. Location: Garden of a psychiatric hospital. 2002 Rest of the World, Provinz Europa, Samsø, Denmark, 7th & 8th September. Location: Abandoned windmill and corn field. The Mirror, site specific version, Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 17th April - 4th May. Location: Chapel. 2001 En verden i stemmer (A World of Voices), Waves Festival, Vordingborg, Denmark, 18th August. Location: Castle ruins. 2000 Salon Europa, Provinz Europa, Cordoba, Spain, 24th October. Location: Abandoned oil mill. farven tid (The Colour Time), in collaboration with Theofanis Melas, Copenhagen, Denmark, 20th September – 7th October. Location: Furnace. Rastplatz 2000, Provinz Europa, EXPO, Hannover, Germany, 3rd - 7th July. Location: Booth of Mecklenburg Vorpommern at EXPO. The Hidden Code, Provinz Europa, Schwerin, Germany, 6th May. Location: Cathedral. 1999 Transform 5, Kødets Erindring (Memory of the Flesh), Copenhagen, Denmark, 16th – 22nd August. Location: Abandoned torpedo facility. Rettet unseren Seelen, Provinz Europa, Schwerin, Germany, 30st July. Location: Railway station. 1998 Capri-olé, Provinz Europa, Capri, Italy, 10th October. Location: Harbourfront, ruins, hotel terrace. Abglanz, Provinz Europa, Plüschow, former East Germany, 28th June. Location: Castle. 1997 Transform 4, Bruddet, Stevns, Denmark, 16th & 17th August. Location: Chalk mine. EPI PHA NIC IV, site specific version, Ringkøbing, Denmark, 27th July. Location: Heath. 1996 Trans-it, international project, Germany & Russia, July & August. Location: Water reservoir, dump, barn, castle gardens. Transform 3, A travel in physique and mind, Copenhagen, Denmark, 17th & 18th August. Location: Water tower. Sorgsang (Song of Sorrow), Copenhagen, Denmark, March. Location: Church. 1995 Transform 2, Shots fra byens drøm (Shots from the Dream of the City), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2nd & 3rd September. Location: Highway turnoff. Ex-it, Bröllin, Germany, July. Location: Abandoned sheep's barn. Topographia, site specific version, Langeland, Denmark, June. Location: Pasture by the sea. 1994 Travelogue, 4 site specific choreographies for children and adults, Lisbon, Portugal & Copenhagen, Denmark, September & October. Location: Old ferry and docks. Transform 1, Architecture moved by human body, Copenhagen, Denmark, 12th June. Location: Helgoland bathing-establishment 1991 EXIT, Copenhagen, Denmark, November. Location: Copenhagen Central Station. Yellow Passage, Copenhagen, Denmark, June. Location: Passage 1990 Fodring Forbudt (Do Not Feed), Copenhagen, Denmark, June. Location: Pedestrian street. 1986 – 1990 Various small, often improvised, site specific performances in Germany, France and Denmark. Last updated: |
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For further information please contact Anne-Lie Andersson: Kitt Johnson X-act |
