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The Syncopators

Ingri Fiksdal, Fredrik Floen, Mariama Fatou Kalley Slåttøy
Date
Fri May 24 18:30, Sat May 25 13:30
Location
Stadsschouwburg Zocherpark (May 24), De Neude (May 25)
Duration
40 min
Language
Language no problem
Country
Norway
Price
Free
Themes
Crossing the 4th wall, City project
Edition
SPRING 2024
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An unexpected dance intervention in the landscape of the city. A group of performers in search of a common rhythm, looking for ways to fit their bodies and the stories they carry into this landscape. An ecstatic celebration of public space – a space for performers and a space for audiences.

The Syncopators is a performance that takes place in public space. It builds on the solo Fictions of the Flesh (2021) by the same makers. Featuring five performers, the choreography draws from jazz dance techniques and combines them with speculative future fiction from literature and film to inspire new and superhuman corporealities. 

The title is derived from the word syncope, a deviation from an expected rhythmic pattern in music or dance, often placing dynamic accents on weaker beats or omitting stronger beats. Syncopation is a feature of jazz dance as a genre, and the performance itself may disrupt the regular flow or habits in a particular public space. Moreover, the title is an allusion to typical science fiction movie titles that have inscribed themselves in our cultural memory.

The Syncopators questions the conceptual boundaries of dance as art, which are closely linked with colonial history, and intends to contribute to their expansion.

The Syncopators

Awards

  • 2018/2019 Norwegian Critics Association Award for Dance with Deep Field
  • 2015 Nominated for the Hedda Award with Cosmic Body
  • 2014 Dance Critics Award for Best Performance with HOODS
  • 2012 Oslo Award for Best Performance with Night Tripper

Review

“We see five people, decked out in synthetic-looking clothing, black with purple, pink, red, orange, blue. They kind of look like plastic insects. They move, sometimes seemingly uncoordinated each to his own, running around or rolling past and over each other. At some point they form a tangle of people and plastic, after which the group disintegrates again.”

Neil van der Linden wrote a review of The Syncopators for Theaterkrant. Read the entire review here.

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Artist

Ingri Fiksdal

Artist

Fredrik Floen

Artist

Mariama Fatou Kalley Slåttøy

Credits

The Syncopators is a performance by: Fiksdal/Floen/Slåttøy

Concept & choreography: Ingri Fiksdal

Costume: Fredrik Floen

 

Co-creators and performers: Harald Beharie, Even Eilerås, Jonathan Ibsen, Mariama Fatou Kalley Slåttøy and Ornilia Ubisse Alternating performers: Trine Lise Moe, Daniel Sarr, Edith Strand Askeland

 

Production & administration: Eva Grainger

Production & distribution: Nicole Schuchardt

Produced by: Fiksdal Dans Stiftelse

Supported by: Arts Council Norway

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