bára sigfúsdóttir

THE LOVER

“Men loved the earth so much that they devoured it; they consumed it completely. Then they
left because nothing remained for them. After their disappearance, nature grew and
constructed new lands” -Noémie Goudal

Moving between creation and destruction –THE LOVER contemplates the complex relationship between humans and nature. Bára Sigfúsdóttir makes space for different structures, rhythms and energies to exist and influence each other’s evolution. The body and it´s environment keep transforming throughout the performance, questioning what is human, what is animal, what is nature, what is man-made, what is organic…

THE LOVER is a visual performance by Icelandic choreographer Bára Sigfúsdóttir, made in collaboration with visual artist Noémie Goudal, Icelandic musician BORKO and 88888. It got selected for the Circuit X network which promotes young 

From "A dangerous wonder" by Evelyne Coussens in De Theaterkrant NL, 19 october 2015;

"The magic of The Lover lies in the way in which Sigfúsdóttir constructs an allegory for an ancient process of creation, rather than an anecdotal history: it is not a birth, but life itself that emerges, in jerky stages. The unelaborated and concentrated language of movement opens the floodgates of the imagination. And paradoxically enough, this impersonal approach has something spiritual to it as well: despite all the convincing biological explanations, the contemplation of origin and transience – even in a performative context – remains a ‘miracle’. A dangerous miracle, definitely, but the way Bára Sigfúsdóttir makes palpable this disaster is also of great beauty."

CREDITS:
Concept, choreography and performance: Bára Sigfúsdóttir
Concept and photography: Noémie Goudal
Scenography: Noémie Goudal in collaboration with 88888
Music and sound design: Borko
Dramaturgy: Sara Vanderieck
Lighting design: Kris Van Oudenhoven
Costume: Andrea Kränzlin
Technics: Kris Van Oudenhove and/or Marlies Jacques/Bardia Mohamad/Jeroen Verrecht
Production: Curtain Call Productions
Coproduction: Workspace Brussels, TAKT Dommelhof, Vooruit (in the frame of the European Network DNA (Departures and Arrivals). Co-funded by the Creative Europe Program of the European Union.)
With the support of: wpZimmer, Dansens Hus Stockholm, de Warande, De Werf, CAMPO, Pianofabriek and Bora Bora Aarhus
With the financial support of: the Flemish Government, the Flemish Community Commission of the Brussels Capital Region, the French Embassy in Belgium (Service de Coopération et d’Action Culturelle (SCAC)