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herStay Schedule 2011, 2012:

herStay winning Silver Prize in South Korea at International Theater Festival Pohang Bada, August 7th 2011

herStay at Stillhetsfestivalen 25.6. kl. 16.0, Asker, Norway: StillScape www.stillscape.no,

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herStay in St.Petersburg, May 15 og 17, 2011
BodyWord Festival – for unusual forms of dance in relation to literature,
bodyword.spb.ru

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herStay in NY, August 1 – 10 2011
different venues, tba www.herStay.net

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herStay at Costa Rica, March 5 – 10, 2011:

Teatro Melico 7th of March,

Teatro Compania Nacional Aduana 8th of March,
www.costaricaweb.cr/es/teat…,

Teatro Munincipal at Alajueda Museum 9th of March,

Monica Emilie Herstad is invited to present a Master Class at Universidad Nacional Escuela de Arte Escenico 8th of March,

and at Universidad Nacional Escuela de Danza the 9th of March.

Herstad is invited to present her workshop Body vs Context, at Caribean Women Festival March 5th in Limon at www.una.ac.cr/cidea/teatro/…,

10 of March: Monica Emilie Herstad presents a paper at Actua Mujer International Conference Meeting

Actua Mujer Festival to celebrate the centennial international womens day

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herStay, review from Stefanie Plappert, in Scenekunst, October 7th, 2010:
“A few weeks ago I saw this dance performance at Rom for Dance. It seduced with its seemingly simple movements, a very precise use of space and light, selected well-placed external climaxes, music’s driving force, its intensity, minimalistic stage design and beautiful costumes. After, as I went out in the Oslo-night, a kind of positively troubled mind and slowly a clearer picture of a fragmented Ibsen interpretation emerged. The performance is called Movers and Shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature, of the company herStay.”

herStay acclaimed performances like Monica Emilie Herstad´s herStay performance Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature, and the still touring success performance Past is simulation – The ladies of the sea vs Nora, and other stories of the society (2006), NoNameDance (2007), Forever/ [shào ài]/ EWIG/ Toujours (2008), etc., are touring worldwide, to places such as New Delhi, New York, Berlin, Oslo, St. Petersburg, and further.

herStay as a title, suggests a niche demographic, a time span, her time, space, and place, where from the universe, as different societies, is being observed.

“And yet it is this performance that opens for real hope for the future: a young woman (danced by different women with multifarious characters and stage presence) manages here to develop a separate will, which opposes itself to Rosmer/ man and story. Without words, under the surface, with all the power the body can generate.”
—Stefanie Plappert, theater scientist Frankfurt, Scenekunst September 16th, 2010

Further, on selected Ibsen performances during and inter-relating to the Ibsen Festival in Oslo August 2010:
“The few scenes as described enclosed, and my – rather short – acknowledges adverts to not only an obvious will to interprete Ibsen in an updated manner in the European contributions to this years Ibsen-festival. They investigates at the same time diverse relations between body, text, and scene, tests the opportunities the text offers, let the audience `feel` (see/smell) bodily efforts, and surpasses the stage room in some examples.
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“Behind simple moves, with tiny references to the tale of Prost Rosmer and Rebekka West, man and woman – a shawl in the female dancers hand, a purce being brought outside – glimpses another opportunity of ending, than Ibsen`s proposal of a united death, with own hand.

herStay`s dance performance “Movers and Shakers” is based on “Rosmerholm” – of Ibsen- pieces where children, striking enough, is present only as imagination and pressure medium. The story is stripped for everything, to only a subtle spreading, only a skeleton of the original action is left. And yet it is this performance that opens for real hope for the future: a young woman (danced by different women with multifarious characters and stage presence) manages here to develop a separate will, which opposes itself to Rosmer/ man and story. Without words, under the surface, with all the power the body can generate.
- Stefanie Plappert, theater scientist Frankfurt, Scenekunst September 16th, 2010

On herStay performance: Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature, recently: “Great performance, [herStay: MSTCEN] the team is really good; focused, concentrated, and intence. The music is great. I really wish the performance a great run!”
- Astrid Sæther, Associate Professor, Centre for Ibsen Studies, UiO, August 27th, 2010

“In the Monica performance, I would like to live – like this is really good. She is purely a beautiful artist. Monica mind is how wonderful and excellent. Always nice to children, generally smile, sometimes there is a dream general sense, I think of the HP of Luna.”
- Review on herStay in Shanghai, June 20th 2009, author: Xue Junyuan, MA in Literature

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Presentation syclus 2011 for herStay performance Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature:

herStay at Stillhetsfestivalen 25.6. kl. 16.0, Asker, Norway: StillScape www.stillscape.no,

May 2011, 15 – 22, herStay is invited to St. Petersburg, BodyWord Festival – for unusual dance relating to literature

March 2011, 3 – 14: herStay is invited to Costa Rica, Actua Mujer Festival, in San Jose, and Alajuela, and to Caribbean Women Festival in Puerto Viejo, Talamanca, Costa Rica

August 2011, 1 – 10: herStay will perform in NY at different venues, tba

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The performance MSTCEN is inspired by Ibsen´s Rosmersholm,

The performance is referring to Ibsen, and his dramas Rosmersholm and The Masterbuilder: herStay vs Ibsen

Introduction: “Like through a kaleidoscope, different approaches and topics in the drama are investigated. Encounters between people, various personalities, in synthesis with the protagonists and the situations in the play.”

(kaleidoscope:
• noun 1 a toy consisting of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of coloured glass or paper, whose reflections produce changing patterns when the tube is rotated. 2 a constantly changing pattern or sequence.
— DERIVATIVES kaleidoscopic adjective.
— ORIGIN from Greek kalos ‘beautiful’ + eidos ‘form’ + -SCOPE.)

Ref.: askoxford.com

“Som gjennom et kaleideoskop analyseres dramaets ulike innfallsvinkler og tema, møter mellom mennesker, forskjellige personligheter i syntese med protagonister og situasjoner i stykket.”

On the film in the play:
It relates to the time 1:1; the music and the dancers movement, while the camera movement is working towards this in pace, which leads to a distortion of the experience of the room.

herStay recrecords: Mastered by Audun Strype, herStay music from composer Hicham Bouddén, is now available through herStay recrecords, for further questions: e-mail [email protected]

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herStay recent media features and audience reactions:
Monica Emilie Herstad interview in Le Monde Diplomatique September Issue p 34 and 35, 2010:
Monica Emilie Herstad, Le Monde

“I really appreciate your performance” – Stefanie Plappert, Scenekunst:
herStay review October 2010: www2.scenekunst.no/egenkrit…

“Great performance, [herStay: MSTCEN] the team is really good; focused, concentrated, and intence. The music is great. I really wish the performance a great run!”
- Astrid Sæther, Associate Professor, Centre for Ibsen Studies, UiO, 27th of August 2010

“I would like to thank you for your great performance the 26th of August! (…) I had a wonderful experience.
Best regards, Hilde Guri Bohlin, International Ibsen Awards,
”http://www.ibsenawards.com/article.php?aid=45" href=“http://www.ibsenawards.com/article.php?aid=45”>www.ibsenawards.com/article…

“Takk for en flott forestilling!” Oslo Kommune, august 2010

“Takk for fin forestilling, du har utarbeidet en ny metode, med offisielle arbeidsvisninger før premieren. Det er modig, og noe vi setter pris på.” – Norsk kulturråd, ved premieren, etter å ha fulgt de offisielle visningene i april, juni og august 2010

www.danseinfo.no/index.php?…

Monica Emilie Herstad, interview in Norway, Success with the Strange, in Musikk- og Kultur, Mfo Magazine: www.musikk-kultur.no/nyesid…

Monica Emilie Herstad, interview and feature in TimeOut, Mumbai:
www.timeoutmumbai.net/dance…

Dancing Queen, feature on Monica Emilie Herstad in NY:
www2.scenekunst.no/artikkel…

Monica Emilie Herstad Artist presentation: www.kulturnett.no/kunstner_…

Monica Emilie Herstad presenting paper at UNESCO Conference in Europe, Spain, International Dance Research:
74.125.77.132/search?q=cach…

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Monica Emilie Herstad´s earlier MSTCEN presentations, with talks, presentations, Master Class, q&a, developing and discussing the process in Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature:

August 26th, 27th, 28th, 2010, 4pm:
Performance, Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature, Rom for dans, Oslo

June, 24, 26, 27 2010
Performance, Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature, Rom for dans, Oslo

April 17, 18, 2010
Performance, Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature, Rom for dans, Oslo

February 20, 2010
Performance, Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature, Rom for dans, Oslo

June 16, 2009
Performance scetches, Master Class presentation, Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature, Shanghai, Xianhui Hall, XII International Ibsen Conference, Fudan University. Performance introduction, from Monica Emilie Herstad essay “Happiness for all, through all”, with Q&A

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herStay international tour counts several countries, schedule TBA, closer to performing date

For Press/ Guestlist: Contact herStay producer: [email protected] / [email protected],

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Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature, cast 2011:

Monica Emilie Herstad: Direction, choreography, aesthetics, performance, dance, manuscript, costumes, stagedesign, light sources, producer

Dance: Monica Emilie Herstad, Daniel Andersson, Andrea Csaszni Rygh, Nina Biong (Beata Kretovicova Idén), Tine Erica Aspaas, Eline Hansen

Music: Composition, music producer: Hicham Bouddén

Dramaturgic consulting on Ibsen, Rosmersholm and The Masterbuilder: Astrid Sæther

Video artist: Rune Andreassen

Light-tech: Kaja Glenne Lund

Photo flyer: Monica Emilie Herstad

Photo documentation production: Marit Anna Evanger

Styling, make-up: Monica Emilie Herstad

herStay producer department: Monica Emilie Herstad et al. external recources

Design flyer, poster: Steffen Körner Ludviksen

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herStay,

www.herStay.net,

Ph. (47) 415 215 01,

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With gratitude to International Ibsen Award Stipend, Norwegian Arts Council, Fund for performing artist, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Forreign Affairs, Royal Norwegian Council General in Shanghai, City of Oslo, INAMU/ Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres, Costa Rica, America Central, Museo de las Mujeres, Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud Costa Rica, Year of Youth 2010 – 2011, UNIFEM, Actua Mujer, CPA/ Centro Para las Artes, BodyWord Festival St. Petersburg

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October 2nd, 2009:
Monica Emilie Herstad is teaching MA students at Centre for Ibsen Studies at UiO, October 2nd, 10 am – 1pm, presenting documentation of the Master Class from Shanghai, on the herStay upcoming performance Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature (with the working title Twirl)
: I. Introduction, II. Work in progress selected scenes, III. Q&A, link to documentary pictures from Shanghai, XII International Ibsen Conference: www.facebook.com/album.php?…

June 16th 2009:
Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature, inspired by Ibsen´s Rosmersholm, is presented in w.i.p. version (with the working title Twirl), in Shanghai June 17th in Xianhui Hall Shanghai 2009, with Master Class, II. w.i.p. performance, and III. Q&A, Fudan University, XII International Ibsen Conference 2009

Award Winning Monica Emilie Herstad:
September 1st: Monica Emilie Herstad, herStay, is receiving the International Ibsen Award Stipend for her upcoming production Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature, inspired by Ibsen´s Rosmersholm, with working title Twirl, at the Banquet Prize Ceremony in September 2008, when the Ibsen Award Winner Peter Brook also receives his prize

Quoting the Award program text:
“The choreographer, dancer and performance artist Monica Emilie Herstad established the ensemble herStay in 1999. Her works has since been synonymous with border breaking and innovative art. Monica Emilie Herstad´s exploring of the space between contemporary dance, performance, classical ballet, Japanese butoh, and visual art has manifested itself, not in a fragmented hybrid perception of the art-forms as such, but in an ingenious and pure form of ‘visualization’ or simplification that transgresses borders also in post-conceptual visual art.”
-Ole Slyngstadli, in his press release for International Ibsen Awards Grant 2008

Further on Monica Emilie Herstad´s new project, from the Award program text:
[Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature](based on the working title TWIRL), is an interesting experiment based on Ibsen’s Rosmersholm as grounds for a reinterpretation of the drama’s themes. Monica Emilie Herstad, founder and director of herStay, has several interesting approaches to Ibsen’s work, some sources of inspiration are earlier manuscripts, interpretations and discussions of Ibsen, such as Elfriede Jelinek’s book What Happened after Nora Left Her Husband or; Pillars of Society (1978), and the manuscript of The lady From the Sea that Susan Sontag adapted for visual performance and Robert Wilson (1993 – 2004).
Rosmersholm is one of Ibsen’s more provoking dramas, with series possible interpretations. Monica Emilie Herstad´s project includes several performers, the characters of Johannes Rosmer, several incarnations of Rebecca West and “a retrospective of Beate”, as well as Madam Helseth.

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In her recent years work Monica Emilie Herstad was harvesting inspiration from Ibsen’s women, from Ibsen studies, from other artists interpretations, and discussions of the works, including Elfriede Jelinek’s What Happened after Nora Left Her Husband or; Pillars of Society (1978). She has extracted from Ibsen carachters such as Nora Helmer in A Dollshouse (1878), Ellida Wangel, in The Lady From The Sea (1888) and others.
Presently she – with her herStay, is working with the performance Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature (2009 – 2010), based on Rosmersholm, (1886), that will be staged in 2009. Rosmersholm, one of several of Ibsen’s plays exploring the female protagonist´s limited freedom of choice, here in Rebecca West’s relation to Mr.Rosmer.

(…) herStay´s still touring her 2006 performance Past is Simulation – The Ladies of the sea vs Nora, and other stories of the societythat debuted as integrated in the Ibsen Year 2006. In the subtitle of the work – The Ladies from the sea vs Nora and other stories of the society, Monica Emilie Herstad is referring to her sources of inspiration, A Dollshouse and The Lady From The Sea. In the preceding production Herstad spent 3 years research time in 2005- 2008 at The Centre for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo"
- Ole Slyngstadli, International Ibsen Awards Grant, 2008

www2.scenekunst.no/presseme…

Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature

herStay audition March 6th and 7th 2010 at Dansens Hus, Oslo, from 10am – 6pm, 98 professional dancers appearing.

Photo this page: Monica Emilie Herstad, herStay, photographing herStay dancer Andrea Csaszni Rygh, in herStay MSTCEN/ Movers and shakers – Tangible channeling the existence of nature, February 2010, in Oslo

herStay further tour TBA