“編舞家 Kitt Johnson用極其簡單的方式表達了極豐富深刻的寓意,難能可貴。“ <紐約時報>(美國)
姬特.約翰遜(Kitt Johnson)是X 行動舞團(X-Act)的藝術總監,身兼舞者、表演者及編舞。憑藉她細膩的舞蹈語言、獨特的空間∕舞台觸覺及出色的肢體控制,她創造出獨樹一幟的表現與風格,成為丹麥最受推崇的編舞家之一,其只此一家的藝術特色令她在國內外均極受注目。曾多次在歐洲各地進行實地演出項目,也同時創作過一整個系列的舞蹈作品。
2008 年,姬特開始組織每兩年一次的「Mellemrum 環境劇場藝術節」;2009 年她在哥本哈根組織了「國際PanCreas肢體藝術節」。其作品《獨行》(Stigma)獲頒丹麥藝術基金獎, 2003 年姬特獲頒丹麥最高榮譽的「雷姆特獎」(Danish Reumert Award)。
"Rare is the choreographer who can say a great deal with very little."
Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times
Dancer and choreographer Kitt Johnson is one of a kind on the Danish dance and performance scene. For more than twenty-five years she has been developing her own, very particular, artistic universe; a universe that is at once minimalist, expressive and innovative. Her work is characterized by an extreme body control and a unique feel for simple but effective stage effects, and she uses these effects to create intense, physical and visual transformations that explore the deepest layers of human existence.
Kitt Johnson has a background in elite athletics, modern and contemporary dance, contact improvisation, butoh, martial arts and German expressionist theatre. As a dancer and choreographer she has worked with Mark Tompkins (F), Nobert Stockheim (D), Sacha Waltz (D), Anita Saij (DK) and other leading figures in these fields.
Kitt Johnson’s trademark is solo performance, but her repertoire is broad and also includes many ensemble works, New Circus, site-specific work and a production designed for children. She also organises and curates performance festivals, including the site-specific MELLEMRUM biennale, contributing to her ambition to create a platform from which Danish and international performing arts can engage in dialogue and share experience.
With their universal themes and minimalist idiom Kitt Johnson’s works are attractive abroad, and since early on in her career she has toured the length and width of Denmark and many other countries besides. In addition to her own works, she is continually involved as an artistic consultant on other projects, as well as being a sought-after public speaker, teacher and workshop organizer in many different contexts.
Over the years her work has been widely acknowledged through a range of awards, nominations and grants in Denmark and abroad. In 1999 she received a Reumert nomination for Stigma, and received the Danish Arts Foundation’s award for the same piece; in 2003 she won a Reumert for Best Dance Production with The Mirror. In 2003 she made the New York Times Top Ten list of dance experiences of the year with The Mirror, and the NOW Toronto list in 2004 with The Lemonkeepers and Stigma. She was awarded the Danish Stage Directors Award of Honour in 2008, received the Haslund Award of Honour in 2009, and the award for most innovative work for DRIFT or drive at the INFANT festival in Serbia in 2013. Nominations also include a DORA for Dance Production of the Year for Rankefod in Toronto 2009, and the Danish Theatre Journalists’ Theater Cup, 2011.
http://www.kittjohnson.dk/english/kitt-johnson
姬特.約翰遜(Kitt Johnson)是X 行動舞團(X-Act)的藝術總監,身兼舞者、表演者及編舞。憑藉她細膩的舞蹈語言、獨特的空間∕舞台觸覺及出色的肢體控制,她創造出獨樹一幟的表現與風格,成為丹麥最受推崇的編舞家之一,其只此一家的藝術特色令她在國內外均極受注目。曾多次在歐洲各地進行實地演出項目,也同時創作過一整個系列的舞蹈作品。
2008 年,姬特開始組織每兩年一次的「Mellemrum 環境劇場藝術節」;2009 年她在哥本哈根組織了「國際PanCreas肢體藝術節」。其作品《獨行》(Stigma)獲頒丹麥藝術基金獎, 2003 年姬特獲頒丹麥最高榮譽的「雷姆特獎」(Danish Reumert Award)。
"Rare is the choreographer who can say a great deal with very little."
Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times
Dancer and choreographer Kitt Johnson is one of a kind on the Danish dance and performance scene. For more than twenty-five years she has been developing her own, very particular, artistic universe; a universe that is at once minimalist, expressive and innovative. Her work is characterized by an extreme body control and a unique feel for simple but effective stage effects, and she uses these effects to create intense, physical and visual transformations that explore the deepest layers of human existence.
Kitt Johnson has a background in elite athletics, modern and contemporary dance, contact improvisation, butoh, martial arts and German expressionist theatre. As a dancer and choreographer she has worked with Mark Tompkins (F), Nobert Stockheim (D), Sacha Waltz (D), Anita Saij (DK) and other leading figures in these fields.
Kitt Johnson’s trademark is solo performance, but her repertoire is broad and also includes many ensemble works, New Circus, site-specific work and a production designed for children. She also organises and curates performance festivals, including the site-specific MELLEMRUM biennale, contributing to her ambition to create a platform from which Danish and international performing arts can engage in dialogue and share experience.
With their universal themes and minimalist idiom Kitt Johnson’s works are attractive abroad, and since early on in her career she has toured the length and width of Denmark and many other countries besides. In addition to her own works, she is continually involved as an artistic consultant on other projects, as well as being a sought-after public speaker, teacher and workshop organizer in many different contexts.
Over the years her work has been widely acknowledged through a range of awards, nominations and grants in Denmark and abroad. In 1999 she received a Reumert nomination for Stigma, and received the Danish Arts Foundation’s award for the same piece; in 2003 she won a Reumert for Best Dance Production with The Mirror. In 2003 she made the New York Times Top Ten list of dance experiences of the year with The Mirror, and the NOW Toronto list in 2004 with The Lemonkeepers and Stigma. She was awarded the Danish Stage Directors Award of Honour in 2008, received the Haslund Award of Honour in 2009, and the award for most innovative work for DRIFT or drive at the INFANT festival in Serbia in 2013. Nominations also include a DORA for Dance Production of the Year for Rankefod in Toronto 2009, and the Danish Theatre Journalists’ Theater Cup, 2011.
http://www.kittjohnson.dk/english/kitt-johnson
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《第一屆Mellemrum 環境劇場藝術節》, Kitt Johnson 在地下停車場創作及演出的環境演出作品. A site-specific work of Kitt's at a parking lot in the 1st Mellemrum Performance Festival. 《第二屆Mellemrum 環境劇場藝術節》, Kitt Johnson 在社區體育館內創作及演出的環境演出作品. A site-specific work of Kitt's at the community stadium in the 2nd Mellemrum Performance Festival. |
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在訪問中,Kitt 談到有關她教學的形式,作為單人演出者的好處,作品與空間的關係.........導師在教學中並不是要告訴學員甚麼是正確或不正確,而是提供機會讓學員成長,並成為一位藝術家;在課堂上可以提供一個讓學員自行探索創意來源的空間,亦提供一些工具讓學員發展自己的技巧........... In the interview, Kitt talks about teaching, being a soloist and the relationship between space and work.........She likes teaching in a sense that it offers opportunity for students to grow as artists. "You can offer a frame where people can research their own source of creativity; and you can offer some tools through which they can develop their own skill...…." Video published on Jul 25, 2012 http://www.dancetheater.gr |
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"Stigma" by Kitt Johnson @ CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival 2013 Programme: Seasoned Artistry (triple bill of works) Date/Time: 5 & 6 Dec, 8pm | Venue: Goodman Arts Centre Black Box Video published on Oct 22, 2013 Rankefod - trailer - solo by Kitt Johnson
An evolutionary solo performance in celebration of the origin of the species. The prae-archaic body and senses live on in contemporary humans - just there on the other side of the cell wall in the primordial slime - like living pockets of memories from the time before homo erectus, awaiting a password. |