The Norse gods are magnificent, complex and strong characters with very human flaws and shortcomings: Odin, the god who created the world, but does not understand it; Thor, the god that protects humans and gods, but might as well destroy it all with his uncontrollable rage; and Loke, the joker of the mythology: He frequently causes big problems for the gods, but always manages to solve them again by his cunning and intelligence.
This series of performances are Kenneth Flak’s interpretations of this mythological universe, tales of classical superheroes where there is no such thing as absolute good or evil. There are only more or less successful strategies of survival, and, when this is no longer possible: to die in style.
Choreography and dance: Kenneth Flak
Music: Yann Coppier
Text: Tor Åge Bringsværd
Choreography: Kenneth Flak
Dance: Külli Roosna, Thomas Falk, Esther Wrobel
Music: Yann Coppier
Text: Tor Åge Bringsværd
Light Design: Thomas Dotzler
Choreography: Kenneth Flak
Dance: Külli Roosna, Kenneth Flak
Music: Yann Coppier
Text: Tor Åge Bringsværd
Light: Anton Kulagin
Costume: Marja-Liisa Pihlak in collaboration with Roosna and Flak
God Studies #3 was created during a residency at Dansateliers Rotterdam
Of Gods and Driftwood was produced by Korzo theater and supported by Norwegian Arts Council, Fund for Sound and Image and Ministerie van OC&W Nederland
God Studies #4 was commissioned and produced by Estonian National Ballet