We opened the box together, Dianne Reid from Australia, Heidi Durning from Japan, and me, Ami Skånberg Dahlstedt from Brännö. They came all the way up here, to Ricklundgården, a museum and gueststudio in southern Lappland. This is where we will stay and work for six weeks. We opened them carefully as we have seen being done in temples in Kyoto, by Noh-actors.
We looked at them and each of us then tried them on.
First impression was:
The masks are really strong - how can we involve them in our performance? We are in the middle of creating a danceperformance with the name Vargkaffe/Wolfcoffee. A dancetheatrepiece about wolves, weather and folded blankets. Including video art by Dianne. At first we thought they must have something for themselves, that they wouldn´t find a place among wolves and blankets.
Then we thought they could dance with the caracter SnowQueen, who enters Wolfcoffee twice. They will move slowly with her and then go crazy making puppet theatre about the three of us climbing Marsfjäll. (miniatures) Heidi san just started making the dolls. So this will be their and our task for next week.
with energy and peace from Saxnäs in Marsfjäll!
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