Psalm for a Slut (2021)
3rd part of the trilogy Ulf goes Religious

Public premiere the 9th of February 2022, Dansens Hus, Oslo (NO)
The production was finalized in March 2021, but was postponed due to covid 19-restrictions.
There was an in-house presentation for coproducers and press.
Read the reviews here: scenekunst.no and Norsk Shakespeare Tidsskrift (in Norwegian).

«It’s the love, the desire, the intimacy and physiology I’m left with afterwards»
Julie Rongved Amundsen/scenekunst.no 

«Slithers through bodily psalms and religious rituals, praising the norm-breaking slut»
Magdalene Solli, Norsk Shakespearetidsskrift

Touring

RAS, Sandnes (NO) 22th - 23rd of February 2022
Stamsund International Theatre Festival - 26th of May 2022

Psalm for a Slut

In «Psalm for a Slut», the gay body faces one last ritual.
The body carries stories of love, joy, longing and loneliness.
An abstract and quiet soundscape envelops the audience into a contemplating space.
In the presence of the naked body, we hover between the earthly and the sacred.

The dancer stands straight
The musician plays, powerful, then calm, then a little louder, then powerful again
The dancer's gaze moves slowly downwards then close
The music decreases
shoulders moving slowly upwards towards the head, the hands following.
It's slow
The head slowly goes down
the rest of the body takes over with bones and muscles,
the whole body goes slowly downwards. The skeleton becomes heavier
It is quiet
Time is spent
A lot of time
Slowly the bones and muscles reach the ground
The whole body is down
It's a controlled fall, ending with an endless dancer's body lying completely still on the floor like a big belly splash
Then it is no more

Creative team

Dance: Ulf Nilseng
Composition and live music: Amund Ulvestad
Scenography and costume design: Corentin Jean Paul Marcel Leven
Light design: Magnus MIkaelsen
Production: Jorunn Kjersem Hildre
Photos: Tale Hendnes/Dansens Hus, Oslo

Duration: 60 minutes

The trilogy

In the trilogy «ULF goes Religious», sexuality and religion are explored. Part 1 focused on belonging and the necessity of togetherness, and lust and pain in the encounters between men. In part 2 Ulf Nilseng and his crew looked at love and played with traditions, ceremonies, and morals in the relationship between two people. In part 3 silence, loneliness, and death related to the gay body are explored.

Funding

Arts Council Norway
Fund for Performing Artists

Coproduction

Part 1 was co-produced by Bærum Kulturhus, Sandvika (NO)
Part 2 was co-produced by Dansit, Trondheim, and Dansens Hus, Oslo (NO)
Part 3 was co-produced by Dansens Hus, Oslo (NO) and Bærum Kulturhus, Sandvika (NO)

Touring

22 - 23 February 2022, RAS/Sandnes
26 February 2022, Stamsund International Theatre Festival

Available for national and international touring!
Part 1 and part 2 toured to Mexico and Cuba.
All parts can be presented on tour.


Contact
Jorunn Kjersem Hildre (producer)
E-mail: jorunn.kjersem.hildre@gmail.com
Phone: +47 992 35 345