An estate is to be auctioned off – but no one bids. In this entirely new dance performance, choreographer Jo Strømgren brings forth the soul in old scrap.
Traces of Lived Lives
An estate is to be auctioned off. Unfortunately, no one bids. Items from others' lived lives have little interest in the age of materialism. When they have also lost their practical function and sentimental value, they are defined as scrap.
But can one still entice a soul out of the lifeless? Can one invent new memories? And can reuse be a golden opportunity to return to something more tactile and tangible in everyday life, something more real?
Newly Created Dance and Music
The Auction is an associative fable about objects we know but no longer have a connection to. With abstract dance and newly composed music, the audience is invited to dig up their own memories – and possibly create new ones during the performance.
As a modest tribute to the transient, the performance can also be experienced as a comment on today's material overconsumption.
A Different Side of Jo Strømgren Company
In Jo Strømgren Company's extensive repertoire bouquet, The Auction is a completely new bloom. While the company usually emphasizes storytelling, often with humor and theatricality, this time they present a meditative journey into association and reflection.
The performance is a collaboration with the Trondheim Chamber Music Festival and Bergmund Waal Skaslien, the initiator of the performance's theme and concept, and the company's composer for nearly 30 years.
