{"id":32117,"date":"2020-12-08T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dansenshus63c7e7a70b457.cloud.bunnyroute.com\/?post_type=dh_event&#038;p=32117"},"modified":"2023-05-17T23:17:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T21:17:54","slug":"story-story-die","status":"publish","type":"dh_event","link":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/program\/story-story-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter guests | Story, story, die"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Lucien \u00d8yen has been described as a master of storytelling. With a perfect blend of words, music and hyper-detailed choreography, with sharp shifts between the absolutely concrete and the completely abstract, he has the ability to bring to life the great questions of our time.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Lucien \u00d8yen is one of Norway's most sought-after performing artists and has attracted considerable attention both in Norway and internationally. He has the rare ability to successfully combine his versatility as a director, choreographer and playwright, always resulting in works imbued with his personal style.<\/p>\n<p>\u00d8yen's art is characterised by curiosity and courage, but also humility and complexity. With an emotional and dramatic drive and in constant pursuit of a sincere and human expression, he takes inspiration from strangers' stories, personal anecdotes and references from popular culture.<\/p>\n<p><em>Story, story, die.<\/em>&nbsp;is a collection of stories and fragments about man's constant search for recognition. How we organise our daily lives and stage our lives. How we relentlessly seek approval on social media as well as online. With surreal and absurd twists, \u00d8yen highlights the dependence between lies and love. That the modern love we seek is not unconditional and that the happiness we seek is fleeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interview with Alan Lucien \u00d8yen about the work<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alan Lucien \u00d8yen Interview about &quot;Story, story, die.&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/343247110?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Story, story, die.<\/em>&nbsp;is a well-designed and impressive work for seven extraordinary dancers who have fully mastered the precision, elegance and dynamics of choreography. The choreography is fast, detailed and intricate, both acrobatic and surprising. With drastic changes of light and mood, the work is&nbsp;<em>Story, story, die.&nbsp;<\/em>a dizzying dance theatre characterised by \u00d8yen's unmistakable aesthetic - a brilliant piece of theatre that aims for the heart and hits home.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/342623042?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/alan_lucien_oyen_martin_flack-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32140 size-_50-50\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3><strong>Alan Lucien \u00d8yen<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Alan Lucien \u00d8yen studied dance at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. After graduating in 2001, he worked with Carte Blanche, Norway's national company for modern dance. He then moved to Germany to join Amanda Miller's Pretty Ugly Dance. In 2006, \u00d8yen founded his own company, Winter Guests, which has enjoyed great success and toured to 16 countries on three continents.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2009, Mr \u00d8yen has worked mainly as a director and playwright. He has written six plays and won the Norwegian Hedda Prize for the five-and-a-half-hour play Coelacanth.<\/p>\n<p>As of January 2013, Alan Lucien \u00d8yen is affiliated with the Norwegian Opera &amp; Ballet as artist in residence and house choreographer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Credits<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h4>Choreography<\/h4>\n<p>Alan Lucien \u00d8yen<\/p>\n<h4>Dance<\/h4>\n<p>Olivia Ancona, Zander Constant, Mai Lisa Guinoo, Pascal Marty, Lee Yuan Tu, Tom Weinberger, Cheng An Wu.<\/p>\n<h4>Conductor<\/h4>\n<p>Stephen Salmon<\/p>\n<h4>Light design<\/h4>\n<p>Torkel Skj\u00e6rven<\/p>\n<h4>Sound design<\/h4>\n<p>Terje Wessel \u00d8verland, Gunnar Innv\u00e6r<\/p>\n<h4>Set design<\/h4>\n<p>Martin Flack<\/p>\n<h4>Costume design<\/h4>\n<p>Stine Sj\u00f8gren<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<h4>Project manager<\/h4>\n<p>Lisa Reynolds<\/p>\n<h4>Production assistant<\/h4>\n<p>Margrethe Nandrup Rylander<\/p>\n<h4>Co-production<\/h4>\n<p>DANSENS HUS, Oslo<br \/>JULIDANS, Amsterdam<br \/>The Norwegian Opera &amp; Ballet, Oslo<\/p>\n<h4>With the support of<\/h4>\n<p>Norwegian Arts Council<br \/>ORSOLINA28<\/p>\n<h4>Tour leaders<\/h4>\n<p>Menno Plukker with the help of Richard and<br \/>Magdalena Marszalek<\/p>\n<h4>Photography<\/h4>\n<p>Mats B\u00e4cker<br \/>Martin Flack (portrait Alan L. \u00d8yen)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tales of the contemporary quest for affirmation<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":32129,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-32117","dh_event","type-dh_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dh_eventcategory-forestallningar"],"meta_box":{"components":[],"grid_description":"","mobile_featured_image":false,"show_group":[{"show_datetime":"2021-04-24 19:00","show_link":"","show_status":"<strong><span style=\"color: red;\"> INST\u00c4LLT<\/strong><\/span>","show_info":null},{"show_datetime":"2021-04-23 19:00","show_link":"","show_status":"<strong><span style=\"color: red;\"> INST\u00c4LLT<\/strong><\/span>","show_info":null}],"featured_image_position":"","event_address":"","event_google_maps_url":"","background_topbanner":"","color_topbanner":"","overlay_topbanner":"","gradient_topbanner":"","reviews":[],"offstage_image":false,"offstage_group":[],"credits":[],"event_startdatum":"2021-04-23","event_slutdatum":"2021-04-24","event_duration":"90 min (utan paus)","event_pause":"","event_pause_length":"","event_tickets_url":"","event_extra_info":"","post_cards":[],"artist-to-event_from":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dh_event\/32117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dh_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dh_event"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dh_event\/32117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}