casablanca 0811

Part II of The Triptych Trilogy

55 minutes long (45 minutes)

Casablanca 0811 is the most intimate part of the trilogy, revolving around love, freedom, and virtue. While a niqab covered woman is dancing out her polygamous relationship with her husband, a former ballerina- now night club dancer is encountering the man who made her dream impossible on a journey through the Moroccan desert. With a 12 minutes road movie shoot in Casablanca driving to the Merzouga desert, with sound by rock guitar legend Ronni Le Tekrø, a theatrical dreamscape is created on stage by Ella Fiskum,  accompanied by the Berlin based singer Houwaida Goulli. The project is supported by STIKK, Fund for Performing Artists, Oppland Fylkeskommune, Fond for Lyd og Bilde, Vestre Toten, and Arts Council Norway.

Artists:
Direction, Choreography by Ella Fiskum
Music by Houwaida Goulli, and Ali Helnwein
Text by Trond Peter Stamsø Munch/Ella Fiskum
Costume by Elisabeth Nøkland Johansen

Ella Fiskum (Dancer)
Trond Peter Stamsø Munch (Actor)/in Mexico City: Antonio Salinas/ in New Delhi: Rohit Chaudhary/in Casablanca: Ivar Örn Sverrisson
Sudesh Adhana (Dancer)
Houwaida Goulli (Singer)

Road Movie:
Directed and edited by Ella Fiskum
Cinematography by Audun Gjelsvik Magnæs
Music by Ronni le Tekrø and Ali Helnwein

Premiere: R.E.D. Residency Eina Danz, 5th of July 2014, (Norway)

Tour performances:

FORO DEL DINOSAURIO, at Museo Universitario del Chopo in Mexico City, 4th of October 2014.

The Attic, New Delhi, India, 19th of December 2014.

Photos: Trond Peter Stamsø Munch. Team picture: Audun G. Magnæs.