Ibsen's Ghosts

Ibsen's Ghosts

2017
1h 14m
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Overview

Are we ever honest enough to be unaffected by lies? This is the question asked by Henrik Ibsen's drama Ghosts (Gengangere). Oswald Alving returns from a bohemian existence in Paris to small-town Norway. Encountering people who do not communicate, Oswald responds by becoming ironic and distant. He gradually learns more of the secrets that weigh on his family, as well as those inside himself. His mother, Mrs Alving, welcomes her much-missed son home - and slowly understands what, or whom, he has brought home with him. Together with the young, critically acclaimed choreographer Cina Espejord, she retells Ibsen's play as a ballet. The pair feel the story is suited to dance because both it's inner and outer brutality can be pitted against the power of dance. Ibsen's Ghosts is an evocative production in a modern dance style. Nils Petter Molvær has composed new music, which he performs on-stage together with Jan Bang.

Status: Released

Language: NB

Production Information

Production Companies
BelAir Media The Norwegian Opera & Ballet

Keywords

dance performance contemporary dance

Quick Facts

Original Title Ibsens Gengangere
Release Date February 21, 2017
Status Released
Language NB

Cast

Melissa Hough
Melissa Hough

Mrs Alving

Philip Currell
Philip Currell

Pastor Manders

Natasha Jones Dale
Natasha Jones Dale

Young Mrs Alving

Jonathan Olofsson
Jonathan Olofsson

Young Pastor Manders

Håkon Ramstad
Håkon Ramstad

Nils Petter Molvær
Nils Petter Molvær

Key Crew

Marit Moum Aune
Director