KNOCK ON UNPAINTED WOOD // Mute Comp Physical Theatre (DK)
First part of the trilogy on the biggest illegal economies: Sex, Weapons & Drugs.
In Knock on Unpainted Wood, the audience is led into the everyday life of a victim of sex trafficking. The performance is the first part of a trilogy on the biggest illegal economies. Hereby, Mute Comp. continues the tradition of working on heavy and complex themes – the unbearable issues, which we tend to avoid in our daily lives.
The title Knock on Unpainted Wood comes from a Polish proverb, much the same as the English expression ‘knock on wood’ – something you say when you think you may have tempted fate. All victims of sextrafficking are initially full of hope for a better future, but in the end everything they hoped for turns into a lie with horrifying consequences and a tragic ending.
With their unique physical language Mute Comp. wants to show trafficking as a cruel reality.
"Strong and expressive dance performance on trafficking of women" - JYLLANDSPOSTEN, 29.08.10
"Mute Comp. has a mission with their art. Knock on Unpainted Wood is exciting, strong and originally performed and very expressive" - KULTUNAUT, 31.08.10
"Once again Mute Comp. proves to create a wayward narrative room shaped by forcefull raw dance hitting the viewer directly" - TEATERBLOGGEN, 29.08.10
CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Kasper Ravnhøj in cooperation with Jacob Stage and the cast.
DANCERS AND PERFORMERS: Kasper Ravnhøj, Jacob Stage, Tiziana Fracchiolla, Maxim Jo-Beck McGosh, Marie Bergby Handeland and Thomas Bentin.
COMPOSITION, WORDS AND LIVE MUSIC: Marta Rogalsdóttir (vocal, flutes), Pawel Rychert (keyboards, electronica) and Whistler Rogalsson (bas).
SET DESIGN: Johan Kølkjær.
COSTUMES: Johan Kølkjær and Camilla Lind.
LIGHT DESIGN: Michael Breiner.
SOUND CONSULTANCE: Rasmus O. Hansen.
DRAMATURGE: Anne Hübertz Brekne.
OPERATOR LIGHT/SOUND: Nuno Antonio Neto.
ADMINISTRATION AND PR: Ulla Katrine Friis.
TRAILERS AND CAMPAIGN PHOTO: Jacob Stage.
PRESS PHOTOS: Søren Meisner.
DURATION: 60 min.
Premiered in 2010 in Dansehallerne in Copenhagen, Denmark.
KNOCK ON UNPAINTED WOOD was supported by StatensKunstråds Scenekunstudvalg, Københavns Scenekunstudvalg,Wilhelm Hansen Fonden, Augustinus Fonden, Konsul George Jorck og Hustru Emma Jorck´s Fond, Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond, Sonning Fonden, Den Polske Ambassade og Carlsberg.
