Unchained Melody
Mette Ingvartsen
Carte Blanche
A seascape of movement and love songs.
In Unchained Melody, Mette Ingvartsen uses love songs from different eras as a musical anchor for the choreography.
The movement follows the logic of water: ripples spread between the dancers, undercurrents draw them in new directions or into a swirl before calm returns and the surface settles.
The dancers sing as they move, and this puts the breath into play: the voice shifts, the tone breaks. The Danish choreographer works deliberately with strong emotions, and in the meeting point of song and dance, the performers navigate an ever-changing emotional seascape.
For Ingvartsen, love is more than a feeling; it is a social and political force that can erode what is hard or loosen what once seemed fixed. Unchained Melody is a performance in which song and movement flow into one another like waves on the sea.
Carte Blanche is the Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance. Based in Bergen, the ensemble tours worldwide. Unchained Melody also has a family friendly performance Saturday 30 May where audiences of all ages are welcome.
Photo: Linn Heidi Stokkedal
“No one can resist the enthusiasm and energy of Mette Ingvartsen” – Le Soir
Contributors
Mette Ingvartsen choreography
Fabienne Seveillac dramaturge
Hans Meijer lighting design
Roel Das sound design
Indrani Balgobin costume design
Thomas Bîrzan choreography assistant
Rikke Lina Matthiesen vocal coach
Adrian Bartczak, Aslak Aune Nygård, Brecht Bovijn, Dawid Lorenc, Gaspard Schmitt, Ihsaan de Banya, Iris Auguste, Mai Lisa Guinoo, Nadege Kubwayo, Noam Eidelman Shatil, Ola Korniejenko, Ole Martin Meland, Olha Mykolayivna Stetsyuk, Trine Lise Moe dancers
Practical information
There will be unnumbered seating for this performance in Studio Bergen
Family friendly performance
Unchained Melody also has a family friendly performance Saturday 30 May where audiences of all ages are welcome.
A co-production between
Bergen International Festival and Carte Blanche
