{"id":891,"date":"2021-03-12T06:16:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T06:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xproarts.com\/?page_id=891"},"modified":"2025-04-01T08:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T08:03:42","slug":"project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xproarts.com\/index.php\/project\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div id=\"cz_24144\" class=\"cz_24144 cz_title clr cz_smart_fs cz_mobile_text_center cz_title_pos_inline tac\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #225170;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">Upcoming &amp; <\/span>Ongoing Projects<\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"cz_gap clr \" style=\"height: 100px\"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;1122&#8243; img_size=&#8221;600&#215;400&#8243; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/xproarts.com\/index.php\/mehri-boy-2\/&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Mehri\/Boy<\/h4>\n<p><em>\u201cMehri\u201d<\/em>\u00a0is a performance at the intersection of dance, theater, and cricket. Dance artist and performer Sudesh Adhana (based in Oslo, originally from India), in collaboration with director Pia Maria Roll, is developing a solo performance that draws on the movements and context of cricket. Through a playful and sensitive approach, the piece explores how the British colonization of India has led to transgenerational traumas.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"cz_gap clr \" style=\"height: 100px\"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;1131&#8243; img_size=&#8221;600&#215;400&#8243; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/xproarts.com\/index.php\/dryades-oreiades\/&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>DRYADES &amp; OREIADES<\/h4>\n<p>DRYADES &amp; OREIADES \u2013 Is a search in the transition from an anthropocentric to a posthuman approach in the hope that the effect will spread in other aspects of our consumer life. In this performance, dancers\u2019 bodies have been re-designed with wooden sculptures to give them a new hybrid body identity. The main idea is \u201chow can these hybrid beings coexist with other species (animals and birds) on equal terms? Unlike some people who consider themselves the owners of land and all life!\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"cz_gap clr \" style=\"height: 100px\"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;1039&#8243; img_size=&#8221;600&#215;400&#8243; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/xproarts.com\/index.php\/nocturnal\/&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/xproarts.com\/index.php\/nocturnal\/\"><b>Nocturnal<\/b><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making a connection between the obvious and the sublime, in this act the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">performers are in two separate windows of an old house with a projection of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">moon cycles on the facade, accompanied by their actions. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"cz_gap clr \" style=\"height: 100px\"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;1043&#8243; img_size=&#8221;600&#215;400&#8243; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/xproarts.com\/index.php\/evening-prayer\/&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/xproarts.com\/index.php\/evening-prayer\/\">Evening Prayer<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The work aims to encourage the audience to reflect and rethink the way we are engaging with our political landscape.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"cz_gap clr \" style=\"height: 100px\"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;991&#8243; img_size=&#8221;600&#215;400&#8243; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/xproarts.com\/index.php\/untamed-donkeys\/&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/xproarts.com\/index.php\/untamed-donkeys\/\"><b>Untamed Donkeys<\/b><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A thought provoking piece reflecting on society\u2019s patriarchal conditioning and finding its connections to the behaviour of the youth in an attempt to depict the male anxiety created by the social hierarchy.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"cz_gap clr \" style=\"height: 100px\"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;1001&#8243; img_size=&#8221;600&#215;400&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>GODAAN THE <span style=\"color: #225170;\">GIFT OF COW<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>A piece about longing, inspired by the last novel Godaan by Indian author, Munshi Premchand, with original music composed by Ulf Knudsen.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"cz_gap clr \" style=\"height: 100px\"><\/div><div id=\"cz_67584\" class=\"cz_67584 cz_title clr cz_smart_fs cz_mobile_text_center cz_title_pos_inline tac\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #225170;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 200;\">Slected <\/span>Projects<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/5&#8243;]<div class=\"cz_gap clr  hide_on_tablet hide_on_mobile\" style=\"height: 66px\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_gap show_on_tablet clr  show_only_tablet\" style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_gap show_on_mobile clr\" style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div><div id=\"cz_54995\" class=\"cz_54995 cz_title clr cz_title_pos_inline\"><div class=\"cz_title_shape shape_text cz_shape_1\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><h2>Incident <span style=\"color: #225170;\">Compromised<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]With a metaphorical take on \u201cimprisonment\u201d, this piece focuses on the different events of a physical human prison, how people react to the idea of being locked up beyond their will, and the experiences of the process.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/5&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1003&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"cz_gap clr \" style=\"height: 100px\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/5&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1006&#8243; img_size=&#8221;630&#215;400&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/5&#8243;]<div class=\"cz_gap clr  hide_on_tablet hide_on_mobile\" style=\"height: 66px\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_gap show_on_tablet clr  show_only_tablet\" style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_gap show_on_mobile clr\" style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div><div id=\"cz_51357\" class=\"cz_51357 cz_title clr cz_title_pos_inline\"><div class=\"cz_title_shape shape_text cz_shape_1\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><h2>GESTR<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #225170;\">(Translated from Norweigian)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]A work of art by two of the country&#8217;s foremost dancers, Hallgrim Hanseg\u00e5rd and Sudesh Adhana, with musician Amina Sewali where they create a tough and completely different performance about hospitality.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"cz_gap clr \" style=\"height: 100px\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/5&#8243;]<div class=\"cz_gap clr  hide_on_tablet hide_on_mobile\" style=\"height: 66px\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_gap show_on_tablet clr  show_only_tablet\" style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_gap show_on_mobile clr\" style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div><div id=\"cz_28525\" class=\"cz_28525 cz_title clr cz_title_pos_inline\"><div class=\"cz_title_shape shape_text cz_shape_1\"><\/div><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><h2>FISHING FOR <span style=\"color: #225170;\">LOVE<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]A graceful spectacle with elements of acrobatics, as the dancers emerge from water onto a net serving as their dance floor.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/5&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;993&#8243; 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