I am Mephisto                                                                                  by KompArt
Mephisto on a broader scale can be looked at as a mirror of societal morals and values, which seduces the artist with success and fame. What makes a person good? How is one's biography affecting the current self? Is it about inheritance or environment?                                                                                                                                     
Trailer: https://youtu.be/_9iKwBRNds0
A female body is moving and being moved by the set, her own voice, electric beats, a goldfish, an artificial intelligence. The atmosphere constructed is on the edge of too much and too little.
Our performance “Mephisto” is an experiment - an innovation of Tanztheater. We use the frame of Tanztheater as a tool to merge art forms to open up for new ideas of interaction between artists.
Our topic is the moral dilemma of one’s actions. Our choices are guided by our value system but there is conflict in making a choice. The novel tells a story where an amateur actor becomes famous by sacrificing his moral values. He represents the role of an artist in society. He is making decisions in the name of art and passion. He wants to thrive but at the same time he has a need to survive. Being favoured by the Nazi regime gives him the possibility to play, improve and be famous. He sacrifices his beliefs and even the lives of his friends. The problem lies within the fact that the artist doesn't take responsibility for his actions. We believe that each artist has a responsibility towards their colleagues and the society. Therefore it is important to choose jobs carefully. Who do you work for and which fund do you apply for? It is important not to agree to get underpaid work, even though one would do it for passion. One has to set themselves as an example being both critical about the society, politics but at the same being open, opportunistic, adaptable as they don’t fit any kind of system. An artist is an outsider and an insider at the same time.
 
The source of inspiration is the novel “Mephisto” by Klaus Mann. The final project of the MfA studies at DDSKS was mentored by Falk Richter, Runar Hodne, Siggi Oli Palmason and Thusnelda Mercy.
In collaboration with light designer Jari Matsi, sound designer and composer Thea Soti and dramaturge Nathalie Baudy
 
History: Premiered at Teaterøen Copenhagen in Mai 2021, Residency at Folketeatret with Udviklingsplatformen in September 2021 in Copenhagen, Residency at Musikteaterhuset Holstebro in February 2022, invited to be presented at the Friday Night Sharing at Dansekapellet in Copenhagen in March 2022, Guest played at die börse Wuppertal in Mai 2022, invited to Selected Works Festival in Copenhagen in November 2022.
 
Coming up: Guest play with NightOut at die börse in Wuppertal in August 2023.
 
Review by Klaus Dilger: https://www.tanzweb.org/highlights-nrw/videoimpressionen-von-mephisto?fbclid=IwAR37eed0DAEsNmldnddPObIv7PyqU77RYc-uURmLNWdf6V455IkvsmOWCj8 
 

TREFFPUNKT SPEECH(LESS)                                                    
DANCE/PERFORMANCE:
TREFFPUNKT SPEECH(LESS) is a staging of an experiment by dancer and choreographer Annika KompArt
 
Experience New Year’s Speeches as You never have before. A German dancer invites three colleagues with different national backgrounds to dance to the rhythm of Angela Merkels New Year’s Speech. The three dancers offer their national New Year's Speech in return. You can decide, whether the dancers’ native language is revealed through their movements. 
 
TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/320340253
 
INSPIRATION:  “How do my own language sounds, if I could not understand it?”. Does the language also live in our body? Does speaking a language also create a common resonance on a sensual plane of rhythms and tone of voice? “The project clarifies this dimension through an embodied rhythm of different languages and tonal movements.” Tora Balslev Jespersen.
Project Speech(less) started with a first showing of a draft at Loona Nights in Dansehallerne in 2015, a viewing under CPH Stage in 2018 , a two weeks experiment at Forsøgsstationen in 2018, a first showing at Bådteatret in January 2019. It continued to get presented at Probebühne eins in Hamburg, Teater Momentum in Odense and won the semi final of MArte Arts in Lithuania in 2021.
In Speech(less), the German dancer and choreographer Annika KompArt moves, responding to the rhythm of political speeches to echo the different dynamics of the language with her body. “Speech(less) is not just an autobiographical attempt to give a body and plasticity to the language, but further to give space and care to my own and other languages to try to communicate dance and art.” Speech(less) is constantly evolving and serves as an experiment, as a method or a performance. After a first experiment at Forsøgsstationen, Annika invited professional dance artists, Efva Lilja (SWE) the head of Dansehallerne, Nanna Hanfgarn Jensen (DK) and Georgia Kapodistria (CYP) to a viewing at Bådteatret to dance to the rhythm of political speeches, to compare the dynamics and embodiment of the language in a public exchange with an audience. This artistic work got supported in collaboration with the artist duo Lola and Yukao (http://lolaandyukaomeet.com/index.php/about-us). The performative drawer Yukao Nagemi is capturing the dynamic of the dancers during the performance. The resulting drawing is only made visible for the audience afterwards. The musician Lola transforms parts of the speeches into rhythm, to create the introduction, transitions and special effects.
 
REVIEW: http://sceneblog.dk/treffpunkt-speechless-annika-kompart-paa-ubaaden-baadteatret/

http://sceneblog.dk/treffpunkt-speechless-annika-kompart-paa-ubaaden-baadteatret/

timeING is an improvised Solo about rhythm and placement in time, performed to Angela Merkels New Years speech, inspired by Julyan Hamilton ( http://www.julyenhamilton.com) and premiered at Dansehallerne.