NOWSTALGIA

Between the worlds of Utopia and Dystopia we find Nowstalgia - a protopic world where time is  not as we know it, because here it is the now that rules. The main characters of this world are  insects and it is their innate will to live in the now that dictates. In the technological age people  have mastered escaping from the now. Within the escapism we have developed a relentless  longing for the present moment, that is constantly lost. In Nowstalgia, we are allowed to live in  harmony with the present moment, insects and each other: right here, right now. 

 

The theatre concert Nústalgia (Eng. Nowstalgia), is an engulfing experience by the Faroese contemporary dance company and the band AGGRASOPPAR. The stage work is based on  AGGRASOPPAR’S upcoming album with the same title: NÚSTALGIA. The theater concert is an experimental fusion of contemporary dance, music and theatre that deals with humans’ urge to long out of the now. 

 

Humans have always searched forward in time for the next thing to happen or reminisced back to what already passed. However, modern society moves rapidly and we plan further ahead than ever while scrolling through our past memories of a time we try to hold on to. It is this evolving  trajectory that the work deals with, as well as power-inbalance, ecological destruction and the primitive longings and needs that all living beings have in common: all from an insect point of  view. 

 

Both groups work with collective creative processes and are drawn to the poetic dimensions of human existence, approached through different mediums: RIVA through contemporary dance and AGGRASOPPAR through music and poetry. The stage work takes shape in close collaboration with Villiam Soo Joensen, Jón Sonna Jensen and Vinjari Egilsnes Petersen, respectively responsible for light, costume and stage design and sound. The performance intertwines the avant-garde underground with popular art and forms a distinct artistic identity that gives space to chaos, the ugly, vulnerability, absurdity, and the deeply human. 

 

Team 

Performance: Dania O. Tausen, Trygvi Danielsen, Eyðfinn Lamhauge, Búi Rouch, Rannvá  Guðrunardóttir Niclasen and Vár Bech Árting 

Choreography and staging: Búi Rouch, Rannvá Guðrunardóttir Niclasen and Vár Bech Árting 

Music: Dania O. Tausen, Trygvi Danielsen and Eyðfinn Lamhauge 

Costumes and stage design: Jón Sonni Jensen 

Lights: Villiam Soo Joensen 

Sound: Vinjar Egilsnes Petersen 

Organisers: RIVA 

Graphic design: Dania O. Tausen 

Intern: Krister Rognaldsen Pedersen 

Co-production: The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands 

 

Supporting the stage production: Mentamálaráðið, Tórshavnar Kommuna, Mentanargrunnur  Landsins, Dansiføi, Gothenburg Fringe Festival and European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists. 

 

Supporting the music production: Koda Føroyar, Gramex Føroyar og Tutl