Emilia Gasiorek
Lowlands

Tumbling into the space after sadness, Lowlands is a soft lament to the subliminal. Journeying into the sunken valleys of slowed down motions, it breathes into the space between fragility and strength. The audience is invited into a meditative landscape of blue that lulls and endures. Images emerge evoking a body falling apart and gathering itself together again, a body at sea and a body on a patchwork of waves.

Lowlands is a large-scale solo performance by choreographer Emilia Gasiorek that spans the deep blue depths of personal emotional landscapes and collective geographical environments. It is a part of a new body of work exploring how emotional and psychological states shape the matter of bodies and worlds. The piece is made in collaboration with choreographic consultant Emma-Cecilia Ajanki, sound artist Karis Zidore, and architect Lea Paulsen, and is co-produced by Dansehallerne.

Artist

Emilia Gasiorek

Title

Lowlands

Type

Performance

Date

2.–4.9.2021, 19:00

Duration

45 minutes

Venue

SALEN, Library at Rentemestervej, Rentemestervej 76, 2400 København

Credits

Choreography, performance and scenography concept: Emilia Gasiorek, Choreographic consultant: Emma-Cecilia Ajanki, Scenography and costume: Lea Paulsen, Sound artist: Karis Zidore, Cellist: Åsa Gjerstad, Knitwear designer: Amalie Røge Hove, Light design: Sonja Lea, Technician: Sven Buse, Textual piece: Jonathan Bonnici, Painting: Coline Marotta, Graphic designer: Hanna Bergman, Photography and trailer: Ida Marie Gedbjerg Sørensen, Co-production and presentation: Dansehallerne, Administration: Projektcentret, In residency: Danseatelier, Åbne Scene, HAUT, Inter Arts Center, Milvus Artistic Research Center.

Trailer: Ida Marie Gedbjerg Sørensen
Dansk Skuespillerforbund (en)
Wilhelm Hansen Fonden (en)
Augustinus Fonden (en)
Danish Arts Foundation (en)
Åbne Scene (en)
Danseatelier (en)
HAUT (en)
Inter Arts Center (en)
Knud Højgaards Fond (en)
Koda Dramatik (en)
Milvus Artistic Research Center (en)
William Demant Foundation (en)
Københavns Kommune Scenekunstudvalg (en)

Special thanks to Emma-Cecilia Ajanki for the constant support, Eva Steen Nordhagen for all the input into the production and Jon Bonnici for the support in the final development of the piece.