Strip Tease 2005 | HELENE HØM

"Strip Tease" 2005 and 2016

A costume performance. I created a dress full of openings during my study at the Norwgian Theatre Academy in 2002. It became the starting point for of the costume performance "Strip Tease", which is deliberately written with goosebumps. It is a metaphorical - even psychological- unveiling of female existence. The performance premiered at Junge Hunde Festival, which was held at Entrescenen Århus and Kanonhallen København in 2005. Kirsten Dahl from Aarhus Stiftstidende wrote: ... Helene Høm's "Strip Tease" is one of Junge Hunde 05's best offers for new young performing arts. In a small patterned room, she reveals and reveals with radiance, precision and a fine timing the gray areas of intimacy - the innermost discomforts and ugliness that we would rather close our eyes to. Idea, costumes and visual arts: Helene Høm. Text: Helene Høm. On stage: Helene Høm. Lighting design: Sissel Romme Christensen.

"It goes right into the scars you have" “Cruel and glorious! ” "I can not talk about it. The performance is simply in my body ” In 2016, when I had started the culture house UNDREVÆRKET (Bornholm) in collaboration with Thomas Danielsen, I re-developed the performance. The new version premiered during Bornholm's Culture Week 2016.

A psychological portrait that moves in where the language ends. The title is a metaphor, and the performance is a beautiful-aesthetic horror show, where inner truth and outer appearance balance on the edge of paradox. In this visual solo, performing artist Helene Høm unfolds som the shadowy sides of life to her audience in humorous and disturbing ways. Production: The miracle. Idea, costumes and visual expression : Helene Høm. Text: Helene Høm. On stage: Helene Høm. Composer: Gry Næhr Bagøien. Lighting design: Sissel Romme Christensen. Technique: Thomas Danielse. Consultant help: Katrine Karlsen, Sissel Romme Christensen, Thomas Danielsen. Photo: Justine Høgh / Montage: Undreværket.

"Strip Tease" (2005 )

En kjole fuld af åbninger skabt på Akademi for Scenekunst i 2002 blev starten på kostumeperformancen "Strip Tease" , der med vilje skrives med gåseøjne. Der er tale om en metaforisk afklædning. Forestillingen havde premiere på Junge Hunde Festival, der blev holdt på Entrescenen Århus og Kanonhallen København i 2005. Et psykologisk portræt, der bevæger sig derind, hvor sproget hører op.

Kirsten Dahl fra Aarhus Stiftstidende skrev:
...Helene Høms "Strip Tease" hører til blandt Junge Hunde 05 bedste bud på ny ung scenekunst. I et lille mønstertapetseret rum afdækker og afslører hun med udstråling, præcision og en fin timing intimitetens gråzoner - de allerinderste ubehageligheder og grimheder, som vi helst vil lukke øjnende for.

A dress full of openings, created as a student at the Academy of Performing Arts Norway in 2002, started my costume performance "Strip Tease", which is intentionally written with quotation marks. It is a metaphorical undressing. The performance premiered at the Junge Hunde Festival held at Entrescenen, Aarhus and Kanonhallen, Copenhagen in 2005. A psychological portrait that starts where the spoken word ends.

Kirsten Dahl from the news paper "Aarhus Stiftstidende" wrote:
...Helene Høm's "Strip Tease" is one of Junge Hunde 05's best examples of new young theatre art. In a small patterned wallpapered room, she uncovers and reveals with charisma, precision and fine timing the dark zones of intimacy - the innermost unpleasantness and ugliness that we would rather not see.

Af og med/ By and with Helene Høm. Lysdesign/ Light design: Sissel Romme Christensen.

Ny version (2016) * New version in 2016:

I 2016 fik jeg støtte til en genopsætning og nyudvikling af den nu 11 år gamle forestilling. Den nye version havde premiere under Bornholms Kulturuge 2016, og blev vist på Bådteatret, København, samme år.

In 2016, when I had started UNDREVÆRKET in Gudhjem in collaboration with Thomas Danielsen, I received funding for a redevelopment of the 11-year-old show. The new version premiered during Bornholm Culture Week 2016 and was performed at Bådteatret, Copenhagen the same year.

Af og med/ By and with Helene Høm. Komponist/ Composer: Gry Næhr Bagøien. Lysdesign/ Light design: Sissel Romme Christensen.Teknik/Technician: Thomas Danielsen. Konsulenthjælp/ Artistic counseling: Katrine Karlsen, Sissel Romme Christensen, Thomas Danielsen. Støttet af/ Supported by THE DANISH ARTS FOUNDATION

(Fotos: Justine Høgh)

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