nothing's for something
Field Works is the collective name given to the performances with which Heine Adval and Yukiko Shinozaki won a place for themselves on the international scene in recent years. They were fascinating, slightly creepy performances performed in semi-public places (hotels, office buildings and so on). Small shifts in the daily routine created an absurd dreamlike world.
Avdal and Shinozaki, dancers by training, are now making a return to theatre. The intention behind nothing’s for something is to make the hidden moments in life visible and expose the reality behind the visible world. Their sources of inspiration are Paul Klee, who danced while he painted, Rainer Maria Rilke, the perfectionist of form and method, and Georges Perec, the master of stories of everyday life. In nothing’s for something, Avdal and Shinozaki go back to their roots and allow the experiences of their site-specific projects to permeate this production for larger theatres.
Until recently this duo worked under the name ‘deepblue’, but this has now changed to ‘fieldworks’.
concept and direction Heine Avdal, Yukiko Shinozaki | created and performed by Heine Avdal, Fabrice Moinet, Taka Shamoto, Yukiko Shinozaki, Oleg Soulimenko | sound design and electronics Fabrice Moinet | lighting design and technical direction Hans Meijer | drawing and graphic Brynjar Åbel Bandlien and Christelle Fillod | dramaturge Marianne Van Kerkhoven (Kaaitheater) | production
fieldworks vzw, Heine Avdal co-production Kaaitheater (Brussels), APAP
Network, Kunstencentrum Buda (Kortrijk), BIT-Teatergarasjen (Bergen),
STUK (Leuven) | in collaboration with WP Zimmer (Antwerp),
Netwerk (Aalst), Moderna Danseteatern (Stockholm), Black Box Teater
(Oslo), Teaterhuset Avantgarden (Trondheim), INKONST (Malmø) support
Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie, Norsk Kulturråd,
Fond For Lyd og Bilde, Fond for Utøvende Kunstnere | thanks to David Pledger - Dance Massive festival (Melbourne), Urszula Dawkins | special thanks to Pepa Ivanova, Matthieu Virot, Saori Miyazawa, Mikiko Sagawa & Anne-Catherine Kunz
