The title “Story, story, die.” is a nod to a game where people sit in a circle and make up a story together. The game master can intervene at any moment and point out a new person who must then continue the story. Whoever is too slow or hesitates “dies” – or at least is out of the game.

The acclaimed interdisciplinary production by Alan Lucien Øyen brings the dynamic of this game onto the stage. The Norwegian choreographer and director understands it as a grand metaphor of contemporary life: we always need have a suitable story at the ready, or invent one if we don’t, to present our best selves. And it happens at the breakneck speed dictated by social media. The pressure to be liked lies heavy on our real and digital shoulders: generate and share attractive content, every day, or die.

In their own words and Øyen’s celebrated filmic style, “Story, story, die.” tackles the relationship between lying and loving. What do we do to be liked?

The production explores the way we keep on rearranging our lives to create a suitable story, and it demonstrates how we curate a reality for others and in doing so end up lying to ourselves. Life turns into an unrelenting pursuit of recognition – a fleeting, “conditional” form of love dependent on success and fortune.

Øyen and his company winter guests wonders what parts of ourselves we show to whom, and they create a world that leaves the audience speechless. With “Story, story, die.” Øyen will be presenting his work in Switzerland for the first time.

Simply put: Seven people dance on stage. Sometimes they move and speak at the same time. The topic is how people see each other. It shows what people do to be liked. The Internet and Instagram and Facebook play a huge role.

Info

Dauer: 90 Minuten, keine Pause
Gesprochene Sprache: Englisch, mit französischen oder deutschen Untertiteln (je nach Region).
Altersempfehlung: 14+
Abzugs-/Inhaltswarnungen: Schüsse, Stroboskopeffekte, Kraftausdrücke
Uraufführung: 25.5.2019, Dansens Hus Oslo
Weitere Informationen: winterguests.com

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Credits

Choreography: Alan Lucien Øyen
Performers: Alex Clair, Ioannis Yáya Logothethis, Pascal Marty, Adam McGaw, Evan Sagadencky, Kluane Peabody, Yi-Chi Lee. (The text and choreography was developed in close collaboration with the performers: Olivia Ancona, Zander Constant, Mai Lisa Guinoo, Pascal Marty, Lee Yuan Tu, Tom Weinberger, Cheng An Wu).
Rehearsal director: Azusa Seyama
Scenography: Martin Flack
Costume design: Stine Sjøgren
Lighting technician/technical director: Christopher Sanders
Light design: Torkel Skjerven
Sound design: Terje Wessel Øverland and Gunnar Innvær
Sound technician: Svein Sandvold
Stage manager: Danny Hones
Producer and Tour manager: Isaïe Richard
International touring: Menno Plukker Theatre Agent, Isaïe Richard and Magdalena Marszalek

Co-production: Dansens Hus, The Norwegian National Opera & Ballett, Julidans Festival Amsterdam
Funding: Arts Council Norway
With the support of: Orsolina28

Alan Lucien Øyen

Lucien Alan Øyen is a Norwegian choreographer, dramatist, and director. He was educated at the art school in Oslo, among other places, and danced for the Norwegian Company of Contemporary Dance, Carte Blanche, and Amanda Miller. For the last twenty years Øyen has been choreographing his own as well as commissioned pieces for international companies. In 2006 he founded winter guests, his own interdisciplinary ensemble consisting of actors, dancers, dramatists, set designers, and technicians. The company has been touring worldwide and received multiple awards. The multifaceted artist fuses different art forms like no other and has developed his own unique signature. His choreographic language is complex and technically demanding. Text meets movement, live speech, and enormous physicality: a fascinating and enthralling combination. Inspired by the world around him, Øyen draws on everyday topics, pop-culture references, and personal experiences in his moving and captivating pieces. Picture © Massimo Leardini