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A Dance<br />
The<strong>at</strong>re Success<br />
The <strong>Greenland</strong>ic dance the<strong>at</strong>re »Polaroid« has ari<strong>se</strong>n from the<br />
ashes and will be <strong>se</strong>tting out on tour within <strong>Greenland</strong> and<br />
to Nort<strong>her</strong>n Europe, while the USA will have to wait until the<br />
spring of 2009, to <strong>se</strong>e this popular show<br />
By Christian Schultz-Lorentzen<br />
Sisimiut, Nuuk, Estonia, Lithuania,<br />
Nort<strong>her</strong>n Ireland, Denmark and<br />
Alberquerque, New Mexico; but th<strong>at</strong>’s<br />
just the start of the adventure, <strong>for</strong> the<br />
tour plan continues to grow!<br />
T<strong>her</strong>e have been many »feelers« out<br />
<strong>for</strong> »Polaroid – Wh<strong>at</strong>’s really going<br />
on around the North Pole?« since<br />
its cre<strong>at</strong>ion in 2006. This summer,<br />
liken a Phoenix, Polaroid aro<strong>se</strong> in<br />
its original <strong>for</strong>m with the original<br />
cast of per<strong>for</strong>mers: The <strong>Greenland</strong>ic<br />
actors Nukaaka Coster-Waldau,<br />
Varste M<strong>at</strong>hæus<strong>se</strong>n Berndtsson, Vivi<br />
Søren<strong>se</strong>n, Kristian Mølgaard and the<br />
Faroe<strong>se</strong> dancer Kristina Søren<strong>se</strong>n<br />
Odgaard.<br />
Behind the Polaroid success is the<br />
Nordic Institute of <strong>Greenland</strong>/NAPA,<br />
who has taken it upon it<strong>se</strong>lf to fan<br />
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the flames of the <strong>Greenland</strong>ic the<strong>at</strong>re<br />
scene which has been without a<br />
the<strong>at</strong>re school <strong>for</strong> over 14 years. With<br />
a popul<strong>at</strong>ion of a little more than<br />
56,000 finding the funding to educ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
per<strong>for</strong>ming artists is a challenge in<br />
its <strong>se</strong>lf. But even this cannot stop the<br />
gold mine of cre<strong>at</strong>ive talents, just<br />
waiting to show them<strong>se</strong>lves to the<br />
world.<br />
The per<strong>for</strong>mance is the work of the<br />
Norwegian choreograp<strong>her</strong> Jo Strømgren,<br />
who is known <strong>for</strong> his multifaceted<br />
artistic talent. In his pieces the<br />
boundaries between dance and the<strong>at</strong>re<br />
are era<strong>se</strong>d and blend toget<strong>her</strong>. The<br />
title »Polaroid – Wh<strong>at</strong>’s really going<br />
on around the North Pole?« is a mirror<br />
into the Inuit spirit of the piece, a<br />
dance the<strong>at</strong>re th<strong>at</strong> g<strong>at</strong><strong>her</strong>s toget<strong>her</strong>,<br />
dis<strong>se</strong>cts and turns topsy-turvey this<br />
very spirit. The show is a virtual assault<br />
of the <strong>se</strong>n<strong>se</strong>s, with dance, the<strong>at</strong>re,<br />
lights, sound and costumes th<strong>at</strong> are<br />
pre<strong>se</strong>nted within the Inuit’s own terms<br />
of reference. T<strong>her</strong>e are <strong>se</strong>veral good<br />
reasons why the production is being<br />
launched again. After the première in<br />
2006, Polaroid hit the road and was<br />
on tour in Norway, Denmark, Sweden,<br />
Finland, <strong>Greenland</strong>, the Åland Islands<br />
and the Faroe Islands. The success of<br />
the tour gave resonance and this year<br />
Norway broke tradition and made<br />
the <strong>Greenland</strong>ic production a part<br />
of the official concert tour <strong>for</strong> 2008.<br />
»Polaroid – Wh<strong>at</strong> really going on<br />
around the North Pole?« will play 28<br />
shows in Norway alone and it will be<br />
the first time th<strong>at</strong> a <strong>for</strong>eign production<br />
is an official part of the n<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
concert tour.