Heine Røsdal Avdal Explained

Heine Røsdal Avdal is a Norwegian dancer and choreographer working from Brussels, Belgium.

Education

Heine Avdal studied dance, choreography and video at the Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo (Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 1991-94) and P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels, 1995-96). During his studies at P.A.R.T.S, he choreographed solos and duos that were presented at P.A.R.T.S., Scenehuset (Oslo) and Dixon Place (New York). He worked for different companies in Norway. In 1996-97 he assisted Mikhail Baryshnikov with his solo work at the company White Oak Dance Project in New York.[1] [2] [3]

Collaboration with Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods

Between 1997 and 2001 Heine Avdal was part of Damaged Goods (Brussels), the dance company of the American choreographer Meg Stuart.[1] He was a dancer in Splayed Mind Out (Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods and Gary Hill, 1997),[4] Appetite (Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods and Ann Hamilton, 1998),[5] Sand Table (Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods and Magali Desbazeille, 2000)[6] and Highway 101 (Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods, 2000).[7]

Own artistic work

Since 2000 Heine Avdal has created his own productions. He often does this in collaboration with Yukiko Shinozaki, another former member of Damaged Goods.[8] With his work, he investigates how conventions influence the experience of and moving in public / private space. His projects are often poetic and humorous interventions in unusual, semi-public environments. Based on existing expectations and perceptions about certain spaces, he is looking, through small interventions and shifts, for unexpected perspectives on a space. In addition, he explores how technology is used or can be used, not only to perceive but also to understand both the human body and the daily environment in a new way.[1] His most frequently performed productions are nothing for something (Heine Avdal and Yukiko Shinozaki, 2012), Field Works-office (Heine Avdal and Yukiko Shinozaki, 2010), Field Works-hotel (Heine Avdal and Yukiko Shinozaki, 2009), you are here (Heine Avdal and Yukiko Shinozaki, 2008), Some notes are (Heine Avdal, 2006), Box with hole s (Heine Avdal, 2004) and terminal (Heine Avdal, 2001).

fieldworks

Originally, Heine Avdals created his own artistic work under the wings of deepblue, a production structure he shared with Yukiko Shinozaki and sound artist Christoph De Boeck. Since 2012, he does this under the wings of fieldworks vzw (Brussels), an organization that focuses on the creation, production, distribution and promotion of Heine Avdal and Yukiko Shinozaki's work.[9] Their extensive range of productions already toured in a wide range of countries in Europe and Asia, but also in the United States, Cuba and Lebanon.

Collaboration with others

In 2002-2003, Heine Avdal, together with Mette Edvardsen, Liv Hanne Haugen and Lawrence Malstaf, also created the performance/installation Sauna in Exile .[10]

Productions

With fieldworks vzw:[11]

With Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods:[13]

With others:

Sources

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. http://www.field-works.be/?type=bio&txt_id=11&lng=eng Biography of Heine Avdal
  2. http://www.parts.be/en/heine-rosdal-avdal Page about Heine Avdal
  3. http://www.khio.no/en/events/371 Page about an artist meeting with Heine Avdal
  4. http://www.damagedgoods.be/en/splayed-mind-out Page about Splayed Mind Out (Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods and Gary Hill, 1997)
  5. http://www.damagedgoods.be/en/appetite Page about Appetite (Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods and Ann Hamilton, 1998)
  6. http://www.damagedgoods.be/en/sand-table Page about Sand Table (Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods and Magali Desbazeille, 2000)
  7. http://www.damagedgoods.be/en/highway-101 Page about Highway 101 (Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods, 2000)
  8. http://www.field-works.be/?type=bio&txt_id=12&lng=eng Biography of Yukiko Shinozaki
  9. http://www.field-works.be/?type=about&lng=eng Page about fieldworks
  10. http://laportabcn.com/en/author/heine-rosdal-avdal Biography of Heine Avdal
  11. http://www.field-works.be/?type=productions&lng=eng Overview of productions
  12. http://www.argosarts.org/work.jsp?workid=b71583d82a35426695f962d55bb6d717 Page about terminal video (Heine Avdal, 2002)
  13. http://www.damagedgoods.be/nl/works Overview of productions

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