Tribute to me
TRIBUTE TO ME
*Nominated for Momix Junior prize 2024
TRIBUTE TO ME
A dance-concert
Tribute to me
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In this one-woman show, we witness a performer in a search for belonging and a desire for social status.
What are you willing to do to become famous and to stay famous?
What values are you willing to let go of to live the big dream?
''I can get what I want, if I give you what you want..
get what I want, if I give you what you want..
get what I want, if I give you what you want..
,but what if I no longer want what I wanted, but I want it?''
*Nominated for Momix Junior Prize 2024.
The Momix Junior Prize nomination is given by a junior jury of young people between the age of 12 to 15 selecting their favourite works.
Choreographer & text: Martijn Joling
Performer: Amy Pender
Composer: Bernt Isak Wærstad
Costume: Nanako Oizumi
Light designer: Eirik Lie Hegre
Sound technician: Nicolas Cheval-Bertranon
Light technician: Magnus Boyle
Outside-eye: Katrine Kirsebom
Producer: Anette Havna Tømmerholen
Co-produced by: DansiT Trondheim, Østfold Internasjonale Teater, Dansekunst i Østfold, R.E.D Residency, Mediterranean Dance Center(HR) & Tanzhaus Zürich(CH), SALT art and music in Oslo
Rehearsal period supported by: Dansens hus
Supported by: SPENN, Kulturrådet | Arts Council Norway, Viken kommune, Fond for lyd og bilde, Fond for utøvende kunstnere, Performing Arts Hub Norway (Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs)
*Double Bill (with Thomas of Norway) supported by: Fond for lyd og bilde, Fond for utøvende kunstnere, Kulturrådet, Nordland Fylkeskommune, Lofoten Kulturhus, Thomas of Norway
''Tribute to me'' is part of Scenekunstbrukets repertoar.
A remarkable Norwegian dance performance “Tribute To Me”. Choreographed by Martijn Joling, the brilliant singing, dancing and acting performer Amy Pender shows the different roles in which young people, especially young women, can find themselves.. (quote translated from German) Eva-Maria Magel | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
An interesting and, in my opinion, very important moment for teenagers is that there is no shortage of “mistakes”. It seems that after each mistake it only takes Pender a moment to get back into rhythm. Why do I say that this is important for teenagers? Because they see that even a person who has made a mistake on stage does not leave it, does not lower their eyes, does not freeze: they simply continue. (quote translated from Lithuanian) Dovile Zavedskaite | Dramaturg and theatre critic
Its presentation is very original. The entire performance balances between an attempt to create a virtual image and meaningless content, which thousands of people create today and then all of a sudden, returning to the real body, to the feeling of where you are, who you are, that you are... (quote translated from Lithuanian) Dovile Zavedskaite | Dramaturg and theatre critic
