Sunday 19 March 2017
"On a low cabinet stood a pair of yellow silk shoes. These were the shoes Sara Foswinchel wore when she danced the fateful minuet".
Welcome to the Welhaven family's salon, where "The Minuet Dancer", a tale from old Bergen by Elisabeth and Johan Welhaven, is given new life in the form of song, dance and drama. Here you will also hear "Haugtussa", a story about a young girl's first love - and heartbreak, composed by Grieg and performed for the first time by Maren Welhaven's daughter, Eva Nansen. Join us for a unique evening at Troldhaugen!
- Haugtussa opus 67 Music by Edvard Grieg, text by Arne Garborg.
- Grandmother's Minuet opus 68 for dancers and piano. Music by Edvard Grieg.
- The minuet dancer for soprano, actor and piano. Music by Halfdan Kjerulf and Tyrone Landau, Text by Johan and Elisabeth Welhaven.
- Minuet of a folk tale for dancers and piano, Music by Niels Gade.
See Bestemor's Minuet opus 68 played by Håkon Austbø
Performers
Ane Skumsvoll – actress
Mirte Bogaert – dance
Oda Hjertine Voltersvik – piano
Ingunn Høgetveit – soprano
Turid Moberg – everything
Music by Edvard Grieg, Niels Gade, Halfdan Kjerulf, Tyrone Landau
About the athletes
Mirte Bogaert is a Bergen-based contemporary dancer who has a practice where she explores the relationship between music and dance. She was educated at the College of Dance Arts in Oslo in 2014, and has since worked on her own projects and in collaboration with various artists. Together with the musician Vincent Stephen, she established the interdisciplinary performing arts company The Fourth Stage.
Ane Skumsvoll is educated at the Arts Educational Schools in London and at the Theater Academy in Helsinki. Ane works as an actor, producer, writer and director. She has experience from theatre, film and TV at home and abroad. Ane has been part of the permanent ensemble at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen since 2012. This spring she is current as Queen Gertrude in Hamlet.
Oda Voltersvik has studied in Bergen and London, and in 2016 completed her artistic diploma examination at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. She has given concerts in Norway, Great Britain, Germany and China. In November 2016, she was a finalist in the Jaques Samuels Intercollegiate competition in London. Together with the pianist Guilio Potenza, she has founded The Volt & Potenza Duo, with whom she gives regular concerts. Their debut album "Khoreia" has received good reviews. Voltersvik has also founded the Volt ensemble, which consists of young Scandinavian musicians.
Turid Moberg has conducted concerts both nationally and internationally, with a versatile and wide-ranging repertoire. After studying at the Bergen Conservatory of Music, she completed her education at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has performed with orchestras such as Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Krinkastingsorkesteret, Jyvaskyllä Sinfonia, Bergen Barokk and Collegium Musicum. Turid is employed by the Edvard Grieg Choir and Os Kulturskule.
Ingunn Olsen Høgetveit , soprano, completed her master's degree in performance singing at the Grieg Academy in Bergen in 2009. She now works as a freelance singer and lives in Bergen. Among other things, Ingunn had the lead role in Heidi Tronsmo and Glen Erik Haugland's documentary opera "Hypermusikal" at the Norwegian Opera and Ballet and the lead role as "Maria" in A. Arntsen's Christmas musical "Like to Bethlehem" in Agder theatre. Ingunn is also a very experienced ensemble singer and is currently employed in the Edvard Grieg Choir, which is Bergen's only professional choir.