Zero Visibility Corp
Encyclopedia
Zero Visibility Corp is a contemporary dance
company based in Oslo
, Norway
which was founded in 1996 by its choreographer Ina Christell Johannessen and lighting and set designer, Jens Sethzman. Their productions are developed from improvisation with a stylistic approach that has overtones of martial arts and acrobatics, between art-dance and pop-dance, “pure dance” and theatrical dance, humorous and serious dance.
With its particular choreographic style; their work is based on films, literature and news stories which combine to generate an intentional ambivalence about diverse themes, creating material in close dialogue with everyone involved. Zero Visibility works with artist within experimental electronic music. .
The company has toured its work internationally, in Europe
, Australia
, the United States
, and Canada
and has become one of Norway's most internationally recognised dance companies. Their work has been featured in several notable arts and contemporary dance festivals, including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Scotland
; NOTT Dance, UK; Fierce!, UK; and euro-scene, Germany
.
Contemporary dance
Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance that employs compositional philosophy, rather than choreography, to guide unchoreographed movement...
company based in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
which was founded in 1996 by its choreographer Ina Christell Johannessen and lighting and set designer, Jens Sethzman. Their productions are developed from improvisation with a stylistic approach that has overtones of martial arts and acrobatics, between art-dance and pop-dance, “pure dance” and theatrical dance, humorous and serious dance.
With its particular choreographic style; their work is based on films, literature and news stories which combine to generate an intentional ambivalence about diverse themes, creating material in close dialogue with everyone involved. Zero Visibility works with artist within experimental electronic music. .
The company has toured its work internationally, in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and has become one of Norway's most internationally recognised dance companies. Their work has been featured in several notable arts and contemporary dance festivals, including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
; NOTT Dance, UK; Fierce!, UK; and euro-scene, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Productions
- 1997 ...except that I would like to be rid of it...
- 1998 what do we do now that we're happy
- 1999 hunt out [reprise]
- 2000 Suppose this time I see what he saw
- 2001 confession time: that cool and immature feeling of total honesty
- 2002 mic mac
- 2003 ...it's only a rehearsal - An adaptation of OvidOvidPublius Ovidius Naso , known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who is best known as the author of the three major collections of erotic poetry: Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria...
's Metamorphoses. - 2004 The Terror Of Identification
- 2006 (but) that night I found her very alluring
- 2006 I have a secret to tell you (please) leave with me
- 2008 37,7
- 2008 It was November
- 2009 THIEF – AFTER – Clip 0 (zero)
- 2010 NOW SHE KNOWS
- 2011 (im)possible