Deborah Hay:
The Man Who Grew Common in Wisdom + Fire

AS PART OF RE-Perspective Deborah Hay

The Man Who Grew Common in Wisdom (1989/2019)
Deborah Hay makes simplicity eloquent in her three-part solo, said the New York Times in 1989 about The Man Who Grew Common in Wisdom. For Hay, wisdom becomes the tangible experience of well-being within the ordinary world. The trilogy is comprised of The Navigator, The Gardener and The Aviator. Eva Mohn, an exceptional dancer from Cullberg, has been coached by Hay and will perform the dance.

DURATION 50 minutes ChoreograPHY Deborah Hay WITH Eva Mohn MusiC Ellen Fullman costumes (The Gardener + The Aviator) Susan Norwood costume reconstruction LiLaRo Skrädderikompaniet

INTERMISSION 20 minutes

Fire (2000/2019)
It is almost impossible to read the dancer’s body and its movements impartially – just as the perception of the element of fire is always embedded in other, previous experiences. Ros Warby’s adaptation of Fire is a result of Hay’s innovative Solo Performance Commissioning Project, which took place from 1998 through 2012. Each year Hay taught 20 dancers the same solo, a different solo each year. The dancers, for a minimum of the next three months, found their own adaptation through their daily practice of the dance. Warby’s adaptation of Fire convinced Hay to alter her own career and work with dancers with similar intelligence, homour and subtlety

Duration 35 minutes ChoreograPHY Deborah Hay Adaption, Performance Ros Warby

A co-production of Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer and Cullberg. Residence: Atlantic Center for the Arts Florida. In cooperation with SOPHIENSÆLE.