ROMEO & JULIET

The Chicken Project

Performed at Brush up your Shakespeare festival at Regina theatre, Uppsala, Dec 4, 2007

Romeo and Juliet in a chicken house… in a world full of conflicts, love can still bloom and show us a way for a possible peaceful world.

The performance is part of The Chicken Project – a piece in chaos. Chicken ballet is mixed with chicken actions and music. The text is freely based on the original story by Shakespeare.

Idea, choreography, direction and text: SU-EN
Storyteller and song: Annika Eliasson Frick
Lute: Jan Johansson
Chicken keepers: Eva Björkman and SU-EN

Chicken participants: From SU-EN Butoh Company: Caroline Lundblad, Anna Bralkowska (Poland), Lina Palmgren, Frida Larsson, Irina Anufrieva (Belarus) –  Workshop participants: Varunée Lundström, Marie Gavois, Tora Balslev Jespersen (Danmark), Simona Orinska (Latvia), Celine Smith (France / UK)

Music: Parts from Sergei Prokofievs ballet Romeo and Juliet, lute songs by John Dowland

Construction of Chicken house: Silvio Trevizan
Sound and light: Erik Nordenstrand
Costume and hair: SU-EN and the group
Hats: Viola Germain

Duration: 48 min

Representatives from Animal Right Group participated and gave
out information.

The Chicken Project is a long term project including performances, actions and films to investigate the relation between human beings and animals. Se other Chicken events on our web!

Thanks to: Studiefrämjandet, ULB Uppsala, Riksteatern Uppsala Region, Swedish Arts Council, City of Uppsala, Cultural Affairs Board and Reginateatern

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