EKKO PROJECTS

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The International Dance Day is celebrated on April 29th and since it was introduced in 1982 it has been an annual event celebrated all over the world. E.K.K.O contributed with an event at the Town Hall square in Copenhagen to celebrate the day in 2006. The idea was to expose dance to an audience that don’t usually seek out this art form.

For the occasion we reworked the performance ZOOM – the first production of E.K.K.O. ZOOM was an experiment in form and method.  A performance made as a collaborate choreography. A city collage – inspired by the passing moments you sense on your way through a city. For the International Dance Day the performance was placed in the environment that originally inspired the project.

As we wanted to present a broad range of what is going on in the modern dance scene in Copenhagen we invited other choreographers and dancers to come and show their work.

The following works were presented:

ZOOM (reworked edition)
Choreography: E.K.K.O
Dancers: Karen Magrethe Aunsholt, Gabriella Grundemar and Camilla Skovgaard
Live music: Mark Solborg and Henriette Groth

Extract of the performance - Endnu ikke ukendt
Choreography: Emma Nordanfors
Music: Stefan Thorsson
Dancers: Carolina Bäckman, Andrea Deres and Marianne Kjærsund

Extract of the performance - Engel
Choreography: Poul Helmer Laursen
Dancers: Ellesiv Selseng Vestreim, Marie Schulz and Jonas Carlsson

Solo för 2
Choreography: My Lindblad
Dancer: My Lindblad
LiveMusic: Eske Nørrelykke

The event was sponsored by The Danish Arts Council and The City of Copenhagen.

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Zoom

The performance ZOOM was E.K.K.O's first production, it premiered in Copenhagen, Denmark in October 2004.

ZOOM was inspired by the city and the passing moments you sense on your way trough the streets. ZOOM was a compressed city tour - Copenhagen seen with fresh eyes. ZOOM was the body mirroring the city - a choreographic collage where the impressions of the city are transformed into traces in a vigorous movement universe. ZOOM was a moving and fragmented image of the city.

Idea and choreography: The choreography collective E.K.K.O 

Dancers: Amia Miang, Camilla Skovgaard and Ellesiv Selseng
Understudy: Carolina Bäckman,

Musicians: Mark Solborg and Anders Banke
Voiceover: Benjamin Kitter
Set Design: Lisbeth Burian and Ida Marie Ellekilde
Light Design: Mikkel Jensen
Light technician:  Mads Nielsen
Sound Design: Jes Theede
Sound technician: Stefan Thorsson
Press Coordinator and Production Manager: Sidsel Nelund
Graphic designer: Lene Harbo Pedersen

ZOOM - EVENTS:
We invited other artists to join in on the performance nights and in that way every performance was prolonged with events of very different kinds, shapes and sizes. The list of guest artists who contributed to these events included visual artists, musicians, poets, video artists, DJ´s, performance artists, as well as other choreographers and dancers.

Participants in ZOOM - EVENTS:
Camilla Bachiry, Ingvild Grande, Stine Marie Jacobsen, Mark Solborg, Anders Banke, Henriette Groth,  Jacob Anderskov, Vagn Remme Sternberg, Maja Lucas, Sara Gebran, Gabriella Grundemar, Stine Marie Jacobsen, Jacob Remin, Tanja Stasia, Priscilla S. Rasmussen, Karoline Leth og Kamilla Wargo Brekling, Anahi Testa Pedersen, Ditte Haarløv Johnsen, Martin Køhler Jørgensen, Kristoffer Gansing, Linda Hilfing, Søren Skov, Askapot og Prinz Valium.

ZOOM was supported by:
Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond af 1968

ZOOM - EVENTS was supported by:
Workshop Scenen, Make Up Store, Ichinen, Bo Friis Dalsgaard/ Republik Weimar, Urtebaren Kaffadeli, Ymerdress, Vester Vov Vov, AT Frisør/ Poul-Erik and Statens Kunstråd.