The purple world, of strange things

Let your senses guide you through this interactive dance performance for children, that draws you into an imaginative world of strange moving things.

The Purple World of Strange Things is an interactive dance performance that invites children (3-5 years) into an abstract world of shapes, textures, sound and movement. The room is filled with imaginative and strange textile objects that all have their countless functions, and that have an effecton a variety of senses. Through the dancers’ interaction with the objects, the space and the bodies are in constant transformation. Things open and turn inside out, change color, become fringy, make strange noises and attach to the body in various funny ways. The children are involved in the exploration, and get to investigate, feel, test and try, in a playful and inconclusive world that opens up more questions than answers. Where have we ended up, who are the two creatures and what are all these strange things?

The work derives its name from things that we find difficult to define and name, such as “gadgets”, “widgets”, or just strange things. The project pays tribute to the abstract and imagination-stimulating aspects of art, and allows them to play the main role in the meeting between the child and the work. Behind the work is also an ideology that is about rediscovering and imagining the world a little anew. A more open and more nuanced world where categories and terms play less of a role than the physical and bodily presence.

About the artists
Utvik/Barfod is a Norwegian and Danish creative duo consisting of Ida Cathrin Utvik (choreographer) and Lærke Bang Barfod (costume designer/scenographer), that creates multi sensory and interactive dance performances for children.