Thursday 20 March between 18:00 and 18:30, choreographer Deborah Hay's artistry and work will be introduced by Hilde Rustad, professor at Kristiania University College - Department of Performing Arts. The lecture lasts about 30 minutes.
Rustad will talk about Hay's artistic practice, what was happening in the field of art in USA in the 1960s and 1970s, and draw connections between Deborah Hay's work and postmodern dance. Hay, who was born in 1941, has had a long, extensive career and is still active both as a teacher and choreographer. Most recently, in the spring of 2023, she was in Oslo giving a workshop in which the dance artists who appear on stage in Dancing, Ingrid Haakstad, Geir Hytten and Gry Kipperberg, participated.
The presentation is in Norwegian.
Bio:
Hilde Rustad is a professor at the Department of Performing Arts at Kristiania University College, and teaches dance improvisation, contact improvisation, theory and performance work. She holds a master's degree in dance science from NTNU and a doctorate in dance from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences. Her thesis is entitled "Dans etter egen pipe? An analysis of dance improvisation and contact improvisation as tradition, interpretation and lived experience". Rustad has published a number of articles and book chapters, and her research areas include contemporary dance, dance improvisation, contact improvisation, dance and age, dance in physical education, and bodily learning. Rustad is a member of the editorial board of the Nordic Journal of Dance and a board member of the Nordic Forum for Dance Research (NOFOD).
Rustad trained as a dancer and choreographer at the School for New Dance Development (SNDO) at the Amsterdam School of the Arts. As a freelancer, she has choreographed and produced her own performances in addition to being a performer in her own and others' productions. She has performed at Dansens hus, Black Box and Scenehuset in Oslo, and as a performer she has appeared on stage in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan and the West Bank.