Photo: Erik Berg
«It is heading towards closure»
- Ina Christel Johannessen (Dagsavisen 8th of oct 2020)
Seven of the most prominent Norwegian companies is heading towards an even more unsure future, due to the Norwegian Art Council’s decision of cutting there fundings for the up-coming years.
The companies are now confronted with not getting the support from the art council. Norway as a trending export of dace as art is now risking loosing seven world renowned and critically acclaimed companies both nationally and internationally.
Years of establishing and professionalizing art in Norway on the demand form the Ministry of Culture and the art council it self is now being «awarded» with cutting all their support.
Unfortunately zero visibility corp. is on of those companies together with:
Heine Avdal & Yukiko Shinozaki / fieldworks
Goksøyr & Martens
Jo Strømgren Kompani
Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt
Verdensteatret
winter guests / Alan Lucien Øyen
Ina Christel Johannessen has been supported by the arts council since 1986-88 with the company Sirocco and then later on with zero visibility corp. Her first international breakthrough came as early as in 1994, together with co-producing theaters. The company’s work has been groundbreaking in the contemporary dance scene in Norway and internationally ever since. The duet ..it’s only a rehearsal received world renowned success in 2003 and has been performed for over a decade, last time in 2016 in Germany.
The last years the company and Ina has been occupied with thematics of the climate and environmental changes. ZVC has been touring Norway and Europe with the piece «Frozen Songs», as well as creating new productions and touring earlier works made by the company.