- Name: PRETTY BASSIC a choreographed concert for two performers and two bass guitars.
- Created by: saga&magga
- Icelandic title: PRETTY BASSIC sviðsett hljóðverk fyrir tvo flytjendur og tvo rafmagnsbassa.
- Director: Margrét Bjarnadóttir, Saga Sigurðardóttir
- Music: Úlfur Hansson
- Lights: Benedict Andrews
- Choreographer: Margrét Bjarnadóttir, Saga Sigurðardóttir
- Performers: Margrét Bjarnadóttir, Saga Sigurðardóttir
- Producer: saga&magga
- Touring information:
- The piece was performed at Reykjavik Dance Festival, September 2009
- TUPP performance festival in Uppsala, Sweden, April 2010.
- Number of people on tour: 3-4 (2 performers, light technician and sound technician)
- Number of people on stage: 2
- The production is available on tour in summer 2011 and in 2012.
- The piece needs two ampec amplifiers on stage, provided by the host, and a powerful smoke machine.
- also provided by the host.
- Instruments (2 electric bass guitars) are brought by the company.
- For further light/sound planning, please contact: rassaga@gmail.com
- When and where premiered?
- Reykjavik Dance Festival, September 2009
- Webpage: www.margretbjarnadottir.com
- What is it?
- It is a 20 minute choreographed concert for two bass guitars,
- Two ampeq amplifiers and two performers.
- It is a progressive meditative session of
- penetrating sound and feedback,
- delivered through a performative
- ritual of perfect unison and sustenance.
- PRETTY BASSIC was created in and inspired by the
- Elemental surroundings of the deserted Galtarviti
- Lighthouse in the Westfjord mountains of Iceland
- Production information:
- -lenght :20 min
- -audience (suitible for?): Suitible for an adult audience
- (the sound may be challenging for sensitive ears due to intense bass and feedback.)
- -Use of text? NO
- -artform: Choreographed Concert / Performance
- Other information:The piece was invited to TUPP festival in Sweden,
- as a side act to Laurie Anderson’s Europe premiere of her creation for stage DELUSION.