Photo: Sebastian Rozanski
Rose Water is a solo-performance that processes what has existed before one’s time, merged with new experiences. In this exploration, there is a power drawn forth through vibrations, spirituality, and transcendence. How do we channel the invisible and the unconscious? Can this exploration create space for belonging as well as understanding what feels foreign?
My mother came to Norway as a Vietnamese boat refugee. I have sought to understand this on a deeper level while connecting it to my own identity work. The project is a bodily, visual, and auditory interpretation of how I perceive the relationship between past, present, and future.
Photo: Sebastian Rozanski
Photo by Sebastian Rozanski
Previous performances:
26 September 2025, Black Box teater, Oslo, Norway
27 September 2025, Black Box teater, Oslo, Norway
28 September 2025, Black Box teater, Oslo, Norway
20th November 2024, Rosendal Teater, Trondheim, Norway
16th November 2024, Spriten kunsthall, Skien, Norway
15th November 2024, Spriten kunsthall, Skien, Norway
14th November 2024, Spriten kunsthall, Skien, Norway, premiere
Photo: Julie Hrnčířová
Choreography, concept, and performer: Ida Haugen
Composer: Kim Thanh Ngo (Kim Dürbeck)
Music used in the piece: Anna Berg - Remnants of Confetti Unexploded (2020) performed by Ensemble Allegria
Costume design: Chris Le
Lighting design: Martin Myrvold
Scenography: Tove Dreiman
Artistic sparring partner: Jennie Bergsli
Artistic advisor: Huy Le Vo
Co-production: Black Box Teater, Spriten kunsthall, DansiT
Residency: Le Rebond, France, Dans Sørøst-Norge
Supported by: Arts Council Norway, Fritt Ord, FFUK, Skien kommune
Photo: Julie Hrnčířová
Review 01.10.2025 in Scenekunst.no: https://scenekunst.no/artikler/nedarvet-historie
Photo: Julie Hrnčířová