In a timeless space, the Danish-Norwegian priest Hans Egede meets the Greenlandic shaman Inuk. The performance is a dramatic and insightful encounter between two worldviews and perceptions of humanity and a reminder to us all about history, both its positive and negative aspects. It touches on original sin, sexuality, the right to the mountains and drum dancing, and how the actions of past generations leave their mark on the present.
We meet Christianity from the point of the Inuit. From the narrativ e of the Inuit.The Priest and his opposition towards drumsinging and towards inuit belief. The laughter from the inuit when he again and again tries to explain his belief about Adam and Eve and the Snake and how humanity is doomed if not forgiven by God. And we - the audience - understand the huge theft that was made by forbidding the Inuits names and traditions.. however all told in a tone of laughter. The show is based on texts from Hans Egedes diaries and the histories of the Inuits and accompanied by a visual and auditive universe. Created through filmic animations, installations, and a soundscape, merging modern rhythms, music and sounds and the traditional sounds of bells and throat singing.
they tell the story from a view point so different from our own ( the Danish view-point), and that is quite a lot..
Anne Liisberg – Iscene
Tonight’s performance is about remembering tos ee oneself as part of the big wholeness, that is what this performance reminds me to do
All talks about de-colonization, that come from a place of both enourmoous will, passion, empathy and reflection must be honored, and it is clearly my experience that this room and experience was created by Makka Kleist and Hanne Trap Friis at The National Theater in Copenhagen
Karin Hald – Bastard Blog
Syrin, Kleist and Trap Friis have created a beautiful performance about the Greenlandic People
Carl Sørensen – Scenekanten
The Norwegian actor Svenn B. Syrin played Hans Egede with both nobility and dignity,
The standing ovation after the performance was particularly directed at Makka Kleist's moving portrait, confirming why she is regarded as one of Greenland's leading actresses.
Michael Søby – CPH Culture
Theater Freeze Productions has again made another theater pearl.
Anne Middelboe Christensen – Information
You cannot get your eyes of Makka Kleist
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Makka Kleist (GL)
Makka Kleist (GL) og Svenn B. Syrin (NO)
Hanne Trap Friis (DK)
Maya Sialuk Jacobsen (GL)
Hans Ole Amossen (GL)
Morten Ladefoged (DK)
Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen
Bibi Chemitz (GL/DK)
Hanne Trap Friis og Makka Kleist based on input from Leise Johnsen, Det Grønlandske Hus København.
