{"id":9718,"date":"2025-08-27T18:34:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hessisches-staatsballett.de\/stuecke\/how-romantic\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:26:32","slug":"how-romantic","status":"publish","type":"nb_production","link":"https:\/\/www.hessisches-staatsballett.de\/en\/stuecke\/how-romantic\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW ROMANTIC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How Romantic, by the Greek choreographer Katerina Andreou<\/strong>,\u00a0 produced by Carte Blanche \u2013 The Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance<\/strong>, is a deeply ironic commentary on how we experience the struggles of life as a spectacle\u2014both in their grand gestures and in the smallest details. We witness an intense marathon, echoing the dance marathons during the Great Depression in the US. There are no winners or losers\u2014only 14 seasoned dancers (Carte Blanche), in couples, alone, or as a herd of horses, negotiating their way through movement and sound in a relentless choreography. Through feats of strength, joy, and fatigue, they urge each other on in an energetic mix of abandon and rigorous discipline. It is a collision of order and chaos in a fevered search for something real. How Romantic creates space for reflection\u2014on power and relationships, intimacy, forced entertainment, and perhaps the role of love as the ultimate finishing line for any race, even when it feels unattainable.<\/p>\n

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Creation for 14 Dancers
\nCreated in March 2025 by Carte Blanche \u2013 The Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Concept & Choreography<\/strong> Katerina Andreou
\nArtistic Assistant<\/strong> Costas Kekis
\nSound Design<\/strong> Katerina Andreou & Cristi\u00e1n Sotomayor
\nMusical Arrangements<\/strong> Cristi\u00e1n Sotomayor
\nLight Design<\/strong> Yannick Fouassier
\nCostume Design<\/strong> Indrani Balgobin
\nPhotos<\/strong> \u00d8ystein Haara
\nVideo<\/strong> David Alr\u00e6k<\/p>\n

Dancers (Ensemble of Carte Blanche \u2013 The Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance):<\/strong><\/div>\n

\u00a0Adrian Bartczak, Aslak Aune Nyg\u00e5rd, Brecht Bovijn, Dawid Lorenc, Gaspard Schmitt, Ihsaan de Banya, Iris Auguste, Mai Lisa Guinoo, Nadege Kubwayo, Noam Eidelman Shatil, Nuria Guiu Sagarra, Ola Korniejenko, Ole Martin Meland, Olha Mykolayivna Stetsyuk<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Katerina Andreou<\/h4>\n\t<\/div>\n\t
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Katerina Andreou,<\/strong> born in Athens and now based in France, is a dancer, choreographer, and sound artist. She holds a degree in Law from the University of Athens as well as training from the State School of Dance in Athens. In 2011, with a scholarship from the K. Pratsika Foundation in Greece, she joined the ESSAIS program at CNDC Angers under the direction of Emmanuelle Huynh, and later earned a Master\u2019s degree in Research and Choreographic Studies from Paris-VIII University.<\/p>\n

As a performer, she has collaborated with renowned artists including DD Dorvillier, Lenio Kaklea, Bryan Campbell, Emmanuelle Huynh, Anne-Lise Le Gac, and Ana Rita Teodoro.<\/p>\n

Her artistic work explores states of presence and identity, developed through the tension between contrasting tasks, fictional universes, and real conventions. She questions notions such as authority, autonomy, communication, and censorship. In many of her pieces, she also takes on sound design\u2014and at times composes the music herself.<\/p>\n

Her solo A Kind of Fierce received the prestigious Prix Jardin d\u2019Europe at the ImPulsTanz Festival in 2016. Other solo and duo projects include BSTRD (2018), which was selected for the Aerowaves \u201cTwenty19\u201d program, as well as Zeppelin Bend (with Natali Mandila), Mourn Baby Mourn, Rave to Lament, and the group piece Bless This Mess, which premiered in 2024.<\/p>\n

From 2022 to 2025 she is an Associate Artist at the Centre Chor\u00e9graphique National de Caen en Normandie (CCN Caen). She is also involved in the Master\u2019s program EXERCE at CCN Montpellier, is a member of the Departures and Arrivals (DNA) network, and was selected as an Aerowaves Artist in 2019.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Carte Blanche – The Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance<\/h4>\n\t<\/div>\n\t
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Established in Bergen in 1989 and with its home base in Studio Bergen, which is the company\u2019s production facility and home stage, Carte Blanche tours in Norway and internationally throughout the year. In 2026\/2027 the company moves to its new home Sentralbadet Scenekunsthus with Bergen Internasjonale Teater (BIT). The official opening of Sentralbadet Scenekunsthus is 4 March 2027.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The ensemble consists of 14 dancers from all over the world. Each season, two to three new performances are produced in collaboration with new talents, well-known, and relevant choreographers. These and previously produced performances make up the company\u2019s repertoire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Carte Blanche gives artists the opportunity to grow. The Norwegian National Company for Contemporary Dance creates an exciting and unique repertoire, which supports the company\u2019s goal of being a forerunner for innovation, presentation and development of contemporary dance, both in Norway and abroad.<\/p>\n

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