PASSION

2024

RELEASE

“PASSION”, an intense and provocative work. This 35-minute physical performance, directed by Edith Buttingsrud Pedersen, invites viewers to explore profound questions about identity, courage, and the search for human essence. Edith shares her reflections on the creation process of “Passion”, offering a unique and moving insight into the artistic and emotional journey behind the work. “During the creation process of 'Passion', the cast of Company Cisne Negro and I sought ways to see ourselves as bodies of white matter and mass without prejudice or judgment. We asked ourselves: what remains when we lose our self and ego? How can we find the courage to remain lost?‘ explains Edith Buttingsrud Pedersen.

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  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
  • Passion Cisne Negro Cia de Dança
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TECHNICAL DATA


Artistic Direction
Dany Bittencourt

Choreography and Lighting Design
Edith Bittingsud Pedersen

Assistant director and rehearsal director
Josephine Geck

Music
Mihai Dobre

Assistant director and rehearsal director
Patricia Alquezar

Costumes
Elson Leite

Lighting
Eduardo Ferreira Paes Jr

Cast
Ana Luísa Torres, Bruna Nunes, César Cirqueira,
Gabriela Evangelista, Gustavo Ambrósio, Isabelle Dantas,
Julia Poletto, Leonardo Branco, Maria Zanatta,
Mário Gilberto, Pedro Henrique Fernandes, Willian Gásparo.

Work created especially for the CISNE NEGRO DANCE COMPANY

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Edith Buttingsrud Pedersen

Edith is a Danish dancer, choreographer, and teacher residing in Berlin. She graduated from the Ballet Academy Copenhagen and the Iwansson International School of Contemporary Dance in Munich in 2011.
Since then, Edith has worked as a dancer for Dali Touiti, Jiří Kylián/Karine Guizzo, Sebastian Prantll/TanzAtelier Wien, Stephan Dreher, Ilona Roth/Transitheart Productions, Rasmus Soerinus/CampNorr/Varq de Alvo Co. João Cidade, Corinna Speith, FIGURA Ensemble, Doris Schäffer/Regenbogen Tanztheater, Frank Balve, Martin Eder, RP KAHL, Jahman Davine, Zawirowania Dance Theatre & DOT504 with Thomas Steyart, to mention just a few.
In 2018, Edith and three other dance artists founded Company HAA, a collaborative platform for dance-related art. Most of Edith's work is released under the name Company HAA. Her recent works include: “Methods of Completion, a being that causes itself” (created during a residency at Ada Studios), “smell.me.ordinary piece” (for ROZBARK dance Theatre Bytom), “Fate of the Galaxies” (winner of the jury prize at the 100th Berlin), “after a murky blush” premiered at the 10th anniversary of Ackerstadt Palast, “Before we Die,” and “you.topia,” a movement theatre piece with the Ensemble of Nationaltheater Radu Stanca Sibiu Romania. 2022 saw the premiere of her award-winning dance short films “Os, Ingen” and “In Venus.” Finally, Edith and collaborator Sarah Plattner hosted the artists-in-residence at the Schäxpir Festival in Linz 2023, where they created their first piece for children, “Elefanten in Blutadern” (Elephants in Blutadern). 
2023 also saw the premiere of “Woyzeck” at the Radu Stanca National Theatre, with co-director Hunor Horvath nominated for Best Direction at the Uniter Gala 2024. 
In 2024, she choreographed "PASSION" for Cisne Negro Dance Company, an intense and provocative work inspired by the novel by Clarice Lispector. 
Furthermore, Edith develops choreographies for feature films, plays, and operas, in collaboration with directors such as Rolf Heim (Royal Opera, Copenhagen), Morten K. Rosen, Per Linderoth, Florian von Hoerrmann, Valquire Velkovicq 'Michael Venus' for the film ‘Sleep’ (premiered at the Berlinale 2020), Florin Vidamski most recently at the Tomca Sandor National Theatre in “Robbers” (nominated for the Uniter Award), “Antigone, a Requiem,” and with Hunor von Horvath for “The Maids,” both at the Teatrul National Radu Stanca.