Selma devoured life with the big spoon. It was not enough. She went in with the fork, then the knife... Now she thrives in the realms of death, between all and nothing, reliving the traumas and dreams of her being, in eternal cycles.
Vilje is a solo performance, and the first attempt to get under the skin of the character Selma. It portrays her last take on the urges of life. The making of Selma has been deeply inspired by Lady Macbeth. All the bad has already happened. The Lady is dead, and she is transcending into her own limbo. In this space between life and death her ambitions and regret are still dominating. Detached from the world, they no longer make any sense... The character is decomposed into energies, movement and figures on stage. Her existence ends while her spirit is confronted with its essence.
Performance and concept: Sonja Indianna Salkowitsch
Music: Ipso Schaltwerk
Director: Slava Inozemcev
Vilje was produced for Plastforma festival Minsk 2018,
and has since played in Acud Berlin, Amsterdam Butoh Festival, Outervision Dance Festival (Nuuk), and Namdalsmuseet.
Very special thanks to Teatr InZhest, Acud Theater,
Nele Bartel, May-Britt Salkowitsch, Bjørnar Sellæg and FFUK.
