Teater Fot

Teater Fot was established as a children´s theatre company  in Trondheim, Norway in 2004. Theatre production, including scenography, directing and dramaturgical advise has been main enterprises. Teater Fot works cross disciplinary with musicians, actors, dancers and visual artists through a common base of playing and improvising devising methods. The creative teams are composed for each production, but usually with Lise Hovik as artistic director with drummer and percussionist Tor Haugerud as a key musical partner.

The productions are driven by a curious interest in theatre for young audiences and the different aspects of live bodily and musical communication. As artistic research projects the philosophical and theoretical entrances are crucial, and are always followed up by documentations and academic writings.

Artistic director

Lise Hovik (b. 1962) has been a drama teacher by profession since 1992, from 1996 at Queen Maud University College of Early Childhood Education (DMMH). In 2014 she delivered her Ph.d. about theatre for Early Years, and became professor of drama and theatre in 2020. The Red Shoes / De Røde Skoene was the first artistic research project with Teater Fot, and the starting point for Lises Ph.d. project. The study investigated performative aesthetics with theories of play and improvisation  Her article based thesis is written in Norwegian, with one article in English. The whole work is available on NTNU Open.

Lise Hovik has been a professional adviser in several artistic councils and boards; Art Council Norway Norsk Kulturråd (2016-17), board of UNIMA-Norway (2011-14), and board of ASSITEJ Norway (2012-16). She has been research leader of SceSam – interactive dramaturgies in performing arts for children (2012-15), and together with general manager Lisa Nagel published articles (The SceSam Project, Youth Theatre Journal 2016), and books on this topic. From 2019 Hovik has been project manager for LYDHØR – an artistic research project investigating sympoietic interplay between nature, environments, materialities, kindergarten children, artists, pedagogues and researchers. She is currently board member of BLÆK, Nordic research network on children, play, aesthetics & art, member of research board of DRAMA – Nordisk dramapedagogisk tidsskrift and National Council for drama & theatre in higher education.

The Birdsong trilogy

The Birdsong Trilogy (2012) was made in cooperation with Trøndelag Teater, the main region theatre in Trondheim, and consists of three shows, all of them about birds, playing and being together. The trilogy was part of SceSam – Interactive dramaturgies in performing arts for children (2012-17). It is possible to play all three shows in one day, all though we would prefer to give one day or more to each show. The performing artists in Birdsong Trilogy is highly skilled musicians, actors and dancers. Presentation of the performing artists.

NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL

Teater Fots artistic research project Neither Fish nor Fowl (2017-20), is inspired by posthumanist perspectives of life and art, trying to figure out how this might look like in theatre. The project has developed through several performances:

• Neither Fish nor Fowl (2017) (0-2 years). Pre-production presented at the Olavsfestdagene in Trondheim, Norway
• Beginnings (2018) (3-5 years). Co-production and premiere at Teaterhuset Avant Garden in Trondheim, Norway.
• Baby Becomings (2018) (0-2 years). Premiere at Småkunstfestivalen in Trondheim.
• Animalium (2019) for kindergarten kids, available as workshop and happenings in art galleries, libraries, openings, gatherings and kindergartens. Premiere at Kunsthall Trondheim, Norway.
• Himmel og Hav / Sky and Sea (2020) (0-2 and 3-5). A touring version of Beginnings, with new text by Marte Huke.
• Himmelfiskene (2027)

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Touring

For international touring we prefer the workshop & stunt of Animalium or the latest performance version Himmelfiskene (1-3). Sparrow (0-2) is also still active on our repertoir. All of these performances are non-verbal and easy to travel.

Please contact:
Lise Hovik, Artistic director Teater Fot
lise@dramaturgi.no