The Weather Report

A performance on unease, turbulence, and stability

The Weather Report delves into the connection between aviation and the experience of bipolar affective disorder. Bipolarity is characterised by extreme mood swings, ranging from episodes of elevated and overly energetic mania to depressive periods of intense sadness, hopelessness, and low energy. Stage director Jon R. Skulberg uses aviation and weather phenomena to describe his lived experience with bipolar disorder.

Being airborne you experience weather vertically - through altitudes, cloud formations, winds, and sharp temperature fluctuations. Hovering between low-lying cumulus clouds and lofty cirrus clouds, a pilot's job is to manage complex and changing weather systems. The Weather Report explores how we, as humans, navigate a life with instability and turbulence.

 When turmoil arises in our everyday lives, how do we manage it?

 Artistic team
Through choreography and the theatrical context, Jon R. Skulberg addresses the social theme - mental health. The video projections created by Magnus Pind, draw inspiration from pilot textbooks on weather systems and information material from psychiatry. On stage are dancers Kenzo Kusuda and Christine Sollie, accompanied by performer Josephine Kylén-Collins. Composers Kristian Hverring and Julie Østengaard each create the music for different parts of the performance. Their starting point is a series of field recordings, synthesizers and cello recordings, which are transformed digitally to create a voluminous musical soundscape. Renowned costume designer Kit Wan, known for his expressive universe, has created the costumes for the performance.

Artistic director, stage director, scenographer and lighting designer:
Jon R. Skulberg
Video designer:
Magnus Pind
Costume Designer:
Kit Wan
Composers:
Julie Østengaard
Kristian Hverring
Musician/Cello:
Lil Lacy
Dramaturg:
Astrid Hansen Holm
Dancer:
Kenzo Kusuda
Dancer:
Christine Sollie
Performer:
Josephine Kylén Collins
Producer:
Nikoline Jørgensen
Stage consultant:
Olga Regitze Dyrløv Høegh
Sound technician:
Joëlle McGovern Serret
Light technician:
Imari Pesonen
Intern:
Laura Viltoft
Administrator:
Jens Christian Jensen
International distribution:
Sigrid Aakvik / Art & About

Co-producers:
Bora Bora – Dance & Visual Theatre
Dansehallerne

Supported by:
Aarhus Municipality Arts Council
William Demant Foundation
Danish Actors’ Association
Augustinus Foundation
Danish Arts Foundation
C.A.C. The Danish Foundation
Beckett Foundation
Sonning Foundation