We have called you. You have ventured out. Into the forest. You don’t know what will happen. But you can feel safe. UNDER FOREST is an invitation to a time with trees and their oldest partners, the fungi, as we move together through the landscape. The forest. You find it magical. The forest. You see wood. Now you are here. In the forest. There is no turning back. We have called you. You have ventured out. Into the forest. You don’t know what will happen next. But you are safe. In the forest.
No matter how you feel about the forest, UNDER FOREST invites you to spend time with trees and their oldest partners, the fungi, as we move together through the landscape. Listening. Touching. Resting. Sharing. UNDER FOREST is a site specific and participatory performance where you become part of the largest natural network in the world. In and underneath the trees of the forest.
”UNDER FOREST (UNDER SKOV) is an invitation from Secret Hotel, co-produced with Bora Bora, to engage in a thought-provoking trip in the forest, where mankind's overconsumption and our deep connection with nature is combined in a walking performance, which takes its time - and expects the same of its audience
Trine Wøldiche – Iscene 2024
”It took awhile, but suddenly I was no longer a guest in the forest, but a part of it and I understood the connection without the staging. Which is the entire idea with UNDER FOREST, to remind you of something you may have forgotten.”
Thor Kidmose – Ordmose.dk 2024
In August 2024, we performed UNDER FOREST at Metropolis at Refshaleøen, where we also performed it in English to an international audience. That experience gave occasion to this lovely article.
”Some sounds seem like both, from the forest and from without: the tiny party nearby, where people laugh tipsily, a group of touring cyclists using their bells judiciously, a toddler who just wants to go home already. And maybe also the interventions of our Bluebell guides when they whisper to us, invite us to play unpredictable notes on inverted pinecones (this is delightful; I recommend it to anyone who likes hand-held percussion) or pour steaming tea into charming hand-thrown ceramic cups”
Nature 2.0 - Reflections from Under Forest by Season Butler
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Photographer – Thomas Gunnar Bagge – Metropolis 2024
Director Christine Fentz
Co-Creators Charlotta Grimfjord Cederblad & Lotus Lykke Skov
Performers Christine Fentz & Lotus Lykke Skov
Composer Birgit Løkke
Dramaturg John Tinning & Katerina Kokkinos-Kennedy
Scenographer Annika Nilsson
Scenographer Assistants Lea Bentsen, Mine Süblier & Osiris Rafael Valero
Director Assistant Martin Nagel
Costumes Bodil Buonaventzen
Photo and video Jacob Tekiela
Illustration Mette Damsgaard Nielsen
Recordings of earth sound Christine Hvidt
Sound Technician John Tinning
Consultants Julia Adzuki, Sara Topsøe-Jensen & Brian Degn
Production Leader Louise Kirkegaard
Production Assistants Emma S. Morel & Emilie Lykkegaard Schmidt
Earthwise Coordinator Natasja L. Hedegaard
Catering Trine Rytter (Earthwise / Rum for Jordvisdom)
Co-production Bora Bora – Dans og Visuelt Teater v. Jeppe Nissen
PR Bora Bora Lars Dideriksen
Thank you to Maja Ravn, Trine Vinther, Lene Lange, Sten Baadsgaard, Nanna-Franscica Schottländer, Dorte Bjerre Jensen, Metropolis’ Hvilelab, Joe Dumit & vores familier
Duration 90 min.
Refusion Godkendt
Garantiordning Sæson 24/25
Booking Tel 5055 6263 – info@secrethotel.dk
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