...it's only a rehearsal (2003)
Through a powerful, physical and dense duet we meet a man and a woman,- a couple, lovers, two people. It is in the physical expression the relation between them is unveiled to us,- not through scenes or performative elements.
The myth
Actaeon is the hunter who was torn to pieces by his own dogs after having been turned into a stag by Artemis, whom he had seen unrobed. Artemis is the hunting goddess. That was the misfortune of Actaeon.
Actaeon's dogs - Ovid, Metamorphoses
The hero fled, and even as he ran, marvelled to find himself so swift. When he glimpsed his face and his horns, reflected in the water, he tried to say "Alas!" but no word came. He groaned - that was all the voice he had - and tears ran down his changed cheeks.
Text on the performance by Siren Leirvåg
...it’s only a rehearsal was first presented at Scenehuset in Oslo 28. February and 1.-4. March 2003. The performmance by Ina Christel Johannessen and Jens Sethzman, and the dancers Line Tørmoen og Dimitri Jourde, was quickly taken up by stages both in Norway and abroad.