Search: Hamlet (Kronborg Castle)

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1 – Opening scene (00:32:25)

2 – Camera 1.1 (00:34:28)

3 – Camera 1.2 (00:33:30)

4 – Camera 1.3 (00:31:29)

5 – Camera 2.2 (00:33:24)

Search for Hamlet in China (00:22:27)

Interviews with performers

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About This Clip

Search: Hamlet centres around an absent Hamlet. Each participant enters a dialogue that develops and interprets the contemporary search for Hamlet in their cultures and communities today. Consists of two halves, first half: divided tours of spaces in Kronborg Castle with solo performances, second half dance drama at outer courtyard.

Performers: Carlotta Ikeda (Ghost) – Butoh dancer and choreographer from Japan, I Wayan Dibia (Claudius) – Mask dancer from Bali, Indonesia, Pichet Klunchun (Gertrude) – Thai classical dancer from Bangkok, Thailand, Dicte (Ophelia) – Pop-rock composer and vocalist from Copenhagen, Denmark, Ann Crosset (Polonius / Grave-digger / Rosencrantz) – Dance performer from US, Aida Redza (Laertes) – Contemporary Martial Arts dancer from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Kota Yamazaki (Horatio) – Contemporary dancer from Tokyo, Japan, Charlotte Engelkes (Storyteller / Gravedigger / Guildenstern) – Performer from Stockholm, Sweden, and I Wayan Sadra (contemporary gamelan musician from Solo, Indonesia) leading an ensemble of Gamelan percussion and saxophonist from Indonesia and Japan.

Translator / Scriptwriter: Ong Keng Sen and Cast members

Producer: Theatreworks and FACE to FACE

Designers: Wu Wen Guang (documentary film maker from Beijing, China), Set Designer – Justin Hill (Australia-Singapore), Lighting Designer – Jesper Kongshaug (Denmark), and Costume Designer – Koji Hamai (Japan)