Chinese Compass
A SLIDESHOW WITH OPERA
1998
Credits
Direction: Kirsten Dehlholm.
Music: Pierre Dørge.
Text: Carsten Jensen.
Light design: Jesper Kongshaug.
Choreography: Christine Meldal.
Scenography: Maja Ravn & Kirsten Dehlholm.
Dramaturgy research: Willie Flindt.
Dramaturgy: Claus Lynge.
Musical dramaturgy: Peter Hanke.
Image adaption: Signe Krogh, Anton Liep, Jesper Kongshaug.
Sound design: Ole Chr. Hansen.

Soloists: Shi Hong Mei (soprano), Berit Mæland (soprano), Annette L. Simonsen (contralto) and William Missin (countertenor).
Musicians: LIN ensemble: Jens Schou (clarinet), John Ehde (cello), Erik Kaltoft (piano) with guests Frans Hansen (percussion) and Yu Jun (Chinese Harp).
Narration: Carsten Jensen.
Actor/dancer: Fang Yu.
Participants: 46 children from Ingrid Jespersen's School, 5.x and 5.y (1999).

Commissioned and co-produced by Århus Festival Week 1998.
The performance is supported by the Culture Foundation, Copenhagen International Theatre, DCCD, the Danish State Art Foundation, and Kanonhallen.