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The Danish music festival Roskilde Festival of 2006 commissioned a cross art collaboration project conceived by Danish choreographer and dancer Matilde Mørk wherein Maria contributed as main performing and composing musician bringing in her solo project Melatonin as the musical framework for writing a full length live-based electro acoustic score for solo voice and electronics. The commissioned piece was called "meet the mind that moves", its theme was isolation and liberation and it was performed on the opening night of the festival (29th of June 2006) on an extensive outdoor installation stage right after midnight when all other events of that day were closed down. The nature of the piece involved contemporary and butoh dance combined with electro acoustic voice based music, all of a very expressive and raw character.

For resources on the festival: http://www.roskilde-festival.dk
For reading Maria Jardardottir's reflections on the experience:

1. Being in a process - constantly at progress
2. Collaborating with openness
3. Working with Melatonin in new ways
4. The continuing moments of miracles

To listen to excerpts of :
"Music for Meet the Mind that Moves"

T h e__p e o p l e__i n v o l v e d :

Choreographer and conceiver: Matilde Mørk
Assistant: Janne Weidinger

Main dancers:
Marie Hallager (Denmark)
Blanca Blanco (Spain)
Kathleen Doherty (Ireland)
Natasha Fewings (England)
Janne Weidinger (Denmark)

Volunteering professional and
non professional dancers:
Makiko Aoyama (Japan)
Graham Adey (England)
Raila Knuuttila (Finland)
Marie-Louise Stentebjerg (Denmark)
Guro Schei Johansson (Norway)
Yael Gaathon (Israel)
Marie Gyselbrecht (Belgium)
Thomai Maganari (Greece)

Musicians:
Maria Jardardottir – voice and electronics (Norway)
Martin Dahl – pre-composed drone segment (Denmark)

Lighting designer: Lars Egegaard Sørensen
Assistant: Mikkel Jensen

Costume designers:
Pia Perez de Arce (Denmark)
Prisca Vilsbøl (Denmark)

Photographer:
Thomas Petri (Denmark)
Morten Flarup (Denmark)

Film:
Thomas Høst (Denmark)
Laura Navndrup (Denmark)
Rune Selsing (Denmark)

Additionally there were contributions from non professional dancers from:
Oure Idræts-gymnasium and Vrå Højskole:

Julie Bangsgaard Hansen (Denmark)
Sandra Wennerhag (Sweden)
Jesper G. Kristensen (Denmark)
Keren Gelter (Denmark)

As well as 8 children from Theatre Lo Specchio in Roskilde.

Also with help from: Jan Danebod, Johan Kølkjær, Vivian Persson and Clive Wilkinson

MØRK-DANS's website: http://www.morkdans.com