2007 » Denmark » National section

"The Copenhagen Ring" at the Royal Danish Theatre

Denmark presents the design approach through a massive series of life-size character designs, together with a visual timeline of the 14-hour opera marathon. This reveals our concept as a portrayal of the 20th century, told through a large scale epic, as well as through an intimate family story, indicating how we designed and controlled ¨The Ring.¨ In addition the exhibition will present sequences from the actual production, sampled from the forthcoming dvd.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Steffen Aarfing

* 1955, Copenhagen
Specialization: architect, scenographer
Additional information: Freelance designer, trained as an architect. Worked as theatre architect, made designs for drama, opera, TV pro-ductions and movie. The designs for "Grande Macabre" called for several different settings. A cartoon-like environ-ment was achieved by calculating exact perspectives on tho computer and transferring thorn to compressed cnc-cut structures.

Exhibiting works

• Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), Det Kongelige Teater (Royal Danish Theatre), 2003
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
  
• Marie í Dali

* 1965, Copenhagen
Specialization: set designer
Additional information: She graduated from Wimbledon School of Art. She works as a designer for drama and opera. Her stage design for the Queen of Spades is produced as black&white "cinema-noir" look, an ever-rotating nightmare that finally colapses around the main figures.

Exhibiting works

• Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), Det Kongelige Teater (Royal Danish Theatre), 2003