Ibsens Ghosts

Are we ever honest enough to be unaffected by lies This is the question asked by Henrik Ibsens drama Ghosts Gengangere Oswald Alving returns from a bohemian existence in Paris to smalltown Norway Encountering people who do not communicate Oswald responds by becoming ironic and distant He gradually learns more of the secrets that weigh on his family as well as those inside himself His mother Mrs Alving welcomes her muchmissed son home and slowly understands what or whom he has brought home with him Together with the young critically acclaimed choreographer Cina Espejord she retells Ibsens play as a ballet The pair feel the story is suited to dance because both its inner and outer brutality can be pitted against the power of dance Ibsens Ghosts is an evocative production in a modern dance style Nils Petter Molvær has composed new music which he performs onstage together with Jan Bang