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“A moving, wordless tale of women in war”

iscene 2024

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""The performance feels new and necessary in the choir that speak the different voices of women.” 

Bastardblog, 2024

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 "No military band would march so loose, with such syncopated and dripping drum beats and with such lyrical sounding cowbells. Such a juxtaposition of war and motherhood is only possible in the world of art."

Seismograf 2024

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Mother Soldier is a musical performance composed by the Danish composer Sandra Boss. The performance stems from both historical and personal experiences of becoming a mother in a world full of war. Through music, choreography and costume design, Mother Soldier leads the audience through a series of tableaus: we see and hear women marching, we see them in doubt, in grief and in care, and we follow them in battle for their children.

 

Music in war times
Mother Soldier's musical expression draws on war's own aesthetics by incorporating and reworking marching music, which historically is a musical style created to communicate orders and encourage battle. In Mother Soldier, the heavy march drum is exchanged with a light frame drum and the cymbal is replaced with a gong hanging around the performers’ neck.The full sonic potential of these instrument are explored and exploited in order to make sonic associations to both march music, bombs, drones, heart beats and lullabies.

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VENUE

Stevnsfortet, Rødvig, Stevns: 17. maj og 18. maj, 2024

SPOR Festival, Aarhus: 25. maj, 2024

Kin Festival, København: 30. og 31. aug. 2024

RAS, Sandnes, Norge:  16. sept. 2024

The Royal Danish Theater, 2025

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​Artistic Leader and Composer Sandra Boss
Dramaturg Astrid Hansen Holm
Choreographer Simone Wierød
Musicians/Performers Sara Nigard Rosendal, Irene Bianco and Marta Soggetti
Costume Design Stina Resting
Stage and Ligth Design Rosa Birkedal

Producer Nikoline Jørgensen

Graphic designer Andreas K. Rasmussen

Photographer Julia Severinsen

Video Tom Mckenzie

​Administration Ina Hjorth

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SUPPORTED BY Statens Kunstfond, William Demant, Knud Højgaards Fond, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, Nordisk Kulturfond, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden, Koda Kultur, Augustinus Fonden, Det Obelske Familiefond, Stevns Kommune og Stevns Turistforening.

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SPECIAL THANKS TO Stevnsfortet, IAC Malmö, Lene Vestergaard, The Rosenborg Barraks & The Royal Lifeguards' Tambour Corps under the direction af Thomas Duvander​