ONLINE PORTFOLIO Morten Steensgaard Jeg er skuespiller, og har arbejdet indenfor en lang række kreative områder bl.a.: konceptudvikler, instruktør, koreograf, tekstforfatter og komiker. Er uddannet fra den amerikanske skole for eksperimenterende teater og dans, SNDD i Amsterdam (1997-2001) og fra skuespillerskolen William Esper Studio i New York (2007). Har siden 2000 arbejdet professionelt som skuespiller, manuskripforfatter og ide-udvikler hos bl.a. Danmarks Radio, samt på en lang række forskellige teatre og i kunstprojekter. I 2009 begyndte jeg på IT-Universitets kandidatuddannelse Digital Design og Kommunikation, hvor jeg har været medunderviser i fagene: Innovation og Concept Udvikling og Medie og Kommunikation. På de følgende sider er der et par eksempler på ting jeg har lavet. Dbh Morten Steensgaard http://mortensteensgaard.com/portfolio/pf.html
Morten Steensgaard (1973) Actor, Writer, Developer Curriculum Vitae - November 2011 www.mortensteensgaard.com ITU teaching Teacher Assistant Teacher Assistant Course Innovation, Concept Development & Project Mgt Media & Communication Year 2011 2010 Theatre piece SPOT Festival, konferencier Robottens Anatomi For Enhver Pris (Radio Theatre) Residue (choreo.) Pretty Nasty (choreo.) Indkast (dancer) Døgnfluer (actor) Smen & Day Dreams Tour Rainy Day Dreams (actor) S-Men (choreo./dancer) Same, same but different (actor) Enter Heroes (director/actor) 57 Beds (actor) Dogs on Drugs (director/actor) Mr Universe (dancer/actor) Echo der Berge (choreo.dancer) Angry Bob (choreo.dancer) Cash is King (choreo.dancer) c1rc0 (choreo.) Gym (actor) C-one (choreo.dancer) Rolex (choreo.) Proton (choreo.dancer) Sush Santiago (dancer) Le Defense (choreo.dancer) Pier 52 (dancer) Settlements (dancer) Spunk (dancer) 4 in 1 (dancer) Constr 417 (dancer) Green (dancer) Strangers in the Night (dancer) Cowbaby (actor) Platform 71 (dancer) The Sound of Music (actor) Place SPOT Festival, Århus Teater Momentum, Odense DR (Danish Broadcast Radio), København Dansescenen, København Dansescenen, København Teater Zeppelin, København Cafeteatret, København Various Theatres, Sweden Aktör Theatre, Gothenburg Aktör Theatre, Gothenburg Aktör Theatre, Gothenburg Kanonhallen, Copenhagen Kanonhallen, Copenhagen Office venue, Copenhagen Schaubühne, Berlin Entrescenen, Aarhus Muiderpoort Theatre, Amsterdam Theatres in Austria/Norway Philip M Dance theatre, Amsterdam Gasthuis Theater, Amsterdam West Piers, New York University Settl. New York Theatres in Holland/Italy MACBA, Barcelona Site specific Discoteque, Aarhus Theatreschool theatre, Aarhus Site specific building site, Aarhus Musikhuset, Aarhus, Aarhus Year 2009 2009 2008 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2003 2003 2003 2002 2001 2001 2001 2001 2000 2000 2000 1999 1999 1999 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1996 1995
I Said (dancer) Randers Kunstmuseum, Randers 1994 Wish You Heaven (dancer) Local Theatre, Randers 1992 Film Director (role) Year Lulu & Leon, tv-series (TV3) Natasha Arthy (Erik Lind, teacher) 2009 Rockstar Rust, short film (DR) Morten Steensgaard (R&B HipHop artist) 2009 Lonesome Cowboy,short film(dr)morten Steensgaard (Young hopeful Musician) 2009 Telia Hanekam, (3 commercials) Peter Harton (funny guy) 2007 Raveonettes, musicvideo Nicola Donato (soldier in rockabilly bar) 2007 No Right Turn, feature film David Noel Bourke (Michael, loner) 2007 Daddy O, super16 short film Esben Larsen (Allan, rockabilly) 2006 Fri som Fuglen, internet film Christian Lorenzen, (nerd business man) 2005 Carlsberg Export, commercial Locomotion, (business man) 2005 Næste Skridt, long film Morten Nørgaard (pharmacy worker) 2005 E-boks, commercial Nikolaj Sonne, (postman) 2005 Sum, short film Nina Ruben Hansen, (business man) 2004 Hverdagens Helte, short film Nikolaj Sonne, (nerd) 2004 Maersk, staff movie Per Sandholt, (manager) 2004 Workshops Teacher Year Film Scene Analysis Sarah Boberg & Lolita Bellstar 2007 Acting for film (1-3) Jørn Faurschou 2007 Making Performance Kenneth Kreutzman 2006 TV, Film workshop Morten Køhlert 2005 Casting workshop Tine Miehe-Renard 2005 Film og Casting workshop Morten Køhlert 2005 Mike Leigh workshop Paul Clements 2004 Filmskuespil (acting on film) Lene Beyer 2004 Composing a solo Camilla Wargo Brekling 2004 Acting for Camera Claus Ploug 2003 Speak Dan Schlosser 2003 Body Weather Laboratory Frank van den Veen, NL 2001 Devised Work Dartington College, UK 2001 Flying Low David Zambrano, NL 2000 Astanga Yoga Eddie Stern, New York 1999 Contact Improvisation Kirstie Simson, New York 1999 Additional Artist in residence at theatre des Augenblichs (w.krementx), 1 month, Vienna Austria, 2001 Founder of the dance/performance company "rolex G company" in Holland, February 2000 Has shown own pieces and worked as an actor & dancer in Europe and the United States. Has taught workshops in movement technique, improvisation and composition. Educational background Morten studies a cand.in Digital Design & Communication at ITU, Copenhagen 2009-2011 Morten Steensgaard diploma graduate of School for New Dance Development 1997-2001 Studied Method Acting Meisner Technique at the William Esper Studio, New York 2007 Studied acting and physical theatre at the Nordic Theatre School 1996-1997 Morten Steensgaard, Blågårdsgade 4B, 2.sal th., 2200 København N, Denmark tfl. +45 5190 1215
Teater, Film og Reklamefi lms Projekter Morten Steensgaard 080273 1779 S-MEN S-Men var en fysisk teaterforestilling, som jeg ligesom med The Lonely Day Dreams of a Hero, skrev og co-instruerede med Johan Forsman. Vi havde en meget kreativ proces, med masser af selvopfundne skriveøvelser og arbejdede ud fra og lod os inspirere af tekster af Michel Foucault og Jean Baudrillard. Vi arbejdede sammen med den hollandske støjkunstner Yann Keller og brugte flere medier, bl.a. 3 fjernsyn med video-streams der var inkorporeret i forestillingen. To mænd møder sig selv og selviscenesættelsen de døjer med til dagligt. De gennemgår cafe latte kulturen og stiller spørgsmålstegn ved, hvilke mandlige værdier der styrer individet i dag. De gennemgår en del primale stadier inden de ender i deres ultimative opgør i form en uforløst armlægnings-konkurrence. S-MEN er et eksempel på en teaterforestilling hvor Johan og jeg gik ind ind og forsøgte at udvide rammerne for nutidigt teater. S-MEN var en ret eksperimenterende forestilling, da vi valgte at suspendere almindelig teaterdramaturgi og ændre konceptet til at publikum skulle have en fysisk oplevelse af to mænd på scenen også, frem for kun en intellektuel udfordring. THE RAINY DAY DREAMS OF A HERO The rainy day dreams of a hero, var en 55 minutter monolog, som jeg spillede over 2 sæsoner på Teater Aktör i Gøteborg i 2005-2006. Forestillingen var en komedie som jeg havde skrevet i samarbejde med Aktörs teaterchef Johan Forsman. En mand fylder 30 men trods alle marketingskneb kommer der ingen gæster og selverkendelsens time er kommet. Hans bibel er Dale Carnegies filosofi og politiske taler, og alt bliver gennemgået og talerne øvet, om ikke for gæsterne - så for publikkum. HELTE I HUMMEL Various Other Projects_Short Film Helte i Hummel var en kort reklamefilm, en slags uopfordret lille reklame-spot for Hummel. Jeg udviklede konceptet sammen med to venner Søren Mühldorf og Nikolaj Sonne. Og ved at trække i lidt tråde fik vi et lille filmhold af frivillige professionelle til at være med. Kort fortalt følger vi to unge mænd der spæner i huj og hast gennem København for at aflevere en lille æske. Gennem filmen, som er 35 sekunder lang, ved vi ikke hvor det er de har så travlt med at skulle hen. Det viser sig til sidst, da de tropper op i Vor Frelser Kirke til et bryllup, med brudgommens ring, i sidste øjeblik. Projektet var meget lærerigt, da det var første gang jeg havde en finger med i alle facetter af en reklamefilm. Le Defensé var en 22 min. fysisk solo der tog udgangspunkt i at afsøge området omkring normalitet/anormalitet. Temaet blev symboliseret af en zebra, da den er sort og hvid og det passede ind i ideen om en stram visuelt abstrakt billedflade. Zebraen, der er sort og hvid, (normal/anormal) og kun når den åbner munden er der en kraftig rød farve. Dette symboliserede det dyriske i mennesket, der påvirker og kæmper med over-jeg et i kampen for normaliteten. Soloen, der blev vist på en række forskellige teatre i Holland, handlede på to planer: Hvor det første var mig der havde været i zoologisk have i 2 uger på research for at studere og lære zebraens fysik og bevægelsesmønstre - som jeg brugte som udgangs for soloen. Det andet plan var de videooptagelser jeg havde lavet i zoo en, klippet og redigeret om til visuelle videoprojektioner der kørte forskellige steder i forestillingen. LE DEFENSÉ Various Other Projects_Solo TELIA STOFANET Telia Stofanet lavede tre reklamefilm som kørte i tv i 2007. Filmene var produceret af Propaganda McCann og Logo Film. Jeg spillede den ene af Stofahønens to kammerater. Ham Various Other Projets_Commercial der havde lidt svært vd at acceptere, at en nær ven klædte sig ud i Hønekostume. Filmene blev instrueret af Peter Harton, og det var en ret fin proces. Jeg havde lavet et par reklamefilm til internettet før for bl.a. E-BOKS og Dangaard, så jeg var på det tidspunkt ret vant med det hurtige medie. Med min baggrund i forskel- ligt film og teater, er reklamefilmene en anden måde at bruge film-mediet på. Som er cool og ofte mindst lige så kreativ som teaterbranchen, på trods den strammere tidsstyring. GYM var en forestilling jeg udarbejdede sammen med teatergruppen Krementx i Bergen. Vi lavede research på scientology og fitness kulturen og blandede elementerne sammen til en forestilling der handlede om det moderne menneskes jagt efter det perfekte liv. Men som i selvbevidsthedens overanalyserende tankesæt bliver alt andet end perfekt og naturligt. 4 personer finder sammen. Men gennem personlighedstests og velkoordinerede teambuilding øvelser smuldrer idealerne. Konfronta- tionerne starter og kulminerer med det absolutte showdown, hvor de to mænd reduceret til deres primale stadie har fundet ud af at det hvide plateauscenegulv ikke kan rumme dem begge. GYM blev en forestilling om eksistentielle valg og fravalg, roller og magt. GYM Various Other Projects_Theatre Side nr. 6
Plakat / Digt - Projekt Morten Steensgaard 080273 1779 TERRITORIAL MANUAL SYSTEM F was the first of the big posters projects, that I collaborated with Bo Vase on. We had just established our design and event group and decided to call it SPRINKLER. Bo made a font called Wood Type Recycled and I got my Luscious Linda and Brown Bill poems on a new scale. Territorial Manual Syspem F_Poster Side nr. 3
Residue: Teater- og Danseforestilling, Posterog Program folder, Website Projekt (del 1) Morten Steensgaard 080273 1779 RESIDUE - a modern choreography about foreigers, terrorism and love, told through a corresponding line to the myth of Dido & Aeneas. A poster that also serves as a textual manual opens the intertwining layers of the story. A website link on the programme allows the audience to later unveil textures that lead them to the Sleeper in the piece. An anologue to the Trojan Horse, as the enemy already embedded within the society Residue_Theatre/Poster/Website Jeg lavede Residue som et samarbejde med min kæreste Ane Fjelstrup. Og projektet strakte sig over 6 måneder, hvor vi lavede projetet helt fra bunden. Overensten var at jeg havde det sidste ord i den kunstneriske sammenhæng og at Ane havde det i det økonomiske og produktionsmæssige. Vi fik rejst et budget på 184000 kr, lavet PR og reklame-matereiale, musik komposition og instruktion og koreografering af forestillingen. Samt skrevet en masse tekst til forestillingen. Desuden lavede jeg i samarbejde med Bo Vase plakaten til forestillingen, der samtidigt var et program som lå på publikums sæder når de kom ind. På plakaten var der et link til hjemmesiden www.sleepersdiary.com, som åbnede op for endnu et lag i forestillingen. Residue var et helt koncept, der startede et sted og bare blev ved med at udvikle sig over de 6 måneder vi brugte på det. Residue spillede for fulde huse på DanseScenens scene på Østerbro i Maj 2007. Igen i Residue var det grafiske element i højsædet. En minimalistisk scene og et megen spacing og komposition i det store rum. Forestillingen blev vel modtaget af både publikum og pressen, og blev bl.a. rost for sin brug af humor i omgangen med det aktuelle tema om frygten for det/de ukendte. Residues 3 akter havde hvert deres tema, med dertilhørende åbningstekst: Akt 1: The Sleeper Hi I m Mr Ford I m going to show you something that might save your life one day. There s a search going on. Theres somebody here, that poses a threat. The sleeper. I will find this sleeping luring danger. I m a doer, not a talker. I will find this sleeping luring danger. I m a doer, not a talker. Akt 2: Blind Love Some time ago, I arrived to this green green place. I thought it was a ping pong park bunny land. It was love at first sight - blind love, and in my mind I loved it. I could see the lines that marked the limit, but still I went there. I had been bitten. Akt 3: Tomorrow Comes Early Hello, I m Mr Ford. I couldn t find the sleeper. He could be anyone. I have nothing to say. I can only nod my head from side to side....though Had I brought my gun, I would shoot. Athletic bunnies trespass my land, all these animals. My mind is blurry. Thanks for listening. Side nr. 4
Kampagne til 3 outdoor billboards i NYC for DOnate organdonation (fi ktiv) Morten Steensgaard 080273 1779 behind, and consumed a medium OJ at Festina Lentos - our male character of this New Yorkish adventure is headed uptown light headed on a brisk walk. He is 5 minutes away from saving an unknown dog from an unknown destiny. An act that is to change his own destiny forever. His name is John Deere Ready for the future? This is not her job. But for the 2nd month in a row she has been walking dogs professionally. Believing that New York only really goes in her blood after 5000 miles and she is so far from it. She takes life as it comes to her and she is open to the unexpected. Whenever she has a little extra - she sends it to her parents in Colombia. Her name is Luz Paz Ready for the future? DO nate As John crossed 23rd street and Madison Square appeared, he realized there had been an accident. A french bulldog was hit by a city truck. The dogwalker, that he recognized as somehow familiar, was crying.he helped her. They became lifelong friends. Over the years he even helped her get a new dog. But more than that, as Luz became feverishly ill due to her kidneys setting out, he donated his left kidney. Ready for the future? Well, he made sure that Luz was! The taste of your own salty tears, Luz pondered. Had she had any chance to foresee the unforeseen, she would never have left the house that morning. The dog is dead, but recent x-rays had proved that it was dying already. John was the unknown savior of the moment. Living on, with his kidney Luz felt compelled to sign up as a full body donor, the unknown would strike again. So why not help a stranger live? Why not use that chance? Ready for the future? DO nate My Heart Will Go On, Every night in my dreams,i see you, I feel you, That is how I know you go on, Far across the distance, and spaces between us, you have come to show you go onnear, far, wherever you are I believe that the heart does go on, once more you open the door and you're here in my heart, my heart will go on and on. Love can touch us one time and last for a lifetime and never let go till we're one love was when I loved you, one true time I hold to - in my life we'll always go on. Wherever you arei believe that the heart does go on once more you open the door and you're here in my heart and my heart will go on and on. There is some love that will not go away. You're here, there's nothing I fear, and I know that my heart will go on. We'll stay forever this way you are safe in my heart and my heart will go on and on. 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I know that my heart will last for a lifetime. Side nr. 8
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