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The Hospital
First Preview: Feb 20, 2016
Opening Date: Mar 9, 2016
Closing Date: Mar 12, 2016
Running Time: 01:15
Playing @
Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St, New York, NY 10002
Norway’s Jo Strømgren Kompani makes its eagerly awaited return to New York City with their internationally acclaimed production of The Hospital.
Characterized by Strømgren’s darkly humorous mix of dance and theatre, The Hospital is set in a remote hospital where three nurses try to endure the lack of patients by injuring then treating each other, performing their duties on themselves as an alternative to the real thing. Everything is serious. Everything is nonsense.
As with previous productions, one of the aims is to explore dance theatre forms with actors not trained in dance, the continuous exploration of nonsense languages is this time represented by a linguistic alias of Icelandic, a language which resembles the ancient mother tongue of all Scandinavians. The intention of verbal abstraction is the same as with abstract movement – creating a wider range of associative interpretations.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
Characterized by Strømgren’s darkly humorous mix of dance and theatre, The Hospital is set in a remote hospital where three nurses try to endure the lack of patients by injuring then treating each other, performing their duties on themselves as an alternative to the real thing. Everything is serious. Everything is nonsense.
As with previous productions, one of the aims is to explore dance theatre forms with actors not trained in dance, the continuous exploration of nonsense languages is this time represented by a linguistic alias of Icelandic, a language which resembles the ancient mother tongue of all Scandinavians. The intention of verbal abstraction is the same as with abstract movement – creating a wider range of associative interpretations.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 16
Audience Advisory: Language: Nonsensical Icelandic and some English
TDF Tickets Offers:
TDF Member tickets:
Not currently available for this show
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Never
Full-price tickets:
$30.00 - $30.00
Accessibility
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Restroom
Accessible on same level as lobby -
Elevator/Escalator
None -
Entrance
Accessible from street level -
Water Fountain
Must walk down three steps in order to use water fountains. -
Assisted Listening System
None -
Wheelchair Info
Accommodations can be made. Please call in advance.






