Monica Emilie Herstad in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangkok 2008

"It is now one of my most favorite stage performances of all time. I don't know how to describe it. I think I can say that its power is like the power of PHANTOM LOVE (2007, Nina Menkes) mixing with the power of PERSONA (1966, Ingmar Bergman)." ::::::::
- Celine Julie, Thailand 2008

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herStay at NSD Bharat Rang Mahotsav Festival 2008 in New Delhi and Mumbai, with her performance Past is simulation.

Reviews: The Pioneer, New Delhi:
"The play opens with a complete surprise, with a mechanical bird winging its way over the proscenium, and hovering the dancer on the large stage.
The tantalising conjectures are woven around the splendid solists, who seem to express the ambivalent emotions of Ibsen´s women when their bodies move, fall, strech, and bend.
Dancing as mirror-images, or the captivating trio moving in unison, they bring out rich associations with Nora, or the steph-daughters Hilde and Bolette, of Lady of the sea, or the eponymous heroine of Hedda Gabler, or even the youthful Hedvig of The Wild Duck."
- Dr. Utpal K. Banerjee, The Pioneer, New Delhi, January 15th 2008

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"Monica Emilie Herstad is bringing a new discourse on stage"
- Ajit Rai, Jansatta/ Indian Express, January 12th, 2008

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Mumbai TimeOut #2 2008

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herStay in Bangkok January 2008:
Monday, January 21, 2008
"PHANTOM PERSONA OR MONICA EMILIE HERSTAD
--Last Friday I went to Patravadi Theater to see some performances, including PAST IS SIMULATION -- THE LADIES OF THE SEA VS. NORA, AND OTHER STORIES OF THE SOCIETY, directed by Monica Emilie Herstad from Norway. The performance is inspired by the writings of Henrik Ibsen, Susan Sontag, and Elfriede Jelinek. I like it a lot. It is now one of my most favorite stage performances of all time. I don't know how to describe it. I think I can say that its power is like the power of PHANTOM LOVE (2007, Nina Menkes) mixing with the power of PERSONA (1966, Ingmar Bergman).
-http://celinejulie.blogspot.com/2008/01/
phantom-persona-or-monica-emilie.html

(...) This is a clip from PAST IS SIMULATION:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.
individual&videoid=1493413125
This is a short film called THE LITTLE CHAOS (1966, Rainer Werner Fassbinder).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjDh0gF2ExA "

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