AIU 2019

Two living creatures explores the world even before they are born, they get a chance to know their family, understand the passage of time and find their home. They are still invisible to other people, only the animals can see them and help them on their way. A-I-U portrays a living language, songs, play and imagination in a beautiful symphony. 

2019 marks the United Nations international year of indigenous languages, approximately 50.000 people in the world speaks Greenlandic (/Kalallisut). In Greenlandic (/Kalallisut) the vowels A, I and U are the only ones we really use. Originally E became I and O became U. In this performance we play with the words and discover that there are many, many words with A that are related to family.

Idea and lyrics: Makka Kleist

Idea and storyline: Susanne Andreasen

Manuscript: Dirck Backer

Adaptation and translation: Kimmernaq Kjeldsen & Hans-Henrik Poulsen

Director: Dirck Backer

Composer and lyrics: Mike F. Thomsen

Actors: Kimmernaq Kjeldsen & Hans-Henrik Poulsen

Light Design/Sound/Technician/Music & graphic designs: Gerth Lyberth

Costume design and seamstress: Bibi Chemnitz

Set design and props: Camilla Nielsen

Music:

”Ilaquttat”, ”Ullup ingerlanera”, ”Ukioq ataaseq” & ”Illuinnaq”

Lyrics: Miké Fencker Thomsen & Makka Kleist

Composer: Miké Fencker Thomsen

”Illu qaarsumi sanaasoq”

Lyrics: Jonathan Petersen

Composer: Charles Crozat Converse

”Ultimate tears”

Lyrics and composer: Palle Mikkelborg

Age group: 4-7 years.

Duration: 35 min.

Language: Greenlandic (Kalaallisut).