\u00c9g skynja\u00f0i einhvers konar fort\u00ed\u00f0ar\u00fer\u00e1 me\u00f0al sparikl\u00e6ddra gesta, sem h\u00f3pu\u00f0ust \u00ed leikh\u00fasi\u00f0 til a\u00f0 halda upp \u00e1 40 \u00e1ra afm\u00e6li \u00cdslenska dansflokksins \u00e1 f\u00f6studagskv\u00f6ldi\u00f0. Helena haf\u00f0i lofa\u00f0 a\u00f0 t\u00edna sitt af hverju upp \u00far kistu minninganna og rekja s\u00f6gu flokksins me\u00f0 kunnuglegum t\u00f3num, litum og efnum \u00far fort\u00ed\u00f0inni og sk\u00edrskota til s\u00f6gunnar \u00ed tj\u00e1ningarforminu \u2013 og enn fremur til \u00fer\u00e6ld\u00f3msins a\u00f0 baki tj\u00e1ningunni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rafmagna\u00f0 andr\u00famslofti\u00f0 sveif \u00e1 alla eins og \u00e1fengt v\u00edn og gaf gle\u00f0inni lausan tauminn? Fyrrum stj\u00f6rnur \u00edslenskrar danslistar svifu um ganga, fegurri en nokkru sinni fyrr, enn me\u00f0 \u00fevengmj\u00f3 mitti, \u00fer\u00e1\u00f0bein b\u00f6k og uppsett h\u00e1r. 40 \u00e1r \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0a a\u00f0 minnsta kosti fimm kynsl\u00f3\u00f0ir dansara \u2013 \u00feeirra starfs\u00e6vi er \u00f6rstutt. Og jafnvel \u00fe\u00f3 a\u00f0 \u00feessar konur s\u00e9u enn \u00ed bl\u00f3ma l\u00edfs, eru dansafrek \u00feeirra flestra bara til \u00ed minningunni. Vi\u00f0 munum eftir \u00feeim \u00e1 svi\u00f0inu \u00ed sigurv\u00edmu, hverri \u00e1 f\u00e6tur annarri, me\u00f0 fangi\u00f0 fullt af bl\u00f3mum, brosandi \u00ed gegnum t\u00e1rin \u00fat \u00ed tro\u00f0fullan salinn. Allir h\u00f6f\u00f0u sta\u00f0i\u00f0 upp til a\u00f0 fagna n\u00fdrri stj\u00f6rnu.<\/p>\n
Og ef \u00feessar stj\u00f6rnur hef\u00f0u aldrei veri\u00f0 til, \u00fe\u00e1 v\u00e6ri heldur enginn dansflokkur \u00ed dag. Ef allar \u00feessar konur hef\u00f0u ekki lagt \u00e1 sig \u00ferotlausa vinnu dag eftir dag, \u00e1r eftir \u00e1r, \u00fe\u00e1 hef\u00f0i aldrei or\u00f0i\u00f0 til s\u00e1 grundv\u00f6llur, sem skapar flokknum skilyr\u00f0i \u00ed dag. \u00de\u00e6r voru frumkv\u00f6\u00f0larnir, \u00fe\u00e6r hugsu\u00f0u til framt\u00ed\u00f0ar og \u00feeirra er hei\u00f0urinn \u2013 enda voru \u00fe\u00e6r hei\u00f0ursgestir kv\u00f6ldsins.<\/p>\n
Og Helena st\u00f3\u00f0 vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0in – og meira en \u00fea\u00f0. \u00deessi s\u00fdning hennar, sem h\u00fan kallar \u201eT\u00edmar\u201c er ekki bara danss\u00fdning, heldur eitthva\u00f0 miklu voldugra, meira \u00ed \u00e6tt vi\u00f0 myndlist, sem f\u00e6r l\u00edf alveg \u00f3v\u00e6nt. H\u00fan segir sj\u00e1lf \u00ed dagskr\u00e1, a\u00f0 h\u00fan hafi gert \u00feetta verk \u201efyrir besta vin sinn og eiginmann\u201c, sem n\u00fa er ekki lengur \u00e1 me\u00f0al vor. En m\u00e9r finnst eins og hann lei\u00f0i hana \u00ed gegnum verki\u00f0 \u2013e\u00f0a lei\u00f0ir h\u00fan hann? \u00deau eru eitt, hann hugsar og skrifar, h\u00fan gr\u00edpur hugmyndirnar \u00e1 lofti og skapar. \u00deess vegna er \u00feetta allt svo undur fallegt.<\/p>\n
Leikmyndin er ekki fl\u00f3kin, en me\u00f0 listilegri l\u00fdsingu f\u00e6r h\u00fan l\u00edf, sem veitir gle\u00f0i og una\u00f0 fyrir auga\u00f0. T\u00f3nlistin er \u00edsmeygilega se\u00f0jandi og fellur fullkomlega a\u00f0 \u00f3rei\u00f0unni \u00ed umhverfinu og ver\u00f0ur hluti af myndinni sj\u00e1lfri. Tyr\u00f3lajakkar og ungversk st\u00edgv\u00e9l gera g\u00f3\u00f0l\u00e1tlegt gr\u00edn a\u00f0 bernskuafrekum \u00edslenskra dansara. Tjull \u00ed hv\u00edtu og rau\u00f0u minnir okkur \u00e1 \u00fe\u00e1 daga, \u00feegar vi\u00f0 vorum enn a\u00f0 da\u00f0ra vi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 hugmynd a\u00f0 nema klass\u00edskan ballet \u00ed anda R\u00fassa! (Miki\u00f0 er annars gott, a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 v\u00e9kum \u00fat af \u00feeirri braut og sk\u00f3pum okkar eigin st\u00edl).<\/p>\n
Vi\u00f0 erum st\u00f6dd baksvi\u00f0s \u00ed leikh\u00fasinu, myrkur allt um kring, ys og \u00feys berst utan \u00far salnum, t\u00f3nlistin kallar \u00e1 dansarana, sem \u00feeytast lafm\u00f3\u00f0ir fram og til baka, inn og \u00fat af svi\u00f0inu. Til \u00feess a\u00f0 n\u00e1 \u00feessari fullkomnun ver\u00f0a \u00feeir a\u00f0 \u00e6fa \u00ferotlaust alla daga fr\u00e1 morgni til kv\u00f6lds, li\u00f0ka og styrkja l\u00edkamann til \u00feess a\u00f0 geta tekist \u00e1 vi\u00f0 verkefni kv\u00f6ldsins \u2013 sem stendur kannski \u00ed \u00f6rf\u00e1ar m\u00edn\u00fatur \u2013 en n\u00f3gu lengi \u00fe\u00f3 til a\u00f0 allt striti\u00f0 og \u00fej\u00e1ningarnar gleymast. Fagna\u00f0ar\u00f3p \u00e1horfenda b\u00e6ta allt upp. Partur af svi\u00f0smynd Helenu er einmitt undurf\u00f6gur baller\u00edna, sem stendur hv\u00edtkl\u00e6dd vi\u00f0 st\u00f6ngina og gerir \u00e6fingar \u00feindarlaust fr\u00e1 upphafi til enda s\u00fdningar. \u00deannig er l\u00edf dansarans, eil\u00edft strit og sj\u00e1lfsafneitun.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g nefni verk Helenu J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttur fyrst, vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 m\u00e9r finnst eins og \u00feetta hafi veri\u00f0 kv\u00f6ldi\u00f0 hennar \u2013 kannski endurkoma hennar. Langdvalir vi\u00f0 n\u00e1m og st\u00f6rf \u00ed \u00fatl\u00f6ndum skipta sk\u00f6pum. Reynsla er d\u00fdrm\u00e6t, \u00feekking skapar d\u00fdpt. \u00dea\u00f0 er auglj\u00f3st, a\u00f0 Helena hefur af miklu a\u00f0 mi\u00f0la og miki\u00f0 a\u00f0 gefa. H\u00fan ver\u00f0ur a\u00f0 koma oftar heim og au\u00f0ga listal\u00edf borgarinnar.<\/p>\n
Annars var\u00f0 \u00e9g l\u00edka uppnumin af fyrra verkinu \u00e1 dagskr\u00e1nni \u2013 \u201eSentimental\u201c eftir norska snillinginn, Jo Str\u00f6mgren. \u00c9g hef\u00f0i heldur kalla\u00f0 verki\u00f0 \u201eJalousie\u201c, \u00fev\u00ed sagan segir af tveimur p\u00f6rum, sem geta ekki alveg gert upp vi\u00f0 sig, hva\u00f0 er hvurs og hvurs er hva\u00f0, eins og stundum hendir \u00ed l\u00edfinu. \u00c1st breytist \u00ed hatur og hatur \u00ed \u00f3d\u00e6\u00f0isverk. En \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir \u00feetta melodrama er stutt \u00ed g\u00e1ska og h\u00famor, jafnvel gr\u00e1glettni. Verki\u00f0 er vandasamt \u00ed flutningi og gerir verulegar kr\u00f6fur til dansaranna, sem virtust l\u00edka g\u00e6ddir t\u00f6luver\u00f0um leikh\u00e6fileikum. \u00deessi Jo er greinilega b\u00e6\u00f0i skapandi og frumlegur, hristir fram \u00far erminni \u2013 e\u00f0a af sk\u00e6pinu (\u00fev\u00ed \u00feau fengu v\u00edst tils\u00f6gn \u00ed gegnum t\u00f6lvuna) \u2013 frumlegan gj\u00f6rning, sem n\u00fdtir mannsl\u00edkamann til hins \u00edtrasta og gerir kr\u00f6fur, sem hlj\u00f3ta a\u00f0 vera \u00f6grandi fyrir dansarana.<\/p>\n
En \u00fea\u00f0 er ekki n\u00f3g a\u00f0 hafa \u00e1 a\u00f0 skipa hugmyndar\u00edkum h\u00f6fundum, ef efnivi\u00f0urinn er r\u00fdr og \u00f3aga\u00f0ur. \u00dea\u00f0 er mj\u00f6g \u00e1n\u00e6gjulegt a\u00f0 sj\u00e1, hversu miklum framf\u00f6rum dansarar flokksins taka fr\u00e1 einu \u00e1ri til annars. H\u00f3purinn er svo samstilltur og \u00e1fer\u00f0arfallegur, a\u00f0 unun er \u00e1 a\u00f0 horfa. Enginn sker sig beint \u00far, en samt hefur hver sinn st\u00edl og sterkan pers\u00f3nuleika. Hver og einn g\u00e6ti spila\u00f0 einleik og fari\u00f0 l\u00e9tt me\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0, en vandinn er meiri a\u00f0 vinna \u00ed h\u00f3p og reyna ekki a\u00f0 stela senunni hver fr\u00e1 \u00f6\u00f0rum.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sentimental, Again
\nH\u00f6fundur: Jo Str\u00f6mgren
\nT\u00f3nlist Pjotr Leschenko
\nLj\u00f3sah\u00f6nnun: Dusan Loki Markovic
\nB\u00faningar: El\u00edn Edda \u00c1rnad\u00f3ttir<\/p>\n
T\u00edmar 2013
\nDansh\u00f6fundur: Helena J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir
\nSamsetning t\u00f3nlistar: Helena J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir
\nFrumsamin t\u00f3nlist: Biggi Hilmars
\nB\u00faningah\u00f6nnun: Helena J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-leikhus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":544,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions\/544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}