Below Red
Review by Vibeke Wern in Berlingske d. 11 march 2008:
"Tina Tarpgaard is one of the most progressive choreographers here in Denmark when it comes to dance and interesting use of interactive technology. And in 'Below Red' she once again manages to unite dance and technology in an intellegent manner, so it gives both form and meaning while presenting new perspectives within the unvierse of dance."

Mette Garfield wrote in terpsichore.dk 17th of march 2008:
"Tina Tarpgaard dazzled with Below Red in Dansescenes recuring choreographic platform Short Stories."

cognitive debris
Performed at dansescenen, Copenhagen 2005
Overtoom, Amsterdam January 2006
Thèâtre de L'Usine, Geneva November 2006
P@rt festival, Copenhagen october 2006
CYNETart festival, Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden November 2006

cognitive debris won a CYNETart award at the CYNETart_06 humaine festival in Dresden

In november 2006 the CYNETart Jury wrote:

"Zapping your self" could be the motto of the dance-installation by Danish dancer Tina Tarpgaard and the musician Pelle Skovmand. Next to the high quality of dance scenes the project is exceptional in its emancipated use of audio-visual media. Everyday life tools of entertainment industry- like a remote control- quickly becomes a simple hedonistic means. Controle instruments makes it possible for the dancer to design her own stage environment in realtime during the piece with the help of a simple and flexible technology. Thus the dancer isn't the puppet of choreographers and directors of dance pieces any longer. A playful self-editing process is allowed for as the dancer samples the image of her own body just like using an instrument- bringing the magic to a dull place. The accomparying new approach to the body is mechanistic, even hedonistic with the dancer being her own editor. Cognitive debris is a minimal but poweful work.

Review by Vibeke Wern in ”Dans Tidningen” (Sweden) December 11th 2005:

”This is the third time Dansescenen presents the choreographic concept ”Short stories”. This time with the bonus of the interesting audio-visual dance installation ”cognitive debris” by Tina Tarpgaard and Pelle Skovmand”


 

GRENZSTADT
Performed at the Junge Hunde Festival 2005, Copenhagen and at Culturebox Cph/O3one project Belgrade in 2006.

Review by Janus Kodal, Politiken, October 3rd 2005:

”Both audience and dancers got involved in this successful and unpretentious merging between body and technique enabled by a set up of three portable computers and a broadband connection. In Copenhagen with the sensitive sound collage of Pelle Skovmand and Tina Tarpgaards intelligent choreographic counterpart.”

Performed at Junge Hunde Festival 2004, Copenhagen
Review by Vibeke Wern 2004 in “Hunde glam med go genlyd”:

”Amongst the choreographic work I was especially impressed with the works of Jean-Hugues Meridin and Tina Tarpgaard....”

”.... In cooperation with Pelle Skovmands technical design in ”Facetwoface”, Tina Tarpgaard succeeded in creating a rare, interesting and beautiful integration of the human body with digital recordings and projections”

2003 Horizontal Vertigo (picture)

- a solo performance challenging gravity.

Performed at the Half Machine Festival in Copenhagen, 2003.