Kris Niklison
Kris Niklison (Maria Cristina Niklison, November 12, 1966) is an Argentina-born performance artist.
Kris Niklison | |
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| Born | Maria Cristina Niklison[1] November 12, 1966 |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, actress |
Notable work | Diletante, Vergel |
| Website | www |
Her artistic work is characterized by her personal character and visual poetry, manifesting itself in plays, dance shows and recently aéria movies.
She has received awards as an actress, creator and theater director, choreographer and filmmaker around the world.
She was born to Roque Niklison and Bela Jordan in the Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she graduated from Jesus Maria and the National School of Dramatic Art. At 22, she embarked on a world tour that left her living in Amsterdam, where she worked with the physical theater company Lady Komedie in Waterzucht and Survival shows, performing in many international festivals and European theaters. She also worked in Amsterdam with directors Peter Greenaway (who starred in the film Prospero's Books and operates Rosa Horse Drama) and Dario Fo in L'Italiana in Algeri Opera.
In 1997, she starred in Pomp Duck and Cirque du Soleil Circumstances in Hamburg, Germany, with its creator, the legendary Ginger Kennedy.
In 1998, she returned to Amsterdam where she founded the physical theater company Kris Niklison & Company, and achieved international success with their shows M / F, Red Roses Red, Dilemma, The Neverlands and is said to Me. The works were presented in theaters and international festivals across more than 20 countries on 4 continents, garnering praise from the international press.
In 2000, she began working in Embu das Artes, Brazil, where she founded the cultural space Casadasartes. In 2006, she returned to Buenos Aires, and began her film career by creating film producer Basata Films (named after the Arabic word for simplicity). Her first production, Diletante, portrays her mother Bela's extraordinary lucidity and anarchic spirit in her old age. It was met with positive reception, garnering praise and rewards.
When Bela was left bedridden by a stroke in 2012, Kris stopped her work for two years to focus on caring for her, but her mother then died on June 14, 2014.
Since resuming her career after her mother's death, Kris is again dedicated to the cinema, dividing her time between Brazil and Argentina. She then produced Vergel, her second feature.
Theater
Kris Niklison pioneered the combination of physical theater, aerial techniques, dance and script in the theaters of the Netherlands; her works became a benchmark of multidisciplinary art during the latter half of the 90s and the first half of 2000s.
Her shows were presented at the following international festivals and theaters:
2010/2011 - Laboratorio de Teatro Físico (Argentina) Ciudad Cultural Konex (production/direction/interpretation).
2011 - Tamaña Soledad (Brasil) Auteurist production with sponsorship of Iberescena
2009 - Menu (Brasil) Theatrical Intervention (direction).
2007 - Circo Intimo (Brasil) Multidisciplinary show (direction).
2006 - Dilemma (Argentina) Multidisciplinary show (production, direction, choreography, interpretation).
2006 - The Neverlands (Argentina) Multidisciplinary show (production, direction, choreography, interpretation).
2005 - Dilemma (Brasil).
2005 - Se dice de mi (Egypt - Russia - The Netherlands) Multidisciplinary show (production, direction, choreography, interpretation).
2004 - Se dice de mi (The Netherlands - Spain).
2003 - The Neverlands (The Netherlands - Russia).
2003 - Dilemma (Spain).
2002 - The Neverlands (The Netherlands - Egypt).
2002 - Dilemma (Austria).
2001- Dilemma (The Netherlands - Brasil).
2001- Red Roses Red (Hong Kong). Auteurist (production, interpretation).
2000 - Dilemma (Holanda - Tunisia).
2000 - Red Roses Red (Jordania - Lebanon - Bolivia - The Netherlands).
2000 - M/F (Tunes) Auteurist (production, interpretation).
1999 - M/F (The Netherlands - Jordania - Lebanon - Palestine - Germany).
1999 - Mrs Mc Niklison a particular widow (Brasil) Auteurist (production, direction, interpretation)
1999 - Red Roses Red (The Netherlands).
1998 - M/F (The Netherlands - Egypt - USA - Ukraine).
1998 - Pomp Duck and Circumstances (Germany) Theatrical spectacle of the Cirque du Soleil (interpretation)
1997 - Pomp Duck and Circumstances (Germany).
1996 - M/F (The Netherlands - Belgium - France).
1995 - L’italiana en Algeri (The Netherlands) Opera directed by Dario Fo (interpretation).
1994 - Rosa a Horse Drama (The Netherlands) Opera directed by Peter Greenway (interpretation).
1994 - Survival (The Netherlands - Spain - Italy) Physical spectacle of Lady Komedie Theatregroup (interpretation).
1993 - Survival (The Netherlands - Belgium - France - Germany).
1993 - Mrs Mc Niklison a particular widow (The Netherlands).
1992 - Waterzucht (England - Belgium - France - Germany - Italy) Physical spectacle of Lady Komedie Theatergroup (interpretation).
1992 - Pastunette (Scotland) Physical spectacle of Lady Komedie Theatergroup (interpretation).
1991 - Rock & Circo (Argentina) Music and circus show (direction).
1990 - Who’s gonna pay for Juliette’s funeral? (The Netherlands) Auteurist (production, direction, interpretation)
1989 - Who’s gonna pay for Juliette’s funeral? (Belgium).
1988 - Babilonia (Argentina) Play by Armando Discepolo directed by Ruben Szchumacher (interpreter).
1987- Babilonia (Argentina).
Festivals
Cairo International Film Festival (Cairo, Egypt).
Philadelphia Festival (Philadelphia, USA).
Monodrama International Festival (Kiev, Ukraine).
Aman International Festival (Amman, Jordania).
Palestinian Theater Nights (Jerusalem, Palestine)
Lebanon International Festival (Beirut, Lebanon)
La Paz International Festival (La Paz, Bolivia).
Festival of the City (Macau, Hong Kong).
Festival of the Medina (Tunisia).
Curitiba Theater Festival (Curitiba,Brasil).
The Garage Festival (Alexandria, Egypt).
Rio Preto Internacional Festival (Rio Preto, Brasil)
Circunferencia (São Paulo, Brasil).
European Humor Festival (France).
Viena International (Viena, Austria).
Ibero-American Theater Festival of Mar del Plata (Mdq, Argentina)
Goiania em Cena (Goiania,Brasil).
Baltic House Festival Theatre (St. Petersburg, Russia).
Beirut Theater Festival (Beirut, Lebanon).
Theater in de Piste (Neerpelt, Belgium).
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Barcelona, Spain).
International Women’s Festival (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
Gay Festival (Frankfurt, Germany).
European Art Festival (Scotland, England).
UFA Fabriek Festival (Berlin, Germany).
International Theater Market (Tarrega, Spain).
Women Go Wild (The Netherlands - Belgium).
Oerol (Terschelling, Hollan).
Boulevard (Den Bosh, The Netherlands).
Parade (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Utrecht, The Netherlands).
Etcetera Festival (Amersfoort, The Netherlands).
Nooderzon (Groningen, The Netherlands).
Nova Culture (Heerlen, The Netherlands).
Over ’t Ij (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
Spiegeltent (Enschede, The Netherlands).
Waterfal (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
Buitengewoon (Zonnemaire, The Netherlands).
Armada Festival (Nijmegen, The Netherlands).
Parkfestival (Venray, The Netherlands).
Uitmarkt (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
Hof van spektakel (Vlaardingen, The Netherlands).
Almere Festival (Almere, The Netherlands).
Limburgs Festival (Limburg, The Netherlands).
Cinema
In 2007, she went to spend time at her family's home at Sauce Viejo, Santa Fe, Argentina, and recorded with her camera the eccentricities of her mother, Bela Jordan, in old age. After collecting this material for more than a year, she published it in the film Diletante, in the competition of Argentine films in the 23rd Mar del Plata Festival. It won that competition, so she extended the film to 35 mm. Ms. Lita Stantic then joined the project, becoming the film's producer. The film was premiered at the Malba on May 4, 2010, and remained in theaters in Buenos Aires until November of the same year (in the Malba, Arteplex, Gaumont cinemas, and in the dressing room of the Muses) and was popular with the Argentine press.
Later, Diletante was presented at a wide variety of international festivals. After it won the award for Best Documentary at the 50th Cartagena Film Festival, Diletante was declared of Cultural Interest by the Senate of the Nation in 2011.
Her second feature, Vergel, won the Incaa-Ancine competition (earning US $250,000 in support for the production of the film) in 2012 and was filmed in Buenos Aires from January to February 2016. The film was produced by Basata Films (Argentina) and Casadasartesfilms (Brazil), starring Camila Morgado, and Maricel Alvarez. Arrigo Barbabe composed the score, Karen Harley edited, Felix Monti gave photographic advice, and Jusid Margarita gave artistic advice. It was released in 2017.
In 2015, she made a trip to India, where she wrote the script of her planned third feature El Barquero. The film is currently in the fundraising stage.
Awards
2006 - Estrella de Mar (Best Choreography for Dilemma).
2006 - Estrella de Mar (Nomination for Dilemma).
2006 - Premio José María Vilches (Best Spectacle for Dilemma).
2005 - Ibero-American Theater Festival of Mar del Plata (Special mention for Dilemma).
2004 - Cairo International Film Festival (Nomination for Se dice de mí).
2001 - Raamwerk Holanda- (Best Spectacle for Dilemma).
1998 - Cairo International Film Festival (Best Actress by international jury, M/F).
1998 - Cairo International Film Festival (Best Actress by the Egyptian press, M/F).
Prizes
2013 - INCAA ANCINE Contest (Vergel).
2010 - Best Documentary at the 50th Cartagena de Indias Film Festival, Colombia (Diletante).
2008 - Best Argentine Feature Film at the 23rd Mar del Plata Film Festival (Diletante).
Support
INCAA ANCINE Brazil - Argentina Contest (Vergel).
INCAA (Diletante).
National Fund of the Dutch Cinema (Course of Cinematographic Realization).
References
- Ficha de Nikleson Maria Cristina en el padrón electoral argentino, publicado en el sitio web Buscar Datos.