Inés Somellera performed in LADYFROMTHESEA, a site-specific multidisciplinary installation/performance by WaxFactory, with installation design and direction by Ivan Talijancic. Inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s 1888 drama The Lady from the Sea, the work unfolded throughout the Old American Can Factory in Brooklyn, activating rooftops, corridors, fire escapes, loading docks, freight elevators and other architectural spaces as part of a non-linear performance journey.

Through movement, sound, video, installation and text, the piece expanded Ibsen’s symbolic world into an immersive reflection on nature, desire, memory and freedom. Developed through a multidisciplinary residency at BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange, the project premiered in 2001 and was later restaged in 2003 for the Triennial International Ibsen Conference.

A WaxFactory project

Presented by XO Projects Inc.

In association with the Ibsen Society of America / Tenth International Ibsen Conference and Long Island University

Installation design and direction: Ivan Talijancic
Performers: Leah Abel, Ivana Catanese, Dion Doulis, James Garver, Erika Latta, Mariangela Lopez, Erika Rundle, Jill Samuels, Damen Scranton, Inés Somellera, Kameron Steele and Megan Wyler
Costumes: Vilma Marè
Lighting: Robert Henderson
Original lighting design: Paul Hudson
Installation director: Mikolaj Szoska
Jewelry: Caroline Glemann
Video: Justine Cooper, Dion Doulis
Sound: Rima Fand and o.blaat / Keiko Uenishi
Aerial work: Cirque Boom
Technical director: Andrew Perret
Production associate / stage manager: Kiebpoli Calnek
Sound technician: Matt Littlejohn
Sound associate: John Mitchell
Video technician: Jonathan Gabel
Rigging: Mark Simmons
Photos: Raúl Ramón