Dance, by Bozena Happach
A Dance on Hillside inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s PEER GYNT
Low, treeless height, close under the mountain moorlands; peaks in the distance. The shadows are long; it is late in the day. Peer Gynt comes running at full speed, and stops short on the hillside. He leaps among the girls: “I’m the boy for three girls!” he shouts in his dream.
The Girls: “Are you such a lad, eh?”
They dance away over the heights, with Peer Gynt in their midst.
The above are the stage instructions in the script for Ibsen’s play. It is evident that Peer Gynt’s dance takes place either in his imagination or dream.
Bozena Happach: Born in Poland, she acquired professional training in Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Gdansk and the Art studio of Elzbieta Szczodrowska. Later she obtained a degree in Engineering and Masters degree in Architecture at the Gdansk Polytechnic. Since arrival in Canada, she held a number of solo and joint exhibitions. She is represented by galleries in Canada and the United States. Her sculptures are held extensively in public and private collections in Europe, USA,
South America and Canada. She works in stone, gesso-duro, fiberglass and metal.
