“vårofferet” (rite of spring) has become one of the most famous ballets of all time – a modern classic that is performed both as a pure concert piece and with choreography. for this performance, the bodø-based choreographer stian danielsen creates his very own version with arktisk filharmoniske.

in arne lygre's latest play ikkje ein lyd, we meet seven different people who live on the same island. four have returned to their hometown after leaving and spending part of their adult lives elsewhere. two are new to the small community, while one of them never left. some have come to the island to escape the life they had, others to rediscover what once was, what they perhaps have lost.

director: johannes holmen dahl

set and costume design: nia damerell

sound design: alf lund godbolt

lighting design: martin myrvold

dramaturg: ingrid weme nilsen

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supernova is creating a space where movement, sound and light are transformed and twisted inwards and outwards. the audience is invited into a room where the tempo is turned down, the details come to the fore, and they can disappear into a slowly rotating choreographic object.

creators and movers: loan thanh ha, ida gudbrandsen and rikke baewert
music: david kiers
lighting: martin myrvold
costume: harald lundehelgesen

an epic masterpiece of love, loss, life and death, where the stories of generations of gay people intertwine in what has been called "perhaps the most important american play of this century"!

written by: matthew lopez. director: johannes holmen dahl. set design: nia damarell. music: erik hedin. lighting design: martin myrvold

yaniv cohens production premieres at dansens hus in december 24.

it turns out that we are more easily distracted these days, like children bubbling over with restless, untamed energy. at the same time, we are expected to have self-control over this 'natural' behaviour, which makes some of us feel like 'caged animals'.

- in the machinery of my body, skin stretches, bones support, muscles contract and sweat pours down. i move my body, and joints pivot, limbs extend, tendons flex. breath quickens, pulse races in a synchronized dance of effort. my senses sense the journey of exertion. sometimes I find peace.
yaniv cohen.

diving into the innermost layers of the body
experiencing memories, forgotten memories, memories trailing behind
damp memories in an undertow
a drop in an ocean
floating between states
shifting weight through new focal points, the anchor adjusts
an attempt to create connections and preserve

choreography and dance: ida haugen

set designnt: tove dreiman

costume design: chris le

lighting design: martin myrvold

kompani haugesund premieres its next all-night dance performance, with works by local choreographers ludvig herstad and ingeleiv berstad. the two choreographers operate at opposite ends of what dance can be, and in this performance they are invited to each create their own premiere for the company's dancers, and also weave the works together.

in this staging of henrik ibsen's masterpiece, director johannes holmen dahl will go into the core of peer gynt. ibsen's symbol-heavy and rich text is interpreted by a strong team of actors, and ragnhild hemsing, one of our foremost grieg interpreters, is on stage with ole bull's own harding fiddle.

the elephant man is based on a true story about the disfigured man joseph merrick. in this comprehensive retelling, we meet a man who is made an outsider and shown against his will. how long can a person feel alienated before they rebel?

director: sargun oshana
set and costume design: david gehrt
video: o future
lighting design: martin myrvold

finally, ibsen's text and grieg's music come together again!

a star team of actors, singers and musicians gives you a powerful experience in a full-stage production of peer gynt. johannes holmen dahl is the director.

the 2024 bergen festival opens with a performance that gives space to both the text and the music of the norwegian icon peer gynt. herbert nordrum as peer and directed by johannes holmen dahl.

library of gestures - janne camilla lyster PREMIERE

library of gestures consists of a movement choir with no less than 20 dancers, one flutist and one percussionist. the performance is built up from three layers: a mathematically structured movement layer of gestures, as well as live music and text. the text is essayistic and poetic, with historical references revolving around human loneliness, hope and confusion.

is there any point in trying to be happy? not according to philosopher arthur schopenhauer. people are blind, stupid and horny in their desperate search for happiness - he thought. our pursuit of sex, money, material things and ambitions only makes us more unhappy.

the danish playwright rune david grue has brought schopenhauer's rules of living from the 19th century into banal, modern everyday life. in the performance, we meet 6 people in search of happiness who are repeatedly met with disappointment.

what is the cost of a person's morality? and how far is someone willing to go to save themselves and theirs? in the world-renowned play the visit, you are invited to the small town of güllen, which is on the brink of financial ruin. suddenly, the search-rich and mysterious claire zachanassian appears. she herself grew up in the city and has now returned with a gold-edged and macabre proposal in her suitcase: she offers the city's residents an enormous sum of money - in exchange for them avenging the evil that was once committed against her.

director - sigrid strøm reibo. set and costume - katja ebbel. lighting design - martin myrvold.

a monologue with ipek mehlum, directed by bentein baardson.

since the dawn of time, man has asked the same questions. and tried to answer each other, as well as possible. the answers have become stories, often about good and evil, right and wrong, truth and lies. what they all have in common is that they try to give us a point of reference and a foothold in the enigmatic ... our lives.

through the ages, stories have become myths, myths have become truths. and truths can become legends again... the present's past our future. we never stop reflecting on the creation of the world.

premiere at christiania theatre in oslo.

rain man" is a funny and touching story based on the oscar-winning film with tom cruise and dustin hoffman. in the theater performance you will meet nicolai cleve broch and bjarte hjelmeland in the lead roles as the babbitt brothers.

tungtvann returning to rockefeller in oslo.

in 2024 it is 25years ago since the album “reinspikka hip hop” was released.

at the invitation of rockefeller and svømmehallen, poppa lars, jørg-1 and jan steigen are now ready with an upgraded and tailored party show that takes us to most of the mountain tops, and also down into a couple of forgotten wave valleys.

tungtvann returning to svømmehallen scene in bodø.

in 2024 it is 25years ago since the album “reinspikka hip hop” was released.

at the invitation of rockefeller and svømmehallen, poppa lars, jørg-1 and jan steigen are now ready with an upgraded and tailored party show that takes us to most of the mountain tops, and also down into a couple of forgotten wave valleys.

exploded view is a dance performance and an open choreographic machinery. in a juxtaposition of text and movement, linguistic hierarchies and meaning production are put to the test. with the conventions of the stage space and the expectations of the moment of the performance as a contextual starting point, a new performance is created by and with the same artistic team behind the performance alt nå, from 2019.

fabulation is a duo performance created and performed by choreographers bára sigfúsdóttir (IS/NO) and orfee schuijt (FR/NO). it is also created in collaboration with scenographer kjersti alm eriksen, composers/musicians eivind lønning and kim myhr, and light designer martin myrvold.

the shimmering orchestra playing in gdansk.

sympathetic magic (which was released on lp, hubro, 2022) takes us back to a time when the world outside was alien and mysterious, and the line between reality and fantasy was blurred. the music expresses a cautious optimism, a belief that the social ecstasy we all longed for can once again be experienced.

sympathetic magic (which was released on lp, hubro, 2022) takes us back to a time when the world outside was alien and mysterious, and the line between reality and fantasy was blurred. the music expresses a cautious optimism, a belief that the social ecstasy we all longed for can once again be experienced.

link to munch museums site here!

dronninger by un-magritt nordseth at ælvespeilet

in dronninger you meet dancers from 53 to 74 years of age. the elders have been leaders in norwegian dance for many years, and share their experiences after a few years away from the stage.

premiere at teater vestland in september 23, then touring with riksteatret with 50 stops the following months.

they call him tollak to ingeborg. everyone knows about the old stable boy who lives up by the sawmill. everyone knows that his kids don't come home very often. everyone knows he adopted him they called oddotosken. and everyone remembers his good wife. but there is something people don't know.

it's time to tell.

dansefot 2023 premiere at bærum kulturhus.

the performance presents a versatile and varied program with three premieres by choreographers thea bay, ingri fiksdal and hege haagenrud. let yourself be touched and excited by what curious young people and experienced dance artists can achieve together!

fabulation at studio alta in prague.

fabulation is a duo performance created and performed by choreographers bára sigfúsdóttir (IS/NO) and orfee schuijt (FR/NO). It is also created in collaboration with scenographer kjersti alm eriksen, composers/musicians eivind lønning and kim myhr, and light designer martin myrvold. the two performers follow physically fantastic speculative pathways. down and up through magic wormholes, from one dancer to the other, ideas and affects are passed on and on, bouncing furthermore into the room. the dancers absorb each other’s bodies just like insects would merge with and imitate their environment, losing themselves in their quest of becoming other. their journey weaves a common world, full of ornaments and eccentricity, like a techno-organic storytelling with plenty of explicit musicality. the performance balances between fiction and the real. what is my body made of? is what i feel through my skin real? the dancers put into question the materiality of things and gladly explore and tell stories of somatic fiction.

tungtvann at haikjeften festival

det tungt, det vann, taket står i brann! nord-norges raplegender er tilbake i narvik for første gang på 16 år, og poppa lars, jørg-1 og jan steigen har sekken full av gamle hits og live favoritter.

sympathetic magic was written during the last year's lockdown and is a declaration of love for collective rituals and gathering with other people. the concert can be experienced as a 70-minute long social ritual, and which according to the composer himself is perhaps the most personal music he has ever made. the music expresses a cautious optimism, where the social ecstasy we have all longed for may again be possible to experience.

mimi devine is former carte blanche dancer shlomi ruimi's alter ego as an entertainer and drag queen. she has had tremendous success, and is now taking her art and her followers on tiktok and instagram to the stage. all about mimi is a dance performance where mimi mimes, dances and acts together with four other voguers from the norwegian ballroom scene.

your shadow is a tribute to the shadow; as an inevitable companion, a witness, someone who fills in the story and gives reality a different perspective.