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Koreografilaboratoriet2023

Norwegian

<h2>Skjære Sale: Trans Rites</h2>Trans Rites is a ground(breaking) performance work by internationally unacclaimed artist skjære. Trapped in the immediacy of the trans experience, the work ruptures from the timeless major of Norwegian contemporary art to imagine a future-now that the body can-must inhabit, both out of desire and need (potentially imagined as the same thing). Trans Rites is both the culmination of a centuries long process of ancestral becomings and a spontaneous, slapdash, hodgepodge work, drawing only on the most now objects of the performer’s life. Invoking the spirits of dead queers, living queers, some cool cis people, the smoke off a joint, the smell of the forest, literature, lovers, and forever-now sites of speculation, Trans Rites is-was-will be a spell you are already part of casting.Living between Oslo and a regenerative farm in Skiptvet, skjære (she/her) is a trans-spiritualist, theorist and performance artist working out of the legacy of the counterculture and the developing field of queer theory. From the trans-insurgent wrestling performance for teenagers, The Art of Play(ing Man), to her institutionally critical kunstnerstipender, An Anti-Arbeidsstipend and a minor arbeidsstipend, skjære’s work challenges capitalist and institutional ideations through queer play, anarchist politics, and decolonial imaginaries to present other worlds here and now that we can step right into.&nbsp;Choreography and Performance: skjære Lighting Design: skjære Sound design: skjære og Sam Lindholm Costume Design: skjære and Malene Juliussen Photo:&nbsp;Øystein Kind Special Thanks: Ursula K. Le Guin, Nancy Stark Smith, Peter Pleyer, Steve Paxton, Kaisa Kukkonen, Sunniva Moen Rørvik, Miriam Levy, Cami Brogaard, Ulf Nilseng, Østmarka and the Long-tailed Skuas&nbsp;<h2> Shelmith Øseth and&nbsp;Michael Aspli: Horse in Flames</h2>Horse in Flames examines how systems of power exploit human vulnerability, and how the resulting disappointment and despair can be transformed into strength. Through dance, spoken text, and simple materials, it stages this process of human resistance. Horses in Flames is a dance performance about reclaiming personal freedom and power. It acts as both a protest and a rejection of societal limits. The performance expresses frustration and disappointment from having vulnerabilities taken advantage of and basic needs ignored. The main characters interact both within themselves and with the audience , interplaying the relationship between the "powerful" and the "powerless"— the rich and poor, the oppressor and oppressed.&nbsp; Concept and choregraphy: Shelmith Øseth Co-creating dancer and choreography: Michael Aspli Text: Angélica Liddell (bearbeidet av Shelmith Øseth) Initiative and development support: Anne Ekenes og Pia Holden&nbsp; Photo: Neil Nesbit &nbsp;&nbsp;<h2>Waldane Walker:&nbsp;ZONG&nbsp;</h2>Zong is an experimental dance performance commemorating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zong_massacre">1781 Zong massacre</a>.By weaving movement, ritual, and celebratory funerary traditions from African Caribbean cultures, the performance pays tribute to lives lost in this cruel historical event. It asserts that death is not an ending but a powerful act of liberation.&nbsp; As such, the work facilitates this act of liberality as an invitation to reconnect with the living architectures of ancestral memory, as recognised across African cosmologies.Photo: Neil Waite&nbsp;&nbsp;<h2>Johanne Skogstad, Elna Anckarman, Paulina Lidholm og Pani Georgiou -&nbsp;Creatures Do: vol II: The Englishman</h2>Four grumpy old men are gathered to tell their story. The Englishman is a sharp, tender, and darkly funny theatrical piece where suppressed emotion leaks through stiff bodies, oversized suits, and exaggerated, almost tragic faces. Beneath the gruff exterior stirs awkward, unspoken, but undeniably human. Performed by young women, this subtle satire of emotionally repressed masculinity balances discomfort with humor, revealing connection in the most unlikely place. Creatures Do Collective is a constellation of four creative minds devoted to creating original and high quality performative works. Johanne Annesdotter Skogstad (NR), Paulina Lidholm (SD), Elna Anckarman (SD), and Pani Georgiou (CY) have met through their bachelors education degree at the Institute of The Arts in Barcelona and have been in collaboration since(2024).Choreography &amp; performance: Johanne Annesdotter Skogstad, Paulina Lidholm, Elna Anckarman, Pani Georgiou Musician: Salar Nikkar&nbsp; Outer eye: Jessica Lauren Elizabeth Taylor

<h2>Artistic team Dansens Hus &nbsp;</h2>Light design: Reidar Richardsen Sound design: Antony Aubert Head of stage: Carl Nilssen-Love Project manager: Jo Even Bjørke Stage manager: Tone Lovisa Djønne

Koreografilaboratoriet 2026

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International

Australian Nicola Gunn is a Bergen-based artist working between contemporary performance, choreography, writing and pedagogy. Her works have been presented in venues and festivals across 19 countries, among them: Venezia Biennale di Danza, Tanz im August, Tanzquartier Wien, La Villette, Theatre Silvia Monfort, 4+4 Days in Motion Prague, Southbank Centre, Dublin Theatre Festival and others. Her works tend to complicate the relationship between herself, the material and the audience, and the slippages between the body on stage and text – whether written or spoken.

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After talk: Nicola Gunn and Hanne Tømta

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Outdoors

What is TILT&nbsp;Grow? TILT&nbsp;Grow is Panta Rei Danseteater’s own talent development programme. The aim of the programme is to promote the artistic development of dance artists and equip them with the tools to thrive in an ever-changing field. For an entire year, the dance artists are given the opportunity to immerse themselves in their own projects and take the joy of dance into the wider community.&nbsp;

Oslofjorden danser 2026

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Queer

STICKY Productions (Edginton/Lothe/Olsen/Parsons) is a dance collective of gay, female dance artists based in Oslo. Their works delve into the physical and the sensitive, the playful and the peculiar. Using the open and expressive body, they investigate social themes in productions that move between the actual and the abstract. These productions aim to give their audiences the chance to get close to imagination and to absorb stories kinaesthetically.Their first work Økohelter, has toured extensively in Norway (with performances at Dansens Hus in 2022 and 2023), and was nominated for the Gulljerven and Hedda awards in the ‘best children’s production’ and ‘best dance production’ categories.&nbsp;

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- a deeply personal, and intensely political, exploration of gay and Aboriginal identities.

Joel weaves his way through and around the audience, one moment channeling childlike innocence, the next exuding muscular gay-male bravado and moments later crashing to the floor in torment. The audience gradually learns the true story of lost innocence, colonisation and sexual assault that has led to his family and cultural dislocation.Hilarious, provocative and heartfelt, this show tickles the nerve endings of desire while prodding the cavities left by colonisation. Featuring Joel Bray’s trademark confection of conversation, dance and all-you-can-eat audience participation, Daddy is a sweet feast with a deadly aftertaste. The performance involves the use of sweets, including large amounts of powdered sugar. This is a standing performance, but a limited number of priority seats (with restricted view) are available for those who cannot stand for longer periods.

- Joel has developed a reputation as one of the most electric new figures in Australian dance who has an uncanny ability to explore his journey and unapologetically present it in a conversational manner.

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PRIDE PRE-PARTY

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Artist talks: Joel Bray Dance & Sticky Productions

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Workshop

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Workshop: Karhutanssi Dance Company x PRODA

Opening party: Autumn 2026

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After talk: Mia Habib

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Workshop: A song to …

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Performance and dj-set: DJ SAUNASATAN & EIEI

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After talk: Karhutanssi Dance Company

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Workshop in Käsityö – traditional Kven crafts

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Dance intro: Vaimovoima

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After talk: Bobbi Lo Produktion

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Dance intro: SUBKULTUREN

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Workshop: Michael Tang

DJ-set: Love, song & dance

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After talk: CARTE BLANCHE

Dance intro: Unchained Melody

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