H2DANCE is choreographer/ performer duo Hanna Gillgren (SE) and Heidi Rustgaard (NO). Their work sits in between performance and dance and can be characterized as interdisciplinary, often taking a humorous approach to serious subject matters. Recurring themes in their choreography are group behaviour, conformity, power balance and manipulation. The notion of the group versus the …
In the middle of Jyväskylä, Central Finland, lays the fresh and unpredictable Dance Company Off/Balance. Since establishment in 2010 artistic directors Elina Häyrynen and Terhi Kuokkanen have generated the company a versatile repertoire alongside international recognition (performances at ICE HOT and tanzmesse nrw). Their works have been performed at factories, museums, galleries, beaches and forests …
Accessible dance art, reaching a broad audience Maria Naidu wants dance to provoke, stimulate and inform rather than just entertain. She explores the social, emotional, and spiritual dimensions that dance generates. The starting point is the power of dance to communicate directly, across all kinds of boundaries, and its ability to deeply touch people. Maria’s …
ICE HOT Nordic Dance Platform Norway 9 – 14 December 2014 ICE HOT is a Nordic brand developed to present and promote Nordic contemporary dance. ICE HOT is aiming at developing artistic quality by increasing mobility and performance opportunities for Nordic dance artists in the Nordic market, with global reach and network opportunities. ICE HOT …
Korp Korp photographer: Anja Elmine Basma I Vesterled photographer: Nadja Franssen Annika Ostwald and Ida Uvaas are two freelance dance artists based in Norway and Sweden. Ostwald/Uvaas have an ongoing collaboration creating interactive performances, which communicate with their audiences through the use of all senses. Over the past 5 years, Ostwald/Uvaas/Bjerkeskaug/Stene have played more than …
