NEWS

This upcoming Friday and Saturday Jo Strømgren Kompani will perform A DANCE TRIBUTE TO PING PONG at Dansehallerne, Copenhagen, as part of a big showcase held together with our Danish and Finnish friends from Granhøj Dans and Karttunen Kollektiv. Experience 8 different performances in 2 days! For tickets and more information visit Dansehallerne’s website.

Jo Strømgren Kompani has been invited to perform at the 18th International Baltic Ballet Festival in Latvia this April. The cast and crew are looking forward to doing both A DANCE TRIBUTE TO THE ART OF FOOTBALL in Rezekne and Valmiera, and A DANCE TRIBUTE TO PING PONG at the National Opera House in Riga. For more information, see the International Baltic Ballet Festival webpage

The dancers and crew of A DANCE TRIBUTE TO THE ART OF FOOTBALL are in Toronto preparing for 4 performances at Harbourfront Centre this week. In addition to the performances there will be workshops, talkback and other activities related to the production. For more information, see the Harbourfront Centre webpage.

The new home venue for JSK in Oslo is now the Opera House. A long term agreement ensures approx 20 shows annually, both repertory and premieres. This coincides with Jo Strømgren’s appointment as Associated Choreographer with the Norwegian National Ballet. Audience accessibility is now at its best ever. Take your seats and enjoy the flight.

After performing A DANCE TRIBUTE TO THE ART OF FOOTBALL at the Festival Internacional de Ballet de La Habana, JSK has received the Cuban Critics Award PREMIO VILLANUEVA 2012. The jury verdict sounds:
“For the efficient combination of dance, humor, acting work, brilliant lighting and the general perception of the link between art and sport, in line with a poetic form of theatre that for the second time was presented to the Cuban audience”- referring to THE SOCIETY which performed in Havana in 2011 and gained the same award.