THERE in Trondheim
Next week JSK will finally visit Trondheim again, with the successful revival of THERE. We are really looking forward to a four-day run at Trøndelag Teater!
El Condor flies again
This week Anders Budde Christensen, Henrik Prip and Nicolai Jandorf will once again investigate Darwin’s theory of evolution in ORIGIN OF SPECIES. This acclaimed production can be seen at Mungo Park on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th March.
Rehearsals started at the Opera House
This week the original 2001 cast of THERE has started rehearsals at the Opera House. Thorbjørn Harr, Jan Ivar Lund, Espen Reboli Bjerke and Kyrre Texnæs can be seen at Scene 2 in June, re-doing the show they performed more than a 100 times, to great acclaim, in the early 2000s.
PREMIERE: HATTRICK
Get ready for the kickoff of another powerful celebration of the physical exuberance of football and dance! In HATTRICK, our coproduction with Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz (München), a 2015 version of JSK’s acclaimed football performance forms part of a dance evening circling around the myths and realities of football and masculinity.
Czech-Norwegian Ping Pong project
This spring Jo Strømgren Kompani has a collaboration project with Czech dance company 420PEOPLE and the festival TANECVALMEZ, including both A DANCE TRIBUTE TO PING PONG and A DANCE TRIBUTE TO THE ART OF FOOTBALL.
Czterdzie?ci on tour in Poland
After a fun week of workshops in Oslo at Spin OFF, the dancers of Polish Dance Theatre have gone back to Poznan. Today they start the spring tour of our coproduction Czterdziesci in Krosno. Saturday they perform in Krakow at the Malopolski Ogrod Sztuk. See our schedule for more dates!
Off to the North Atlantic again
Jo Strømgren Kompani has been working in the North Atlantic area for several years. The initiative to the 2015 tour is based on our past collaborations with partners in this area, and this time we will send THE BORDER to visit the area. First out is The Faroe Islands.
International premiere of THE KITCHEN
This weekend the international premiere of our children’s performance THE KITCHEN will take place at Oulu Theatre Festival for Young Audiences. We are really extited to finally bring this successful production abroad!
Happy New Year
We kick-start 2015 with ORIGIN OF SPECIES at The Norwegian Opera & Ballet in Oslo and at Tou Scene in Stavanger. THE KITCHEN embark on yet another school tour in Østfold, and there will be more chances to see CZTERDZIE?CI in Poland in January/February.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
2014 has been an amazing year for JSK. A year filled with exciting touring adventures, inspiring collaborations and new creations. 11 different JSK productions have visited 16 different countries, with a total of over 260 performances.
THE KITCHEN TOURING TRONDHEIM
This week we set off touring Trondheim with the Kitchen for the first two weeks of December. We are very much enjoying visiting the schools this cozy time of year.