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.
Double bill of JSK at Les BorÉales
During the next week both THE WRITER and THERE will be performed at Comedie de Caen during the 23rd edition of Festival Les Boréales.
More performances for ORIGIN OF SPECIES
Our co-production with Mungo Park, ORIGIN OF SPECIES, will tonight kick off another performance period in Denmark. And in January it can be seen at The Norwegian Opera and Ballet in Oslo and at Tou Scene in Stavanger.
Official showcase at CINARS 2014
Our performance THE BORDER is selected as 1 of 5 official theatre showcases at the CINARS Biennale 2014 – this week in Montreal, Canada. A 25 – minute excerpt will be shown at Monument-National November 21 at 06:00PM. We are excited!
Workshop at Guangdong Dance Festival
Next week two of our FOOTBALL and PING PONG performers will be arranging the workshop A DANCE TRIBUTE TO THE ART OF SPORTS at Guangdong Dance Festival in Guangzhou, China. The workshop is in collaboration with Ibsen International and Ibsen in China.