”Strømgren manages an almost impossible task: to create a dialogue with theatre, dance and football and to amuse the audience and building a score that looks like a lot of fun even for the dancers on stage".
Giulia Menegatti, Krapp´s Last Post
Jo Strømgren Kompani is attending the Internationale Tanzmesse in Dusseldorf this week. Please come visit us at booht R23 to pick up our catalogue, DVDs and hear the latest news!
As a part of our collaboration with Polish Dance Theatre, four Jo Strømgren Kompani dancers will be holding workshops in Poznan during the next week.
Our acclaimed performance THE BORDER will this week form part of the summer programme at our home stage in Oslo – The Norwegian Opera and Ballet. Jo Strømgren will perform himself at the premiere on August 5th.
We are very excited to be a part of the international festival Teatro a Corte located in the Piemonte Region, Italy. A DANCE TRIBUTE TO THE ART OF FOOTBALL can bee seen at the beautiful castle Venaria Reale, on the 2nd of August 9.30 pm, as a part of and this years program Nordic Window!
After a spring filled with happy kids, exciting tours, and finally a premiere in Moscow, its time for some rest. July means summner holidays in Norway and the JSK office will be closed through the month of July. However – we will certainly be back in the start of August! During the first few days of August 3 different JSK performances will be shown in 3 different cities. Come see us!
We are very happy to announce that Jo Strømgren Kompani has been awarded the Italian Hystrio Prize. This prize is given out by the Italian theatre magazine Hystrio, directed by Claudia Cannella. From 2011, and in collaboration with the Teatro a Corte Festival in Torino, a prize for excellence in the use of body language is given out to international artists. We are very proud that Jo Strømgren Kompani is honored with this prize.
“If this had been the Oscars, you would have won the prize for best children`s movie!!” Boy in the audience, 8 years old.
We are proud to announce that THE KITCHEN now has been performed over 150 times and reached an audience of 14200 people! We are looking forward to the festivals this summer, and will continue touring more schools this upcoming autumn and winter!
A DANCE TRIBUTE TO THE ART OF FOOTBALL will perform at Teatromania International Festival in Bytom this weekend.
The people and nature of the north atlantic area have a special place in our hearts. We are therefore thrilled to announce that JSK has received substantial support from The Nordic Culture Fund and The Norwegian Arts Council to conduct a touring project in this area spring 2015. Yeah!