Double the excitement! Two JSK world premieres await you this May!

Okno/The Cello with music by Johann Sebastian Bach, premieres on May 18th at The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The Basement premieres on May 23rd at The Norwegian Opera and Ballet, in Oslo, Norway.

Okno/The Cello:

We look at the world and the world looks at us.

In a burgundy-red salon, a cellist prepares for a concert with a group of dancers. The music, Bach’s cello suites, follows its own abstract logic where associations can flow freely: one thought leads to another, and no interjections are wrong.

The performance takes the shape of a chamber play where associations seem to take some complicated turns for the cellist herself. As always with Jo Strømgren, the narrative is rich with imagination and pointed humor, but this time without any specific theme or storyline. Here, dance and music take the leading role.

Premiere: Saturday, May 18th at The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre, Ostrava.

Performances take place from 18.05.2024 until 03.04.2025. For more details and tickets here

Okno/The Cello will premiere in Norway at The Norwegian Opera and Ballet on the 24th of February 2025.

The Basement:

In a basement, we find four women, three dead and one alive. From the floor above, we hear the muffled voices of a men’s party. It’s sad. Until an arm twitches.

The Basement is on one level a delirious tribute to the millions of women throughout history doomed to a fate of early death and oblivion, guilty of nothing else than being women. On another level, it’s a confusing fable about reincarnation. If we wake up as someone else, are we able to fully represent that person or do we just find ourselves bewildered by weird costumes?

For more details and tickets here

Performances:
PREMIERE: THURSDAY MAY 23RD – 19:30 / Scene 2, The Norwegian Opera and Ballet.
FRIDAY MAY 24TH – 19:30 / Scene 2, The Norwegian Opera and Ballet.
SATURDAY MAY 25TH – 18:30 / Scene 2, The Norwegian Opera and Ballet.
SUNDAY MAY 26TH- 15:00 / Scene 2 The Norwegian Opera and Ballet.