MADE IN OSLO

The original Made in Oslo program features GONE (2015), THE RING (2014) and KVART (2007). Each piece explores its own theme, portraying different aspects of contemporary life. All three works were created for the dance company Oslo Danse Ensemble.

• GONE is a little wonder about the relationship between sadness and nostalgia, about where something ends and something else begins, and about the aggression and denials that one has to go through along the way.

• THE RING – this choreography plays with perhaps the world’s oldest symbol, the ring, to crackling French music from the 1930’s.

• KVART explores a type of dance that is not so often shown on stage – dancers who dance for each other, where all movements are made on a square woollen blanket.

Also been a part of Made in Oslo:

• GROSSTADTSAFARI – reflects on the build-up of tension in overcrowded, hectic places. A strong and energetic piece about how the lack of private space in urban environments affects us.

• SALVE REGINA – Where and how do we seek out comfort and relief? An excerpt featuring a parody of human shortcomings, power games and moral ambivalence.

• A DANCE TRIBUTE TO PING PONG – an Asian guru leader leads his followers through the minefield of modern life and shows them the way to happiness in the afterlife. The audience is treated to both entertaining dance and comic situations.

• SUITE – an ironic paraphrase of three different relationships, performed in a neo-classical style around a grand piano to a suite by Jean-Philippe Rameau.