Contemporary Dance Practices graduation double bill

From May 9th – 16th the Contemporary Dance Practices 3rd year students present two dance pieces as part of their graduation festival; Divine by Halla Ólafsdóttir & Disaster Resilience of the Water by Sandrine Cassini.

Dancers//students: Andrea María Ólafsdóttir, Bertine Bertelsen Fadnes, Elida Angvik Hovdar, Elsa Kamöy Furuseth, Jaakko Juhani Fagerberg, Leevi Alpo Antinpoika Mettinen, Mari Ann Valkna, María Kristín Jóhannsdóttir, Rebekka Guðmundsdóttir & Torfi Tómasson.

We will open for ticket booking in the end of April. Stay tuned for more information.

ABOUT THE PIECES:

Divine
By: Halla Ólafsdóttir

Divine is a dance performance by Halla Ólafsdóttir that premiered at Uniarts in Stockholm 2024. The performance, made in collaboration with the dancers, combines Halla Ólafsdóttir obsessions with the diva, witch and the rockstar and shapeshifts with every divine performer that inhabits it.

Divine invites you into a hypnotic world where a coven of dancers shapeshift contemporary dance into a divine ritual, a divine narrative, a divine badger, a divine spiral, a divine attention, a divine pose, a divine listening, a divine crow, a divine rockstar, a divine composition, a divine shaking, a divine trajectory, a divine imagination, a divine feeling, a divine translation, a divine transmutation, a divine lake, a divine screaming, a divine channeling, a divine choir, a divine diagonal, a divine forest, a divine disgusting and cute diva.

The dance conjures a divine presence—intense, commanding, and ever-shifting—exploring the raw dynamics between performer and spectator.

Through movement, voice, and an immersive soundscape, Divine transforms space, oscillating between the close-up and grand landscapes. It is a ritual of collective energy, inspired by the depth of a still lake and the untamed force of a coven.

„Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.“ – Simone Weil

Disaster Resilience of the Water
By Sandrine Cassini

Individuals or communities thought of as a miniature universe or a world itself

The idea of the piece came as a reflection of the journey these 10 individuals took for the last 3 years of their lives. The program and the desire to study dance brought them together, here in Reykjavik from different countries, different background, experiences, needs, expectations. What does this mean? If we are bound to be together, is there an observation time, is there fear, are there doubts? About ourselves, about the others

When is the sense of community emerging? When do we start trusting each other? Are we influenced by the others? And as times passes by what will remain of this journey? Will it change us? What will we leave behind?