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Skoða vefinn á Íslensku
In a world where money and parties, beauty and fame are all that matters, nineteen-year-old Kata is pregnant and in the throes of an existential crisis.
The musical Leg by Hugleik Dagsson and Flís, which premiered at the National Theatre in the fall of 2007 to great popularity, will be the graduation show for acting students at the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2025.
Leg is set in Iceland in a future that was once distant and dystopian but is very much in line with our times. It can be said that Hugleik's vision has come true in many ways, most of us seek love and acceptance on social media while existing in real life is becoming increasingly complicated. The pressure to look flawless, have the most beautiful home, the coolest job and the most fun friends is increasing. But how much of this really matters?
Þórunn Arna Kristjánsdóttir directs a dynamic group of graduates from the Iceland Academy of the Arts' acting program, where the newest generation of theater artists tackles Hugleikur Dagsson's sharp social satire with humor and playfulness as their guiding principles.
Graduates/Actors:
Elva María Birgisdóttir
Helga Salvör Jónsdóttir
Hrafnhildur Ingadóttir
Ingi Þór Þórhallsson
Katla Þórudóttir Njálsdóttir
Kristinn Oli Sigrunarson Haraldsson
Mímir Bjarki Pálmason
Sólbjört Sigurðardóttir
Stefan Kári Ottosson
Salka Gústafsdóttir, her final project is Storm, which is performed at the National Theatre.
"It's so awesome to be young and beautiful." in a protected environment. It's so awesome to be in high school. where everyone loves you.”
"In a world where money and parties, beauty and fame are all that matters, nineteen-year-old Kata is pregnant and in an existential crisis."
"Many thousands of millions of years later everything has been activated except the sun. Natural beauty a ghost of the past and humanity tightens its grip.”
WORDS FROM THE DIRECTOR:
Dear theatergoers.
It is with optimism, professionalism and sparkling creativity that the 10 acting students launch their flight into the professional world of the performing arts. They do not attack the garden where it is lowest, but rather tackle LEG by Hugleik Dagsson and Flís, a work that broke a new chapter in Icelandic performing arts history when it was staged in 2007. LEG still has a message as it did then, even more so when the zeitgeist and the use of social media are put into context with the work.
The artists who are now graduating as actors with a BA degree from the Icelandic Academy of Arts have last three years devoted to studiesnu and the goddess of art with admirable determination and sincerity. Body and voice technique, acting technique and the theory of acting have been their nest, but now it is time for them to fly with outstretched wings into the future.
We congratulate them on their achievement and wish them good luck and success in life and on their path to art.
Agnar Jón Egilsson
Director of the acting program at the Icelandic Academy of Music
