Tours 2017

Akram Khan Chotto Desh

Chotto Desh is a magical dance theatre experience for you and your family to enjoy together. A playful story about identity and a young man’s childhood, about his parent’s expectations and the importance of following your dreams. With spectacular animations and specially-composed music, we move between the bustling streets of Bangladesh and an enchanted forest. There we meet both a gigantic elephant and upset gods of the forest. Akram Khan is one of the most renowned and celebrated choreographer of our time. With roots in traditional kathak dance, he has developed his own unique contemporary style. He has toured the world and worked together with stars such as Juliette Binoche, the National Ballet of China and Sylvie Guillem. Chotto Desh is Akram Khan’s first work for families and is inspired by his own childhood, with one foot in the UK and the other in Bangladesh. Chotto Desh was performed in Halmstad, Göteborg, Jönköping, Luleå, Piteå, Umeå, Kungsbacka and Malmö.

Ludvig Daae & Joanna Nordahl Hyperfruit

“Can you hear me? Can you see me?” wonders Ludvig Daae, dancing in sequins in front of a Skype window projecting a distracted Joanna Nordahl. In the performance Hyperfruit Internet communications are transformed to a distinctive and compelling story of two people’s love and dialogue online. Make-up tips, music videos and cyber hate create a layer-on-layer work, where a longing for closeness and intimacy pervades the entire performance. The connection is lost, giving rise to frustration, a video diary emerges and slowly the dramaturgy of a dance performance takes shape. A collage with both popular culture and warmth – as well as with YouTube phenomenon and pain. Hyperfruit was performed in Umeå, Gävle, Fårösund and Linköping.

Alma Söderberg / Alex Deutinger & Alexander Gottfarb Nadita / Chivalry is Dead

Experience sound, rhythm and movement like you never have before. Meet the phenomenal Alma Söderberg, who – flailing, clapping and snorting – transforms her body into an instrument. Contemporary dance’s answer to beatboxing, she takes the stage in an energetic and comical solo. After the intermission we are greeted by two men in full plate armour – an equally hilarious and absurd image. Clumsier dancers have probably never been encountered. Two heavy bodies of steel move across the stage, clanking, crawling and tumbling like fallen heroes. Together they produce a cacophony that nothing can shield us from. Nadita and Chivalry is Dead was performed in Uppsala, Karlskrona, Växjö, Malmö, Jönköping and Vara.

Stina Nyberg Splendour

Splendour is 52 minutes of total eruption in which seven dancers don’t just dance to the music but are the music. Each body is a rhythm, a sound or fragment, and collectively they become the techno music in the room. The dancers move jerkily, pumping, repetitively. A pulse becomes a movement. Movement becomes a beat. Together they constitute a sweaty dance floor, completely absorbed in the music. Choreographer Stina Nyberg’s collaborations include The Knife, The Royal Opera Ballet and the Cullberg Ballet, as well as collectives such as the Samlingen and The Future. Since completing her master’s degree in choreography, she creates work that always takes feminist perspective of the body: investigating its social, biological and political construction and its ability to move. Splendour was performed in Falkenberg, Uppsala, Växjö, Karlskrona, Uddevalla, Malmö, Borås and Jönköping.

Subjazz KABOOM

Come and encounter a vibrant and explosive dance performance with roots in the entertaining genre of jazz dance. A catalytic, tough and raw experience, delivered by six talented dancers. Together they showcase a demanding performance, with synchronized choreography and dramatic solos. Their intensive energy keeps you sitting on the edge of your seat. Karl and Knut, the choreographers of Subjazz, have been working together and developing their choreographic expression for over 10 years. With roots in jazz dance and modern jazz, their performance is both groundbreaking and crossover, which is reflected in their strong commitment to the genre. KABOOM was performed in Vara, Falkenberg, Kungsbacka, Gävle, Piteå, Kalix, Luleå, Borås, Uddevalla, Västerås, Linköping and Visby.

Charlotte Engelkes Min Mamma – En Dokumentärmusikal

Min mamma – en dokumentärmusikal is a tribute to all mothers. With love, a gentle hand and glowing conviction, Charlotte Engelkes thanks our mothers for everything in her latest solo performance. We would not be who we are without them. This somewhat crazy musical documentary embroils freshly made waffles, song and dance numbers about pills, cats, longing, drug abuse, as well as an endless trail of cigarette butts. The portrait painted on stage could have been a dark one. But on the contrary, Charlotte Engelkes creates a loving tribute to all mothers at a breakneck pace and with brutally honest humor. At times, she is interrupted by her own mother, who was documented on film late in life. Here, her mother quips her own singular views on life, gnomes, motherhood in itself and the universe. Min mamma was performed in Lund, Malmö, Uppsala, Linköping, Göteborg, Piteå and Haparanda.

Andersson Dance Alae

Alae is a full-evening performance for a grand piano, a pianist and three dancers. Together, they tackle Beethoven’s magnificent piano music. The work illustrates the poetry of everyday life with the help of the choreographer’s fine-tuned expression and spatial dynamics. Playful meets heartfelt when these brilliant stage artists come together with live music on stage. 88 keys and 3 dancers together create a room full of possibility. The performance is an artistic meeting between Örjan Andersson, one of Sweden’s leading choreographers, and the New York-based Beethoven-interpreter Per Tengstrand, one of Sweden’s most successful musicians on the international concert scene. Alae was performed in Växjö, Jönköping, Örebro, Karlskrona, Västerås, Kungsbacka, Göteborg and Umeå.

Khamlane Halsackda Ursäkta Oss

What happens when people from all over the world come together to learn the unsystematic, preposition-filled, sh-sound loving Swedish language? Ursäkta oss is a twisted and humoristic dance performance; a total experience that compels you to confront your own conceptions on identity, belonging and inclusion. The place is an SFI lesson. And you are the student. The space is a chameleon that shifts between the classroom, theatre stage and dream world. Here we encounter thoughts on language barriers, miscommunication and linguistic constraints. Ursäkta oss is a performance in lesson format, which not only turns the Swedish language upside down, but which also makes you laugh, leaves you astounded and teaches you new things. Everything is boiled down to an oh-so-simple but yet so hard to achieve desire: that people should get to know one another. Ursäkta oss was performed in Uddevalla, Borås, Falkenberg, Vara, Jönköping, Gävle, Umeå, Malmö, Linköping, Stockholm, Västerås and Växjö.

Art of Spectra Who are U

Who are U revolves around the issue of identity, how we define ourselves and what differentiates us from others. It is a performance about what it means to be human. Who am I? Who am I to others? In Art of Spectra’s stage language, visual art is crossbred with movement, light and sound. The choreographic language is at once fine-tuned and powerful, drawing energy from film, the martial arts and subculture. The choreographer’s background in breakdance is evident – a sounding board, and the choreography, always contains nerve-wracking moments and risk taking without a safety net. Art of Spectra’s artistic expression is ever evolving, with dialog as a constant. There is dialog with the audience, between the dancers, between the different artistic expressions and with society. And now they are wondering – who are you? Who are u? was performed in Halmstad, Umeå, Västerås, Gävle, Jönköping, Vara and Falkenberg.

Pere Faura Striptease

What do you expect to see when you go to a performance at NorrlandsOperan? What do you expect to see when you go to a striptease show? And what do you expect to see when you go to a dance show called Striptease at NorlandsOperan? The conventions of theatre and striptease are put side by side for a naked comparison in Pere Faura’s stand-up monologue Striptease, stirring up our role as spectators. With humour, surprises and the mechanisms of desire, the seductive relationship between audience and the stage performer is turned upside down. We take a deep dive into the world of striptease, our expectations ironized and suddenly – Pere Faura changes focus and your gaze plays the lead role! Who is ultimately undressed – is it the actor or the spectator? Striptease was performed in Stockholm, Uddevalla, Malmö, Umeå and Uppsala.