| 14:00-16:45 | 21  |
UndersangLocation: Out in the woods
Location: Out in the woods
Address: Bus will leave from Beddingen Kulturhus Language: No language How to attend the performance - updated information:
The bus will leave from Beddingen Kulturhus at 14.00. It will also collect people from Smarthotel so please be ready there at 14.00 Members of the IETM Caravan Lofoten team will be at the bus. You do not need a ticket to the performance - just tell the bus driver that you are with IETM. The bus will return to Stormen Konserthus at around 16.45; the next session (Welcome Reception) is in this location at 17.00 Please note there will be a 30 minute walk to the performance location after the bus journey, and a 30 minute walk back to the bus at the end of the performance. As this performance takes place in a wood, the walk will be on uneven ground Please note there will be a 30 minute walk to the performance location after the bus journey, and a 30 minute walk back to the bus at the end of the performance. As this performance takes place in a wood, it will become very dark towards the end and the walk back will be on uneven ground in the dark. Undersang is a work by Harald Beharie in collaboration with Karoline Bakken Lund, Veronica Bruce and Christian Beharie, which takes shape as a performance ritual in the forest. Undersang is a tapestry of opulent configurations soaked in a shimmer of queer ecologies and extravagant gestures. Here mythologies, national romantic ideals and science fiction converge reveal a world of ancient powers. Weaving Afro and Asian-Nordic diasporic narratives, Undersang plays with the notion of dissonance as an ambiguous feeling of empowerment, sparking questions about cultural fictions and what it means to belong. As a ground for refusal, reclamation of time and looking beyond the idea of ownership, the work seeks fertile ground for healing, for lament and joyous celebration. Choreographer: Harald Beharie Thanks to: Pål Græsvik, Erick Kelly, Torbjørn Kolbeinsen, Tore Lund, Nicolas Jara Marthinsen, Magne Misje, Sven Undheim, Charlott Utzig Duration: 60 minutes (plus a 30 minute walk to the performance location, and a 30 minute walk back to the bus) Get in touchProduction contact: Email: production.beharie@gmail.com Status: Ready for touring |
| 11:15-12:15 | 21 |
Sneak Peek: What 3 Nordic Artists Explore in Their Creative WorkLocation: Beddingen Kulturhus
Location: Beddingen Kulturhus
Address: Tolder Holmers vei 4, 8003 Bodø | Event Map | Venue Accessibility Please note that one of the presentations will include reference to and descriptions of sexual assault. We will move into a separate room for this presentation, so it will be possible to listen to the two other presentations separately. We have invited three artists to showcase their fields and what interests them in their artistic practice. We encouraged them to present either a small detail or a broad overview. The key is to highlight what is important to them. Through this, we want to inspire and engage whoever is listening and watching. The artists we have invited are scenographer Fredrik Tjærandsen, playwright Karoline Una Moen, and dancer Thomas Voll, all from Nordland. Speakers: Fredrik Tjærandsen, Scenographer, Norway Thomas Voll, Thomas of Norway, Norway Karoline Una Moen, Playwright, Norway |
| 13:00-15:00 | 21 |
Maja Roel - UtopiaLocation: Bodø torg
Location: Bodø torg
Address: Bodø torg, 8006 Bodø, Norway | Event Map | Venue Accessibility Language: Norwegian Surtitles: No Please note: Due to capacity, half of the Caravan group will go to this performance and half to the performance called Økohelter (taking place at 14.00 at Stormen Konserthus). If you have a strong preference for either performance please let us know. Otherwise we will allocate the tickets randomly. Utopia is in town! During the last month, the nomadic Dreamplay has been absorbing the city – negotiating with the mountains and in dialogue with the local stories. Now, we open our doors and welcome you too. We welcome you into a spa for your soul, to experience how change is possible. You may have forgotten it, but together we will reminisce. We will recall our forgotten languages and tune in to the languageless. In September, Bodø dream centre opens its doors, and we look forward to welcoming you. Utopia – a Dream Play in Bodø is part of the following performance series: Utopia – A Dream Play from Tøyen co-produced by The National Theatre and Black Box Teater (2021); Utopia – A Dream Play from Kindergarten, co-produced by Black Box Teater (2023); and Utopia – A Dream Play from Saupstad (2024), co-produced by Rosendal Teater, DansiT – choreographic centre and Trøndelag Teater.
Duration: 60 minutes. You can stay for a further 60 minutes after the performance for dream play, if you would like. Credits Choreographer and director: Maja Roel in collaboration with the dream tourgiat [Dream Department] Idea, concept and dramaturgy are based on Utopia - a dream game from Tøyen by Maja Roel and Toril Solvang-Kayiambakis. Get in touchMaja Roel Status: Ready for touring |
| 14:00-14:50 | 21 |
STICKY - ØkohelterStormen Konserthus - Lille Sal
Stormen Konserthus - Lille Sal
Address: Storgata 1B, 8006 Bodø, Norway | Event Map | Venue Accessibility Language: Norwegian Please note: Due to capacity, half of the Caravan group will go to this performance and half to the performance Utopia (taking place at 13.00 at the Old Bohus Store). If you have a strong preference for either performance please let us know. Otherwise we will allocate the tickets randomly. An immersive dance performance for children that zooms in on the little creatures that live beneath the Norwegian forest floor. A microworld for the curious, join us as the forest floor crawls to life. Meet heroic creatures and their powers. Discover them emerge, evolve and regenerate in a playful dance of interconnection. Inside this tactile landscape, togetherness becomes key as the weave of life in the forest is revealed. After you visit this mysterious wonderland, perhaps you’ll see the forest in a new light? Suitable for children aged 4+ and their families. Duration: 40 minutes, and you can stay and play for 10 minutes after the performance Genre: Dance Credits Concept, choreography, performance: STICKY: Olivia Edginton, Maria Lothe, Ingvild Marstein Olsen, Hannah Parsons Music: with and by STICKY, arranged by Hannah Parsons Costume design: Tanja Andreeva Costume assistant: Celina Vimme Scenography: Baum & Leahy Scenography assistant: Damien Ajavon Artistic advisor: Karstein Solli Graphic design: Maria Telle Brendmoe Get in touchProduction contact: Ida Frømyr Borgen Tel: +47 47318792 Email: Stickydans@gmail.com Status: Ready for touring |
| 18:00-19:00 | 21 |
Carte Blanche - RETRO CATLocation: Stormen Konserthus - Store Sal
Location: Stormen Konserthus - Store Sal
Address: Storgata 1B, 8006 Bodø, Norway | Event Map | Venue Accessibility RETRO CAT unfolds in an oversized setting. Amid imaginative surroundings, we find the rear end of a giant cat. The cat butt acts as a magical portal. The cat’s tail sways back and forth. The portal pulsates. The moon rises with the sun. Strange creatures inhabit the stage. They sing in an unrecognisable language, yet we still understand. The figures on the stage are ambiguous in nature. Are they humans or animals, fish or birds, or something entirely different? RETRO CAT is a performance where set design, sound, light, and dancers merge into a lively and surreal experience. Contrasts and repetitions are explored. Tori Wrånes questions both the visible and the invisible. She playfully engages with parallel worlds and with new rules. Artist and composer Tori Wrånes has created spectacular works worldwide. In RETRO CAT, Wrånes has put her signature on choreography, composition, set design, and costume design. Enter an extraordinary world filled with visual and auditory acrobatics, mystery, seriousness and play! Duration: 60 min Credits Choreography: Tori Wrånes Dancers: Adrian Bartczak Co-produced with Carte Blanche and Bergen International Festival in collaboration with BIT Teatergarasjen Get in touchProduction contact: Gulli Sekse Status: Ready for touring |
| 20:30-21:40 | 21 |
Plexus Polaire - A Doll’s HouseLocation: Teater NOR
Location: Teater NOR
Address: J. M. Johansens Vei 97, 8340 Stamsund, Norway | Event Map | Venue Accessibility Language: English, no subtitles Plexus Polaire presents A Doll's House, a puppet theatre piece that brings together puppets, actors, music and video projections, inspired by Henrik Ibsen's well-known play. In a performance featuring one female and one male actor-puppeteer in a house haunted by life-sized puppets, dead birds and a possessed female choir, you are invited on a journey that explores the depths of one of the world's most performed plays. Nora, the main character of A Doll's House, experiences a collision with her own reality, akin to a bird hitting an invisible barrier. Throughout the performance, the old house filled with ghosts that still affect us today is explored. It's an opportunity to reflect on who we are, the choices we make, and how we shape our own illusions. This is not just a performance but an invitation to delve into your own life and explore your own choices. Duration: 70 min Genre: Puppet theatre Credits Contributing Directors: Yngvild Aspeli and Paola Rizza Get in touchProduction contact: Claire Costa, Plexus Polaire Status: Ready for touring |
| 13:45-14:30 | 21 |
NORDTING Caravan LofotenLocation: Nordland Visual Theatre
Location: Nordland Visual Theatre
Address: J.M. Johansens Vei 23, 8340 Stamsund, Norway | Event Map | Venue Accessibility NORDTING is an assembly for the North, the whole North and nothing but the North. And why do we need an assembly for the North? Because the capital is always in the south, because the power is always in the south, and because the money - usually - ends up in the south. Since the beginning in 2014, NORDTING has arranged people's assemblies all over the Arctic, from Alaska to Greenland, from Iceland to Norway. Thousands of people have made their voices heard, assemblies have voted yes or no to oil drilling, fish farming, mining, independence for the North, new street names, new airline routes, new national anthems and taxation of the rich. There has been a lottery, cheering, praying, flagging, singing, chanting, moving, voting and thinking about what it means to be an Arctic inhabitant - all under the assembly slogan ‘Make the North Great Again!’. The point of departure for NORDTING is the North, but the issues addressed - of power, economy, local identity, ownership to resources, centre and periphery, separatism and populism - are very much global and common for us all. We invite you to a special Caravan edition of NORDTING, as always tailored to the local context and people present. (´nord´ = north, ´ting´ = old norse word for governing assembly, legislative assembly) Duration: 30 min Credits Artistic and Political Director: Amund Sjølie Sveen Get in touchProduction contact: Amund Sjølie Sveen Status: Ready for touring |
