SACRIFICE - a mini festival will have a UK premier in South Bank, London in August.  

Man is not a finished creation

„Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.“ Edmund Burke.

Iceland Dance Company present SACRIFICE, a collection of new commanding creations exploring the relationship between art and religion. Inspired by the idea of the ritual as an essential part of life, SACRIFICE takes over Reykjavík City Theatre in a celebration of dance, art and music where audiences move from one space to the next, experiencing a different ritual in each place. No Tomorrow, a new creation by performance- and visual artist Ragnar Kjartansson and choreographer Margrét Bjarnadóttir. A ballet for eight dancers and eight guitars to the music by The National’s Bryce Dessner. Union of the North, created by renowned American visual artist Matthew Barney, choreographer Erna Ómarsdóttir and musician Valdimar Jóhannsson is a performative video installation, attempting to fuse together consumerism and the spiritual in an act of marriage. Dias Irae by visual artist Gabriela Friðriksdóttir is part video-installation, part choreographed ritual that focuses on the transition from life to death. Made in collaboration with Ómarsdóttir and Jóhannsson, the video also serves as an inspiration for their choreography, Shrine. Finally the festivities reach an immersive peak at the already bustling Market, where people present their beliefs, ideas and solutions for a sustainable future.

In co-operation with Reykjavík City Theatre and LÓKAL Performing Arts Reykjavík.

Co-produced by: Spring Festival Utrecht; Kunstcentrum BUDA, Kortrijk; Tanzhaus Düsseldorf; Reykjavík Dance Festival (apap)

Supported by: Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Kulturkontakt Nord, Nordic Culture Fund, City of Reykjavík and Shalala.

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SACRIFICE - a mini festival will have a UK premier in South Bank, London in August.  

Man is not a finished creation

„Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.“ Edmund Burke.

Iceland Dance Company present SACRIFICE, a collection of new commanding creations exploring the relationship between art and religion. Inspired by the idea of the ritual as an essential part of life, SACRIFICE takes over Reykjavík City Theatre in a celebration of dance, art and music where audiences move from one space to the next, experiencing a different ritual in each place. No Tomorrow, a new creation by performance- and visual artist Ragnar Kjartansson and choreographer Margrét Bjarnadóttir. A ballet for eight dancers and eight guitars to the music by The National’s Bryce Dessner. Union of the North, created by renowned American visual artist Matthew Barney, choreographer Erna Ómarsdóttir and musician Valdimar Jóhannsson is a performative video installation, attempting to fuse together consumerism and the spiritual in an act of marriage. Dias Irae by visual artist Gabriela Friðriksdóttir is part video-installation, part choreographed ritual that focuses on the transition from life to death. Made in collaboration with Ómarsdóttir and Jóhannsson, the video also serves as an inspiration for their choreography, Shrine. Finally the festivities reach an immersive peak at the already bustling Market, where people present their beliefs, ideas and solutions for a sustainable future.

In co-operation with Reykjavík City Theatre and LÓKAL Performing Arts Reykjavík.

Co-produced by: Spring Festival Utrecht; Kunstcentrum BUDA, Kortrijk; Tanzhaus Düsseldorf; Reykjavík Dance Festival (apap)

Supported by: Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Kulturkontakt Nord, Nordic Culture Fund, City of Reykjavík and Shalala.

SACRIFICE - a mini festival will have a European premier in Spring Festival Utrecht in May. 

Man is not a finished creation

„Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.“ Edmund Burke.

Iceland Dance Company present SACRIFICE, a collection of new commanding creations exploring the relationship between art and religion. Inspired by the idea of the ritual as an essential part of life, SACRIFICE takes over Reykjavík City Theatre in a celebration of dance, art and music where audiences move from one space to the next, experiencing a different ritual in each place. No Tomorrow, a new creation by performance- and visual artist Ragnar Kjartansson and choreographer Margrét Bjarnadóttir. A ballet for eight dancers and eight guitars to the music by The National’s Bryce Dessner. Union of the North, created by renowned American visual artist Matthew Barney, choreographer Erna Ómarsdóttir and musician Valdimar Jóhannsson is a performative video installation, attempting to fuse together consumerism and the spiritual in an act of marriage. Dias Irae by visual artist Gabriela Friðriksdóttir is part video-installation, part choreographed ritual that focuses on the transition from life to death. Made in collaboration with Ómarsdóttir and Jóhannsson, the video also serves as an inspiration for their choreography, Shrine. Finally the festivities reach an immersive peak at the already bustling Market, where people present their beliefs, ideas and solutions for a sustainable future.

In co-operation with Reykjavík City Theatre and LÓKAL Performing Arts Reykjavík.

Co-produced by: Spring Festival Utrecht; Kunstcentrum BUDA, Kortrijk; Tanzhaus Düsseldorf; Reykjavík Dance Festival (apap)

Supported by: Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Kulturkontakt Nord, Nordic Culture Fund, City of Reykjavík and Shalala.

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Dance For Me is going to Chur in Switzerland in May! See more here

Ármann Einarsson, 50 years old, lives in Akureyri in North Iceland. He is a music school teacher, father of three and holds the Icelandic record in triple jumping since 1979. In 2013 he revealed to his daughter-in- law, choreographer Brogan Davison, his life-long desire to perform contemporary dance, ideally on stage, although he has never had any proper dance training. And so he and Brogan together developed an award-winning contemporary dance piece, celebrated first by local audiences and then at international festivals all over the world: is dance really for everybody?

Dance for me premiered in Hof Culture House in the North of Iceland and has since been presented in twenty-eight different venues around the world. “Dance for me” was nominated in the Icelandic Theatre Awards in the categories “Choreographer of the year” and “Best newcomers”, received a nomination for the "The Space to Dance” award from Southeast Dance in the UK and was nominated as “Dance show of the year” and won “People's choice” in the DV culture awards 2014.

“…it’s important, it’s funny and it’s captivating, hard to ask for more.”

— Review on Dance for me, Víðsjá - National Radio 1 - Iceland

“...’Dance for me’ is an honest production of Brogan and Ármann’s approach to dance and to their dreams. ”

— Review on Dance for me, Ungtteaterblod - Denmark (5 out of 6 stars)

“…it take courage to go so far out of your comfort zone like Ármann does, but it is possible with the help of a professional like Brogan”

— Review on Dance for me, Fréttablaðið - The Icelandic Newspaper - Iceland

“...the show is deeply personal and intimately staged.”

— Review on Dance for me - The Reykjavík Grapevine - Iceland.

Concept: Brogan Davison, Pétur Ármannsson and Ármann Einarsson
Performers: Brogan Davison and Ármann Einarsson
Director: Pétur Ármannsson
Choreographer: Brogan Davison
Genre: Dance, Theatre
Duration: 60 minutes
Language: English (With English subtitles on videos)

Supported by: Menningarráð Eyþings.
Residency: Rosenborg Culture Centre, Akureyri, Iceland. 

Dance for me has been presented at: 
Reykjavík Dance Festival, Iceland. (Five show school tour as part of Reykjavík Dance Festival for young people)
Dansfestival Barents, Hammerfest, Norway.
BIT Teatregarasjen, Bergen, Norway.
Tjarnarbíó, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Multiplié Dansefestival, Trondheim, Norway.
Dansehallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Baltoppen LIVE, Ballerup, Denmark.
Theatre Momentum, Odense, Denmark.
Bora Bora, Aarhus, Denmark.
Team Teatret, Hernig, Denmark.
Teater Nordkraft, Aalborg, Denmark.
All Tomorrows Dances Festival, Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany.
The Freezer Theatre, Riff, Iceland.
Brighton Fringe Festival, Brighton, UK.
Nuna (now) Festival, Winnipeg, Canada.
Lókal Performance Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Valaskjálf, Egilsstaðir, Iceland.
Leikfélag Akureyrar, Akureyri, Iceland.
Sláturhúsið, Egilsstaðir, Iceland. 
Berg Culture House, Dalvík, Iceland.
Tjarnarborg Culture House, Ólafsfjörður, Iceland.
Hof Culture House, Akureyri, Iceland.

SACRIFICE - a mini festival will have a European premier in Spring Festival Utrecht in May. 

Man is not a finished creation

„Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.“ Edmund Burke.

Iceland Dance Company present SACRIFICE, a collection of new commanding creations exploring the relationship between art and religion. Inspired by the idea of the ritual as an essential part of life, SACRIFICE takes over Reykjavík City Theatre in a celebration of dance, art and music where audiences move from one space to the next, experiencing a different ritual in each place. No Tomorrow, a new creation by performance- and visual artist Ragnar Kjartansson and choreographer Margrét Bjarnadóttir. A ballet for eight dancers and eight guitars to the music by The National’s Bryce Dessner. Union of the North, created by renowned American visual artist Matthew Barney, choreographer Erna Ómarsdóttir and musician Valdimar Jóhannsson is a performative video installation, attempting to fuse together consumerism and the spiritual in an act of marriage. Dias Irae by visual artist Gabriela Friðriksdóttir is part video-installation, part choreographed ritual that focuses on the transition from life to death. Made in collaboration with Ómarsdóttir and Jóhannsson, the video also serves as an inspiration for their choreography, Shrine. Finally the festivities reach an immersive peak at the already bustling Market, where people present their beliefs, ideas and solutions for a sustainable future.

In co-operation with Reykjavík City Theatre and LÓKAL Performing Arts Reykjavík.

Co-produced by: Spring Festival Utrecht; Kunstcentrum BUDA, Kortrijk; Tanzhaus Düsseldorf; Reykjavík Dance Festival (apap)

Supported by: Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Kulturkontakt Nord, Nordic Culture Fund, City of Reykjavík and Shalala.

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Crisis Meeting hits the road once again. Now the lads are going to the Scenekonstbiennalen in Norrköping. 

Two performances in one day, at 12:00 and 20:00. 

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Crisis Meeting is the fourth episode in a series created by Kriðpleir around the lives and personas of performers Friðgeir Einarsson, Árni Vilhjálmsson and Ragnar Ísleifur Bragason. This particular work results from a situation that the group found themselves in, having staged three projects as Kriðpleir Theatre Group. Suddenly they had to face various questions regarding their politics and artistic agenda. The fact that they had been building their work around the idea of avatars or the characterization of the self, brought the performers to the conclusion that they might already have taken themselves to the limits of these realms; that they would from now on have no other choice but to keep on repeating what used to be new. This notion was strengthened by critical voices saying that Kriðpleir's chaotic style had become jaded. Some critics complained about the dysfunction of the characters and their lack of any further evolvement. Each member of the group had his own way of tackling the alarming uncertainty that followed. Árni turned to taking a number of courses and workshops (in acting, and color theory, to name a few), Ragnar remained calm and tried to keep up the spirit and good work, paying his therapist an occasional visit – Friðgeir turned to a rigid program of meditation and total silence.

This is where Crisis Meeting begins. By explaining to art enthusiasts the group's working methods, the trio aims at restoring their self-confidence. But opening up to the public has its consequences. The exposure, the sharing (and oversharing), and the dramatization of personal experience produce a stream of consciousness where dramatic and private matters blend in with mundane and farcical elements. The text itself is an adaptation of disorganized meetings, conversations and openings that were part of the working process leading up to the staged piece. In the end it actually documents pretty well the line of work Kriðpleir does; weaving together in one process the writing and the staging of a piece, while keeping our personal history in mind and observing ourselves in our daily routine.

"In what seems on the surface to be a simple sharing of ideas and information, Crisis Meeting adeptly blurs the lines between fact and fiction, interrogates its genre and leaves the audience with myriad questions and the beginnings of answers." - Saoirse Anton for The Review Hub

"Kriðpleir present a form of theatre which comes from its own unique perspective. It is everything and nothing. It is perplexing. It is not as easy as it seems to be slight. But afterwards, snippets of their performances keep flashing back into the brain." - Frank L. for No More Workhorse

Brokentalkers are on an Ireland tour with Have I No Mouth. The production has already been mounted in several countries and has had rave reviews. 

See further about the tour here

Here is review from The Arts Review

Here is an interview with Feidlim Cannon

Brokentalkers are on an Ireland tour with Have I No Mouth. The production has already been mounted in several countries and has had rave reviews. 

See further about the tour here

Here is review from The Arts Review

Here is an interview with Feidlim Cannon

Brokentalkers are on an Ireland tour with Have I No Mouth. The production has already been mounted in several countries and has had rave reviews. 

See further about the tour here

Here is review from The Arts Review

Here is an interview with Feidlim Cannon

Brokentalkers are on an Ireland tour with Have I No Mouth. The production has already been mounted in several countries and has had rave reviews. 

See further about the tour here

Here is review from The Arts Review

Here is an interview with Feidlim Cannon

Brokentalkers are on an Ireland tour with Have I No Mouth. The production has already been mounted in several countries and has had rave reviews. 

See further about the tour here

Here is review from The Arts Review

Here is an interview with Feidlim Cannon

Brokentalkers are on an Ireland tour with Have I No Mouth. The production has already been mounted in several countries and has had rave reviews. 

See further about the tour here

Here is review from The Arts Review

Here is an interview with Feidlim Cannon