Dates
| 30.05.2025 / 20:00 |
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Experience a physical and emotional landscape where bodies unite and enclose each other in boundless invincibility. Epiclogue presents beginnings, lives out stories, and creates new myths. Through the concept of invulnerability, the artist duo attempts to carve out space for the queer body as strong, visible, and dominant.
Epiclogue explores what it takes, or perhaps costs, to take up the space that others are granted. The performance seeks to challenge restrictive mindsets about the queer body and is a response to what it means to exist as queer in a cis-heteronormative society. In this piece intimate encounters unfold, where bodies, through love, care, and mutual trust, find courage and will.
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Choreography: Køteren og Terrieren / Jonathan Ibsen og Bjørk-Mynte Paulse
Performers: Jonathan Ibsen og Bjørk-Mynte Paulse
Scenographer, costumedesigner and lightdesigner: Chrisander Brun
Composer: Fredrik Petrov
Dramaturg: Sodja Lotker
Thanks to: Adam Manthey Steen
Co-producers: Bærum Kulturhus, DansIT og BIT teatergarasjen
Other collaborators: MARC, Dansens Hus with koreografilaberitoriet, Godsbanen med Åbne Scene, Stamsund Teaterfestival, Illlu-science and Art.
Thanks to: MDT Stockholm
Supported and funded by: The Norwegian Arts Council, The Danish Arts Foundation, Fritt Ord, Oslo kommune, FFUK, Augustinus Fonden, Nordic Culture Fond and PAHN – Performing Arts Hub Norway.
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Køteren og Terrieren is an artistic duo composed of Bjørk-Mynte Paulse and Jonathan Ibsen. Our artistic interest lies in challenging and questioning societal norms. Through the lens of a trans woman of color and a white homosexual man, we examine the world we live in and aim to contextualize issues surrounding gender, sexuality, and identity. With curiosity and an unfiltered aesthetic, we approach questions that concern us all in an untamed way. Our ambition is to engage, challenge, and create dialogue through choreography and the staging of the reality we inhabit. Our practice is grounded in a curiosity at the intersection of dance, theater, and installation. We are committed to creating art that dares to bring urgent contemporary issues to the forefront. Through our work, we strive to break down barriers and foster a deeper understanding of the complex dynamics that shape our identities and society. Our work invite the audience to participate in a reflection and dialogue on the structures that define and limit us, aiming to open up new perspectives and possibilities
no language barrier / 75 minutes
photo: Tale Hendnes-Dansens Hus