{"id":22860,"date":"2025-04-10T10:58:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T10:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/?post_type=events&#038;p=22860"},"modified":"2025-06-04T10:13:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:13:57","slug":"contemporary-dance-practices-graduation-double-bill","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/contemporary-dance-practices-graduation-double-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Dance Practices Graduation Double bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<section style=\"--overlay-opacity: 0%; --overlay-bg: #000000;\" class=\"hero-section h1-lg\" >\n\t<div class=\"container animation-child-elements\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<figure class=\"bg-visual\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LHI_Utskrift_2025_Facebook_cover_Samtimadans_820x360_01.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"meta-info-section\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"meta-info animation-child-elements\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Date<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>9.May 2025 - 16.May 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Location<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Black box, L223, Laugarnes<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Calendar<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dropdown add-to-calendar-dropdown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"dropdown-toggle event-dropdown\" type=\"button\" id=\"dropdownMenuButton1\" data-bs-toggle=\"dropdown\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Set in calendar<\/a> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"dropdown-menu\" aria-labelledby=\"dropdownMenuButton1\" data-popper-placement=\"bottom-start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"dropdown-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/render?action=TEMPLATE&#038;text=Contemporary Dance Practices Graduation Double bill&#038;dates=20250509T000000Z\/20250516T000000Z&#038;details=Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/contemporary-dance-practices-graduation-double-bill\/&#038;location=Black box, L223, Laugarnes&#038;sprop=&#038;sprop=name:\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-google\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Google Calendar<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"dropdown-item\" href=\"data:text\/calendar;charset=utf8,BEGIN:VCALENDAR%0AVERSION:2.0%0ABEGIN:VEVENT%0AURL:https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/contemporary-dance-practices-graduation-double-bill\/%0ADTSTART:20250509T000000Z%0ADTEND:20250516T000000Z%0ASUMMARY:Contemporary Dance Practices Graduation Double bill%0ADESCRIPTION:Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/contemporary-dance-practices-graduation-double-bill\/%0ALOCATION:Black box, L223, Laugarnes%0AEND:VEVENT%0AEND:VCALENDAR\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-apple\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> iCal Calendar<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"dropdown-item\" href=\"data:text\/calendar;charset=utf8,BEGIN:VCALENDAR%0AVERSION:2.0%0ABEGIN:VEVENT%0AURL:https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/contemporary-dance-practices-graduation-double-bill\/%0ADTSTART:20250509T000000Z%0ADTEND:20250516T000000Z%0ASUMMARY:Contemporary Dance Practices Graduation Double bill%0ADESCRIPTION:Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/contemporary-dance-practices-graduation-double-bill\/%0ALOCATION:Black box, L223, Laugarnes%0AEND:VEVENT%0AEND:VCALENDAR\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-microsoft\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Outlook calendar<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-section txt-columns lpb\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From May 9th - 16th the Contemporary Dance Practices graduate students present two dance pieces; <strong><em>Divine<\/em> by Halla \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir &amp; <em>Disaster Resilience of the Water<\/em> by Sandrine Cassini. <\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LHI-DANCERS_BW_WEB-17-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LHI-DANCERS_BW_WEB-17-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LHI-DANCERS_BW_WEB-17-1800x1201.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LHI-DANCERS_BW_WEB-17-800x534.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Dancers\/\/Students:<\/strong> Andrea Mar\u00eda \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir, Bertine Bertelsen Fadnes, Elida Angvik Hovdar, Elsa Kam\u00f6y Furuseth, Jaakko Juhani Fagerberg, Leevi Alpo Antinpoika Mettinen, Mari Ann Valkna, Mar\u00eda Krist\u00edn J\u00f3hannsd\u00f3ttir, Rebekka Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir &amp; Torfi T\u00f3masson.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-holder animation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tix.is\/is\/event\/19471\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-lg btn-dark btn-with-ico-link\">BOOK YOUR TICKET<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>WHEN: <\/b><br \/>\nFriday - May 9th - 8:00 PM - 9:40 PM<br \/>\nSaturday -May 10th - 6:00 PM - 7:40 PM<br \/>\nSunday - May 11th - 6:00 PM - 7:40 PM<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday - May 14th - 8:00 PM - 9:40 PM<br \/>\nThursday - May 15th - 8:00 PM - 9:40 PM<br \/>\nFriday - May 16th - 8:00 PM - 9:40 PM<\/p>\n<p>Two shows with one 20 minute break.<\/p>\n<p><b>WHERE:<\/b><br \/>\nBig Black Box, L223<br \/>\nIceland University of the Arts<br \/>\nLaugarnesvegur 91, 105 Reykjav\u00edk<br \/>\nEnter from below the building, entry closest to S\u00e6braut.<\/p>\n<p>9013-<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Set &amp; costume design: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gudn\u00fd Hrund Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir<\/span><br \/>\n<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Light &amp; sound design:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Valdimar J\u00f3hannsson<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"><br \/>\n<strong>Light &amp; sound operator: <\/strong>Mar\u00eda J\u00f3nger\u00f0 Gunnlaugsd\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"info-section bg-dark\" id=\"\" >\n\t<div class=\"container animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"title-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Double bill: Divine &amp; Disaster Resilience of the Water<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Words from the program director:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u201eDear guests <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>A dancer's graduation performance is a rite of passage, concluding the time together as students while entering the professional community as dance artists.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>In this double-bill performance, we follow ten grading students of Contemporary Dance Practices that form a community of voices and a collective body. They invite us to witness divine landscapes, calling on us with having movement material and powerful image in two different but evocative works. These dance artists of the future victorious as eternal bones, rocks, masts, masters of their universe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>During their three-year BA education at the Iceland University of the Arts, these emerging artists have shown such spirit and urgency through their dedication to their craft, their presence and their artistry. After graduation, they are entertaining an unstable world with the groundably shifting. Get ready to ride with them. There is now where I would find better be than to be inspired by these absolute monsters of joy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>We may never be ready for the future, and you are not ready for these beasts, but here they are, asking us to be moved and changed, and we will love them for it.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: right\"><strong>Katr\u00edn Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir<br \/>\n<\/strong>Associate Professor and Program Director<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-10 mx-auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-opener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Divine - The coven calls you in<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tag tag-blue\">By Halla \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ico-plus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"drop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hold\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Divine is a dance performance by Halla \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir, originally premiered at Uniarts in Stockholm in 2024, now reimagined in collaboration with the 3rd year BA in Dance at LHI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The performance combine Halla's long-term obsessions \u00f0il the diva, the witch, and the rockstar 'with the idea of the dancer as a channeler of the divine. Through choreography and sound, Divine becomes a balm for the senses, exploring the raw dynamics between performer and spectator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Divine invites you into a hypnotic world where a coven of dancers shapes, contemporary dance into a divine ritual, a divine narrative, a divine drag, a divine destination, a divine spiritual, a divine spiritual, a divine translation, a divine contact, a divine movement, a divine sound, a divine channeling, a divine chain, a divine diagram, a divine concern, a divine guide, a divine forecast, a divine forecast, a divine challenge, a divine imagination, a divine imagination, a divine translation, a divine translation, a divine translation, a divine translation, a divine translation, a divine transmission, a divine scream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through movement, voice, and immersive soundscape, Divine transforms space \u00f0 \u00e9scillating between the ultimate and the epic. It is a ritual of collective energy, inspired by the stability of a deep lake and the untamed force of a coven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Choreography:<\/strong> Halla \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir in cooperation with the dancers<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Piano music:<\/strong> Fut\u00f6 by Shida Shahabi<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Sound design:<\/strong> Valdimar J\u00f3hannsson and Halla \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Vocals:<\/strong> Elida Angvik Hovdar and Torfi T\u00f3masson together with the choir of dancers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>All texts in the performance are written by the dancers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-opener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Disaster Resilience of the Water - Individuals or communities thought of as a miniature universe or a world in itself <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tag tag-blue\">By Sandrine Cassini<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ico-plus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"drop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hold\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The idea of the piece came as a reflection of the journey these 10 individuals took for the last 3 years of their lives. The program and the desire to study dance broke them together, here in Reykjavik from different countries, different background, experiences, needs, expectations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">What does this mean? If we are bound to be together, is there an observation time, is there fear, are there points? About ourselfs, about the others? When is the sense of community emerging? When do we start trusting each other? Are we influenced by the others? And as times passes by what will remain of this journey? Will it change us? What will we leave behind?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have asked the dancers to think of one to three words that could define their experience or memory of the time they had here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">These are the words: ; moments, warmth, sweethearts, immoral, alchemy, exploration, growth, greatest, team, ever, joy, awesomeness, pivotal, arduous, ilovemyhomies, trust, insightful, generous, lovely, friendship, failing, fingers, tears, sweat, forever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">And I am eternally happy to have had the opportunity to meet them at the beginning of their journey and company them to their farewell. Thank you Katrin for your trust. You give me a beautiful marriage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you Andrea, Bertine, Elida, Elsa, Jaako, Leevi, Mari, Maria, Rebecca, Torfi. 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