DIE TRYING by Bertine Bertelsen Fadnes

Their faces are red, their stomachs rising up, falling down. Maybe there is a small drop

of sweat, falling from their ears, down their necks, onto the floor. They just finished. Now

they don't know where they are going, but they know they can’t wait.

DIE TRYING is a dance piece by Bertine Bertelsen Fadnes that seeks to investigate

beginnings and ends, and all that may happen before, after and between them. Through

floodlights and dying, tape-bodies and their extensions, through building and tearing apart and an audience that will be relieved that it is over but will wait to see if there is more, we

will stay with the unresolved.

About the artist or choreographer:

Bertine Bertelsen Fadnes is a dancer and choreographer based between Oslo and Reykjavik,

and she recently graduated with a bachelors in Contemporary Dance Practices from Iceland

University of the Arts. Her practice has so far been centered around ideas of transience,

narratives, memories and fictions, and she finds herself driven by a great urge to both

investigate and express the feeling of the unknown, unresolved and uncertain.

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zero tolerance by Leevi Mettinen

zero tolerance is a dance performance that explores power relations between

institutions and individuals, authority and their entitlement to violence and how these

power dynamics influence fears within institutions as in individuals.

This highly physical and intense dance performance invites the audience to listen and

witness internalized fear through sound and movement.

Um listamannin eða listahópinn/ About the artist or company:

Leevi Mettinen is a Finnish dancer and choreographer based in Reykjavík. He recently

graduated from Listaháskóli Íslands Contemporary Dance Practices BA and is now trying to,

create his own works, dance for choreographers and speak up for those who can’t.

The performance is part of the Reykjavík Dance Festival program. The festival program can be found at https://www.reykjavikdancefestival.com/