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The Garden Blooms In Reykjavík
Italian choreographers Antonio de Rosa and Mattia Russo reimagine their bold work together with the Iceland Dance Company Antonio de Rosa and Mattia Russo — choreographers and directors of the Madrid-based arts collective Kor’sia — have been making waves in the European…
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A Labour Of Love: Reykjavík Dance Festival Dedicates Its 2025 Edition To Those Who Paved The Way
Since 2021, co-artistic directors and life partners Brogan Davison and Pétur Ármannsson have been leading Reykjavik Dance Festival with a mission to make dance accessible. As Brogan puts it, they’re constantly asking: “How can dance be for everyone, not just those who…
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More Than Dance: Juliette Louste’s Autobiographical Flækt Blends Storytelling And Choreography
On an otherwise unremarkable Thursday night, the lights of the full-house Tjarnarbíó dim, and a silhouette appears behind a sheer curtain. Blink. Darkness. Light again — the figure now in a different corner. The sequence repeats until a voice breaks in: “I…
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How_to_improvise
The Improvisation for Dance Enthusiasts collective reflects as they approach some busy Dansdagar Interested in dance, but intimidated by having to call yourself a dancer before enrolling in a class? Improvisation for Dance Enthusiasts might just be what you’re looking for. The…
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Track By Track: brb babe By Amor Vincit Omnia
Amor Vincit Omnia’s debut EP brb babe revives the ancient art of Eurodance The Latin-titled experimental dance duo Amor Vincit Omnia haven’t been kicking around for long. Their recently released EP brb babe mixes elements of hip-hop, house and Italian dance music,…
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The Questions of Dance
The Reykjavík Dance Festival envisions their future The time has come once again for Iceland’s most ambitious and subversive dance event. This year’s edition of the Reykjavík Dance Festival is subtitled “Feminist Futures” and it comes at a time when they are…
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Choose Wisely: ‘A Study Of Choices’ Wins The RVK Fringe Grapevine Award
Reykjavík Fringe is over for another year: the hubbub around Tjarnarbíó has died down, the flurry of wrist-banded guests marching around 101 have dispersed. Multitudes of posters advertising shows flap impotently in Iðnó. But even with the dust settled, there is still…
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You Should Be Dancing: Iceland Dance Company’s Latest Production Celebrates The Joy Of Dance—For All
On a stage in the centre of Reykjavík, 15 strangers are dancing. They move to the music in exaltation, arms outstretched, mouths wide in laughter. Hips are swaying, fists are pumping. They are people of many colours, races, backgrounds and ages, and…
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Completely Not Ever Been Done Before: Andrean Sigurgeirsson’s Perfect Day
Andrean Sigurgeirsson is a dancer-extraordinaire who you can often see gracing the stage of the Iceland Dance Company and performing with Hatari. Here’s how his perfect day in the city would unfold: First thing in the morning Since I’m in a long-distance…
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Electric Dreams: bbbbbb On Their Newest Concoction
Icelandic electronic music producer Bjarki needs little introduction by now. But, if you do need one, calling this Berlin-based musician an ‘experimental rave engineer’ could make things clearer. This year saw the release of his album ‘Happy Earthday’, which he described as…
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What Have We Won?: Two Sparkly Spinning Stars
Inhumanely beautiful, flexible, delicate, graceful—you might not have known that Iceland is killing it in the dance world, but what else would you expect from a country known for bustling creativity? Yes, every week, Icelanders are snatching up dance medals left and…
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Dancing In Darkness: The Icelandic Dance Company Welcomes Winter
Premiering in November at the arts festival Everybody’s Spectacular, The Best of Darkness by Erna Ómarsdóttir and Valdimar Jóhannsson is the final piece in a series of four works exploring the human body’s vulnerability in the absence of light. The pieces were…
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A Quiet Wave Of Change: In Conversation With Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
“Crescendo”, the new work by the acclaimed choreographer Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, opens tonight at Tjarnarbíó. It is a conceptual piece, gentle and slow-paced, demanding the viewers’ full attention as they become immersed in the dreamy flow of a journey along with the trio…
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Dans Í Dimmu: Where The Shy Can Let Loose In Total Darkness
Dans í dimmu (dance in the dark) is a dance event where music is played in a pitch black room for one hour so that everyone present can dance unhindered. It’s perfect for people who “don’t like to dance,” feel to shy,…
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Epic, Glorious, Stupid: Dance For Me In Your Living Room
Since forming in 2013, local Reykjavík performance group Dance For Me, created by British-born Brogan Davison and Icelandic-born Pétur Ármannsson, has been performing across the world, playing shows in Germany, Finland, Italy and Canada, amongst others. But this November they’re staying much…
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The Epistemology Of Circulation: The Thoughtful Movements Of ‘Dear Human Being’
“I had a daughter nearly three years ago,” Valgerður Rúnarsdóttir, choreographer of ‘Dear Human Being,’ a new contemporary dance show premiering at Tjarnarbíó in September, tells me. “After that, I started to think about not only myself, but the next generation, and…
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Dance Dance Evolution: The REAL Collective Gets Moving
In late 2016, Iceland’s dance scene got a fresh addition when a group of LHÍ students decided to form the REAL Collective. Having been fascinated and inspired by an improv workshop from Israeli dancers Emma Rozgoni and Noam Carmeli, the aim of…
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Elderly American Busts Moves To Retro Stefson
There’s a new dance taking the internet by storm. If you imagine the macarena world champion dabbing to the harlem shake you wouldn’t even be close. Ok not quite, but Paul Gerace has just taken the internet by storm with his bad-ass…
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Life In Pictures: Iceland Dance Company
The Grapevine hopped over to The Iceland Dance Company for a behind-the-scenes look at “Fórn” (“Sacrifice”), a collection of new commanding creations exploring the relationship between art and religion.
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Understanding Their Power: Dance Piece ‘GRRRRRRLS’ Hits Maturity
Ásrún Magnúsdóttir sits in a relaxed slouch in a Prikið booth, legs and arms shifting into stretches of repose as she talks, hands open and active, her whole face aglow in a wide impish grin. The dancer and choreographer is in a…
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Down Pat: Dancer And Choreographer Katrín Gunnarsdóttir On Her Latest Piece
Katrín Gunnarsdóttir’s bare feet pat the plexiglass mirror on stage. It’s the only sound in the theater. The patter quickens with her pace, she starts to breathe louder, louder, louder, faster, and then cut. The movement changes. The theatre goes gentle again.…
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Embrace the Nonsense: ‘Da Da Dans’ By The Icelandic Dance Company
People describe Reykjavík as a “tightly knit” city, evoking the image of interweaving threads crossing paths, individuals joining to create a whole. But the deeper you weave into the culture, the more tangled things become. You find yourself in something less like a…
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“The Soundscape Of Now”: Tonik Ensemble On Holly Herndon
As I struggled to comprehend the reference-laden visual language and chaotic sonic landscape of Holly Herndon’s Sónar show last night, a friend tried to guide me through it. When empty-eyed theatre masks started spawning ad infinitum on the big screen behind the…