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Grapevine Events: Reykjavík Dance Festival, RAFLOST, Icelandic Language Day
We’re currently in the middle of The Reykjavík Dance Festival! There’s a smattering of different events: graduation shows, a political retelling of Swan Lake, a rave for babies. Our journalist Iryna Zubenko interviewed organisers and dancers behind the festival, which you can…
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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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A Duet Of Dancers : Milkywhale On Music, Mirrors And Making A Comeback
Electropop powerhouse duo Milkywhale made a big splash in the Icelandic music scene when they were first sighted back in 2015. They became a regular fixture in the festival circuit, playing at Iceland Airwaves and Sónar Reykjavík, as well as Reeperbahn in…
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Grapevine Events: Christmas Cat In Town, Reykjavík Dance Festival, Shrek Rave & More
Don’t know about you, but we’re still recovering from the Iceland Airwaves shenanigans! For those with a taste of adventure, this weekend’s cultural events are about to kick off. On the lineup: multiple dance festival events, the arrival of the Christmas Cat,…
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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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An ‘All Inclusive’ Look Into Martin Kilvady
As part of Reykjavík Dance Festival and Sónar, Slovakian choreographer Martin Kilvady, dancers from Iceland Dance Company and the Reykjavík Dance Festival, and Reykjavík-based, electronic duo, Mankan will perform ‘All Inclusive’ on Thursday, 18 February. Martin is a founding member of the…
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Reykjavík Dance Festival To Donate Half Of Proceeds To Refugee Relief
The Reykjavík Dance Festival is now underway, and half of the proceeds thereof will be going to a good cause. DV reports that this year’s festival will place special emphasis on the subject of refugees. Half of the proceeds generated from admission…
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RDF: Every Body’s Spectacular, Whatever You May Think Of Their Art
As August faded away into an early winter, the Reykjavík Dance Festival (RDF) and the Lókal International Theatre Festival combined their efforts to stage a fantastic five-day event under the heading “Every Body’s Spectacular,” packed with exciting performances and exhibitions. I tried…
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Today At The Reykjavík Dance Festival: Sunday 30 August
The Reykjavík Dance Festival (RDF) is in full swing, five glorious days of performances, workshops, and more. Navigating the schedule can be a daunting task, so read on for a short list of things to look out for today. ‘Crisis Meeting’ by the Kriðpleir Theatre…
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Today At The Reykjavík Dance Festival: Saturday 29 August
The Reykjavík Dance Festival (RDF) is in full swing, five glorious days of performances, workshops, and more. Navigating the schedule can be a daunting task, so read on for a short list of things to look out for today. ‘GRRRRLS’ by Ásrún Magnúdsóttir At the…
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Today At The Reykjavík Dance Festival: Friday 28 August
The Reykjavík Dance Festival (RDF) is in full swing, five glorious days of performances, workshops, and more. Navigating the schedule can be a daunting task, so read on for a short list of things to look out for today. ‘Firsts: BRÍET: Up With The Skirts’…
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What Is A Milkywhale And Why Should You Care?
One might not normally associate love, trampoline exercises, and whales with pop music. Still, that is exactly what you’re going to get from ‘Milkywhale’, a modern dance-theatre-concert-piece-band that just premiered at the Reykjavík Dance Festival. The work is a collaboration between choreographer Melkorka…
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Today At The Reykjavík Dance Festival: Thursday, August 27
Much to the delight of dance enthusiasts, the August 2015 Reykjavík Dance Festival (RDF) kicked off yesterday. This past November, February and May, RDF created a platform for great performances spread out over several weeks at a time, but this is the…
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Today At The Reykjavík Dance Festival!
Much to the delight of Reykjavík’s dance enthusiasts, the August 2015 Reykjavík Dance Festival (RDF) kicks off today. This past November, February and May, RDF created a platform for great performances spread out over several weeks at a time, but this is the big kahuna:…
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Third Time’s The Charm
This past weekend I attended ‘walk+talk’ at Borgarleikhúsið as part of the Reykjavík Dance Festival (RDF). I knew very little about the performance but was eager to see it after Ásgerður Gunnarsdóttir, one of the artistic directors of RDF, said it was…
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Speak Dance, Watch Dance, Dance, Dance!
Throughout the month of February, the Reykjavík Dance Festival (RDF) will be in full swing. What started as a group of independent artists looking for a platform to work on their art has since developed into an established festival with four major…
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Weird. Neat. But, Weird
This past Friday I attended the premiere of the Icelandic Dance Company’s ‘TAUGAR’ a two part performance with works by Saga Sigurðardóttir and Karol Tyminski. I had recently interviewed Karol and I was really looking forward to seeing his piece as well…
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Testing The Body’s Limits
Just in time for the Reykjavík Dance Festival, the Icelandic Dance Company presents TAUGAR, with two works choreographed by Saga Sigurðardóttir and Karol Tyminski. As we at GV HQ are all super into that modern dance thing, we decided to meet up…
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Making Love With Kría Brekkan
On November’s last Saturday night, Kría Brekkan manufactured romance to an audience of dance enthusiasts at Boston, ending the Reykjavík Dance Festival with a glowing passion. Their phantasmagorical incantations, emitted through drums, guitar and voice, made lovers of an unsuspecting crowd. Did…
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Go PONG Harpa Now!
Ever wanted to play arcade classic ‘Pong’ on the massive Harpa facade? Great, because until August 31st you can–so long as you have a smartphone. PONG is an interactive multimedia art piece by Atli Bollason and Owen Hindley. If you go to…