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ImproDans Trondheim
SPRING PROGRAM 2025 >>>>>>>>>>>>>
Info and registration via improdanstrd@gmail.com
ImproDans Trondheim wants to offer an open, free, and safe space for movement and sound exploration based on a playful approach to improvisation.
The project consist of three parts: ImproJam, ImproLab and ImproStunt.
ImproJam is an informal jam to enter a creative dialogue through improvisation.
ImproLab is an improvisation laboratory for artists from all disciplines and is held in workshop form in collaboration with other local artists. It focuses on specific topics and themes interrelated to music, dance and art.
ImproStunt is a platform for site-specific and inter-artistic performances based on improvisation.
Supporters are and have been: Kulturdirektoratet, Trondheim kommune, Trøndelag fylkeskommune, FFUK, Sparebank 1 SMN, Rotvoll kunstnerkollektiv, DansiT, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (LKV), Trondheim Pride, kulturarena Havet, Trøndelag Teater, Hyfer, Body in Flow Festival, Kulturnatt Trondheim and Rosendal Teater.
ImproLab with Hildegunn Øiseth
ImproLab with Alexander Riris
Site-specific events in nature or art spaces offer a playground for exploration and artistic expression that results in multisensory experiences for the participants. By taking inspiration from the environment and addressing the different senses we create greater awareness for our surroundings and our body.
Examples:
Sand, Stones, Water, Shells serve as inspiration for the ImproJam at Ladestien. We connect with nature and respond to the surrounding with movement improvisations. We start with a walking meditation along Ladestien before going into the open jam.
The ImproJam at Rake visingsrom was part of a curated public program by Agnieszka Foltyn. It focussed on investigating the space through movement improvisation challenged by the spatial limitations of the gallery space.
The ImproJam at Tempe Atelier took inspiration from Estuary 2.0 an immersive sound and art installation by Afternoon Collective (Per Stian Monsås & Agnieszka Foltyn) and musician/composer Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø.
The ImproJam at Rosendal teater took inspiration from the black box and played with the elements of stage and its performance expectations by proposing a movement improvisation happening with a potential performative presence to an absent audience.
Past events:
2024 Contact Impro Festival
2024 Gjennom skogen mot fjæra’ - Improstunt at Rotvoll with Martin Smidt, Nina Wollny, Are Lothe Kolbeinsen and Sissel Vera Pettersen
2024 Altered States: From the deepest gong to the highest bell, collaboration with SiTron part of Multiplié dansefestival at Trondheim Kunstmuseum
2024 ImproLab with Trond Wiger, Knut Størdal, Siri Gjære, Emil Storløkken Åse
2024 Water Contact ImproJam at Pirbadet
2024 CI-Lab with Ingeborg Dugstad Sanders
2024 outdoor ImproJam at Marinen as part of Body in Flow Festival
2023 Contact Impro Festival Trondheim
2023 ImproStunt at Kunstfest Rotvoll with Karoline Ellingsen Wheeler, Andrea Winsnes, Martin Smidt, Are Lothe Kolbeinsen, Eirik Hegdal
2023 ImproLab Contact Improvisation with Ingeborg Dugstad Sanders and with vocalist Tone Åse and Jakob Nordli Leirvik at DansiT
2023 Intergalactic ImproLab with Arnfinn Killingtveit part of
Multiplié dansefestival at Rosendal Teater and part of
Kulturnatt Trondheim at Havet
2023 Dansens Dager ImproStunt workshop at Havet
2023 outdoor ImproJam at Marinen and Ladestien
2022 ImproStunt with dance artists Nina Wollny, Karoline Ellingsen Wheeler, musicians Martin Smidt, Klaus Ellerhusen Holm, Andreas Hoem Røysum and visual artist Katherine Butcher at Rotvoll Kunstnerkollektiv as part of Trondheim Open
2022 CI class as part of Kontaktimpro 50 års feiring at Scenehuset Oslo organized by Oslo Kontaktimpro
2022 ImproLab with Are Lothe Kolbeinsen, Heidi Skjerve, Bjørn Marius Hegge
2022 ImproJam with ILL-Abilities, ImproJam with Andrea Blåsmo as part of Trondheim Pride at Rosendal Teater and ImproJam with Thea Ellingsen Grant as part of HYFER at Havet
2022 ImproLab in collaboration with visual artists Per Stian Stian Monsås, Unnur Andrea Einarsdóttir at LKV (part of Multiplié dansefestival) and Sigrid Voll Bøyum at Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder
2022 Dansens dager ImproStunt workshop at Trøndelag Teater
2019-2022 ImproJam’s at DansiT and outdoors in Trondheim
2021 ImproStunt performances at Rotvoll kunstnerkollektiv with Nina Wollny, Karoline Bergh Ellingsen, Sissel Vera Pettersen, Martin Smidt, Kate Butcher, Pekka Stokke, Hanne Dahl Geving
2021 ImproLab in collaboration with musicians Udi Shlomo, Hildegunn Øiseth and Alexander Riris
2021 ImproStunt performance at Rotvoll kunstnerkollektiv with Nina Wollny, Karoline Bergh Ellingsen, Sissel Vera Pettersen, Tor Haugerud, Kate Butcher as part of Trondheim Open and Multiplié dansefestival
2021 ImproLab in collaboration with Rotvoll kunstnerkollektiv and musician Sissel Vera Pettersen, Martin Smidt, Morten Berger Stai
2020 ImproLab in collaboration with musicians Daniel Herskedal, Siv Trine Haldaas, Bergmund Waal Skaslien
2020 ImproJAM at Rosendal teater as part of Kulturnatt Trondheim, Tempe Atelier as part if TEMPE #3 - Estuary 2.0, DansiT, Ladestien
2019 ImproJAM at Rake visningrom, DansiT, Ladestien
2019 ImproLAB in collaboration with musician Tor Haugerud, Thea Ellingsen Grant, Matilda Rolfsson, Georgia Wartel Collins, Björn Guo, Sondre Ferstad
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