New Religion
PERFORMANCES
DANCE FESTIVAL BARENTS, HAMMERFEST (2023)
STORMEN KULTURHUS, BODØ (2023)
DANSENS HUS, OSLO (2023)
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS FESTIVAL, TROMSØ (2022)
ARCTIC ARTS FESTIVAL, HARSTAD (2021)
CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY
MATHILDE CAEYERS
What is free will in a highly technological society?
New Religion is a sci-fi dance performance where five dancers drift inside a four-meter-tall labyrinth that dictates where the body moves.
It is a chilling, dystopian performance where technology’s omnipresence has a godlike authority, challenging the concept of free will.
The line between fiction and reality is blurred, appealing to your sense of urgency.
“What technology does to human behavior is a question that engages broadly among technologists, social scientists, journalists, in medicine and ethics. It is good to see an artistic reflection that contributes to the conversation with strength and a high artistic quality.”
- ANKI GERHARDSEN, newspaper Nordlys
CO-CREATING DANCERS
EIRIK DREYER SELLEVOLL
MARIT MELØE
STIAN BERGDØLMO
SYNNE LUNDESGAARD
KARIANNE ANDREASSEN
SET DESIGN
LAERENCE MALSTAF
COMPOSER
ALEXANDER AARØEN PEDERSEN
COSTUME DESIGN
LINE MAHER
PHOTO
MARTHE THU/REGINA STEEN/ROB SOUTH/STEVE NILSEN
