By Victor Swoboda The embattled culture of Norway’s Indigenous Sami people is at the heart of work by Elle Sofe Sara, a 39-year-old dancemaker and filmmaker whose presentations over the past several years have alerted European audiences to her people’s history. Her 2021 choreography, Vástádus eana — The answer is land, opens Montreal’s 16-day Festival
By Fredrik Rütter On March 10, 2020, at 6.35 pm, the audience was mingling in the foyer of Oslo’s opera house, waiting for the doors to the great hall of the theatre to open. The upcoming production by the Norwegian National Ballet was titled A Night of Dance x 12, referring to the 12 ballets,
by Fredrik Rütter People working in theatres have, like the rest of us, the right to a vacation. In Norway, this generally means that theatres close their doors in mid-June and reopen them only at the end of August, meaning there are few opportunities to see a ballet or a play in the main cities.