Productions

Ð festival is a graduation tour by the contemporary dance students (BA) at the Iceland University of the Arts. The course is international and every year the festival travels through the graduating students' hometowns. This way, the dance artists can create a dialogue with the local audience, showing what is important to them in contemporary dance today and get their first experience of touring.

Ð festival takes place in Tallinn on October 30th and 31st, showcasing 10 graduating performances.

Performances on October 31th: 

"Bitch Nation."

Author and director Elsa Kamøy Furuseth (NO)
Performers Bertine Bertelsen Fadnes ja Rebekka Guðmundsdottir
Mentored by Brian Douglas Gerke

Bitches bitching and locks locking.

Length: approx. 30 min

"SYSTEMICS"

Author, director and performer Andrea María Ólafsdóttir (IS)
Co-creators and original dancers Ása María Sigrúnardóttir, Íris Ásmundar ja Rebekka Guðmundsdóttir
Music by Gabríel Ólafs
Costume designer Sveinbjörg María Ingibjargardóttir
Mentored by Brian Douglas Gerke

Born into an unknown world where movement is the primal language, three beings emerge, bound by an invisible force – separate yet connected. They exist in a cycle of becoming – individuals and unity – questioning whether movement is an expression of agency or a function of a larger system. Movement is not a choice but a programmed response – operate within an inherent system of motion, learning through the body until movement becomes natural. As they navigate the space, their tangled bodies dissolve and reform, mirroring the constant patterns of nature and technology.

Length: 20 min

"DIE TRYING"

Author and director Bertine Bertelsen Fadnes (NO)
Performed by and created with Elida Angvik Hovdar, Elsa Kamøy Furuseth, Jaakko Fagerberg, María Kristín Jóhannsdóttir jaLeevi Mettinen.
Music by Eira Norang-Ekre

We just finished. Lying on the floor. Trying to remember what we just did. Getting ready to do it again. Is it the first time? Lying down again. Just a faint linger of a past. And why is a song the only thing we can remember? We don’t know where we are going, but we know we can’t wait.

Length: 35 min

"5-minute meditation for mindfulness"

Author, director and performer Rebekka Guðmundsdóttir (IS)
Co-creators Inga María Olsen ja Sóley Ólafsdóttir
Music by Sigþór Bjarmi Geirsson
Mentored by Brian Douglas Gerke

5-minute meditation for mindfulness is, in fact, not 5 minutes. It is, in fact, not a meditation, and Rebekka does not feel very mindful.

Length: 20 min

"zero tolerance"

Author, director and performer Leevi Mettinen (FI)
Created and performed together with Bertine Fadnes ja Jaakko Fagerberg
Mentored by Rósa Ómarsdóttir, Katrín Gunnarsdóttir

zero tolerance is traveling through order and frustration, restriction takes new shapes, and kindness is long gone.

Length: 20 min