LA GRAPPE
Ole Olsen stage at Arktisk Kultursenter
I joined the ensemble of LA GRAPPE in Hammerfest, Norway. Choreographer Riikka Kosola has created the dance performance so that there are baby’s, kids, teenagers, adults and grandmothers all dancing in the stage. My three month old baby and my six year old daughter also performed in the piece
”La Grappe is a female ensemble that folds itself like an improvisational game. Every performer knows the rules, plays for their own as well as collectively. This piece is created in 2017-2019 in Finland and France, and aimed for an immersive experience. La Grappe processes the wholeness of female energy and female sexuality, in an intergenerational context. Every crossing of a border creates an embodied reaction rage, anger or frustration under the beautiful pink surface. La Grappe gives a space to claim the right to the borders as well as finely stated revenge.
The embodiment here is about the openness of discussions around the beauty versus the shame of being a human with a womb and the blood related.”
Dansefestival Barents is the northernmost danscefestival in world and it was amazing to be a part of it this year!