RAVNEDANS

Studio showing RODEO - Hannah Parsons at Ravnedans 2026 The Lone cowboy rides in search. Heavy steps in the desert. Rolling tumbleweed. A loop pedal, a guitar, a voice building and bending itself. This is in unfinished, alive, solo version of RODEO. The full scale piece will be for a group of dancers, and has its premiere in June 2027 at Dansens Hus. Blending concert, performance, and choreographic research, RODEO explores loneliness, mythologies of masculinity, longing, and the endless search for belonging. 📍 @kobbelkunstbyra 📆 16 June ⏱️ TBC 🎟️ TBC

Our Ravnedans team gathered not only to plan, but to listen. To the silence between ideas. To the fire that still burns beneath this festival we carry together. We took time to breathe, reflect, question and dream. And somewhere in those long conversations, the future unfolded before us… wild, fearless and full of possibility. Ravnedans was never meant to stand still. We are here to dare. To explore unknown paths. To create moments that shake us awake and pull us closer together. Our motivations burn brighter than ever. For the art. For the dance. For the community. For all of you. The next chapter is calling… and we are ready to leap. 🖤 The whole team of Ravnedans 🍃 📹: @jean.baptiste27

OSLO QUEER LINE DANCE- Ravnedans & @oslo.queerlinedance at Ravnedans 2026 For the opening of Ravnedans 2026, we invite the entire city to a large-scale Line Dance event at Kunstsilo! Oslo Queer Line Dance has quickly become a vibrant and open dance community in Oslo. Now dancer Hannah Parsons and DJ Inga are finally bringing the concept to Kristiansand! Together they will guide you through the afternoon in a safe and welcoming environment, with simple instructions and rolling beats that will make your dancing feet move. Everyone is welcome, and no previous dance experience is needed. An inclusive celebration of movement, community, music, and joy, where the dance floor becomes a meeting place for everyone. 📍 @kunstsilo , Kristiansand 📅 16 June 2026 🎟️ More info: Ravnedans.com Bring your friends, your curiosity, and your dancing shoes 💫 Oslo Queer Line Dance Grunnlagt av Inga Potter & Hannah Parsons Foto Sarah Holte Video Video: Tale Hendnes

UNDERSANG - @harald.beharie at Ravnedans 2026 Undersang is a queer ecology emerging through devotion, joy, and fiction as forms of resistance and reclamation of time. In encounter with nature, gestures and states are awakened to life; nostalgic, sensual, and primal. Within a mosaic of bodies and landscapes, voices rise forward, while cries and calls summon a hypnotic chorus. Through a collective and unpredictable energy, Undersang opens a terrain of physical and affective vibration in search of fertile ground for healing, grief, and celebration. A powerful outdoor experience where bodies, sound, and landscape merge into a living ritual of connection and transformation. 📍Baneheia, Kristiansand 📅 June 2026 🎟️ More infos: Ravnedans.com Video: Josh Lake Koreografi: Harald Beharie Skulpturer: Karoline Bakken Lund og Veronica Bruce Komposisjon, lyd Christian Beharie Utøvere Loan Ha, Mariama Slåttøy, Carlisle Sienes, Jens Trinidad, Nosizwe Baqwa, Amie Mbye og Harald Beharie Fasilitator / Dramaturg Deise Nunes Ytre øye Hooman Sharifi Produsent Mariana Suikkanen Gomes Turnéprodusent Kristina Melbø Valvik Distribusjon Damien Valette Co-produsenter: Black Box Teater(Oslo)Dansens Hus (Oslo) BIT (Bergen) Rosendal Teater (Trondheim) RAS (Sandnes) TOU (Stavanger)

SOUL’O — @livhannehaugen at Ravnedans 2026 Hun løfter opp elementene Knytter de til hendene sine Samler styrke (Enheduanna) Inspired by the writings of Enheduanna, poet, priestess, and one of the world’s earliest known authors; Soul’Oexplores power, desire, vulnerability, and the human ability to rise again and again. Through self-composed songs, movement, and an immersive soundscape, Liv Hanne Haugen creates a physical and emotional solo balancing strength and fragility. A work that resonates through the body as much as through the mind. 📍 @kilden 📅 June 17, 2026 🕖 19:00 After the performance, join the aftertalk with the choreographer 🎟️ More info: Ravnedans.com Idé, tekst, sang og dans: Liv Hanne Haugen Komposisjoner, gitar og pedaler (live): Alain Kawczak Komposisjoner, elektronikk (live): Louisa Palmi Lys: Anniell Olsen, Øystein Heitmann (første versjon) Veiledning regi: Mari Vatne Kjeldstadli Veiledning koreografi og stemme: Silje Solheim Johnsen, Siri Jøntvedt, Anne Katrine Haugen, Anneli Drecker, Therese Øvstebø Markhus Veiledning kostyme: Rune Hennum Nilssen Foto: Tale Hendnes Produksjon: Liv Hanne Haugen AS Soul’O er støttet av Kulturrådet, Fond for Utøvende Kunstnere, Dansens Hus, Davvi - senter for scenekunst

GLITCH CHOIR - @devaschubert at Ravnedans 2026 A “glitch” describes a disturbance in the transmission of digital information, such as a distorted image or a stuttering video. It creates a rupture in the perception of reality. Can grief also be understood as a glitch in that sense? The performance Glitch Choir translates the moment of digital disturbance into the analog space through voice and body in order to recompose a lament. Historically, public mourning practices were long carried out by so-called “Klageweiber.” These women were commissioned to give emotional expression to the grief of others for the deceased. At the same time, the act of lamentation became a vehicle through which their voices could be heard, that otherwise had little presence in the public sphere. Presented in collaboration with local participants as part of the festival program in Kristiansand. 📍 @kristiansandkunsthall 📅 June 19, 2026 ⏰ 19:30 🎟️ More info: Ravnedans.com Trailer : Johannes Hölker Concept, choreography : Deva Schubert Performance in Collaboration with: Chihiro Araki Local Choir: (TBC) Local Choir leader: Maja Marum Andersen Dramaturgy: Lotta Beckers Research: Jette Büchsenschütz Styling: Magdalena Emmerig Original costume: Ama Tomberli

TRAGEDY - @louis.schou at Ravnedans 2026 Shaped as an immersive performance exhibition, Tragedy is an all-consuming space draped entirely in black, where two miserable fictional characters enact a slow, endlessly looping nightmare. This dreamscape takes the shape of an entrapment, a labyrinth without walls, a site where Western cultural tropes from the baroque until now take shape as disordered compulsions: lap dances, star-crossed lovers, cowboy fantasies, dying swans, court des ballets, still lives, and Hollywood sex. Tragedy is a non-emotional burial ground for an undying history—a form of time in decay. A dense, surreal, and visually striking experience,inviting you to step inside the loop. 📍 @grac_norway 📅 20 June ⏰ 20:00 - 22:30 (Duratinal performance) 🎟️ More info: ravnedans.com Trailer: Chris Helberg Filmed at @podium_oslo Koreografi, lyd, kostymer: Louis Schou-Hansen Medskapende utøvere: Thjerza Balaj & Elise Nohr Nystad Tekstilarbeid: Karoline Bakken Lund Ytre øye: Alexandra Tveit Foto: Chai Saeidi Trailer og dokumentasjon: Chris Helberg Støttet av: Norsk Kulturråd & Fond for utøvende kunstnere Co-produsent: PODIUM Oslo

TRACKS by @viktor_frojd at Ravnedans 2026 📍 @kobbelkunstbyra 📅 June 19 🕕 18:00 🎟️ Get your ticket on our website ravnedans.com 📸 : Rebecca Gustavson

TRACKS — @viktor_frojd at Ravnedans 2026 Tracks can be a song, a trail or a path. A path to get lost on and tracks to follow in the search for “the right track”. But also the needle that follows the track on the vinyl record, the sounds that arise from grains of dust, creating that recognizable crunch. A reminder of the pre-digital world. Tracks wants us to remember that the future always holds opportunities to change direction, to build something different. Presented as part of Ravnedans Festival 2026, this piece unfolds in close proximity, offering an intimate and dynamic encounter with dance. 📍 @kobbelkunstbyra 📅 June 19 🕕 18:00 Viktor Fröjd will also be leading the Performance Lab during this Ravnedans season. Check out our website to see more about the Performance Lab’s open call for professional dancers. 🎟️ More info & tickets: ravnedans.com Choreography and dancer: Viktor Fröjd Co-creating dancer: Yared Tilahun Cederlund Sound Composition and design: Yared Tilahun Cederlund Dramaturge: Bodil Persson Production: IVER Cultural Association and Nordberg Movement ​Co-producer: Dansstationen Malmö and Norrlandsoperan Film: Piero Dallosso

OPEN CALL: PERFORMANCE LAB WITH VIKTOR FRÖJD @viktor_frojd - Emerge from within Ravnedans invites professional dancers to apply for this year’s Performance Lab, led by Swedish choreographer and dancer Viktor Fröjd. Over four days, participants will explore Viktor’s artistic practice and work together towards a public showing during Ravnedans 2026. 📍 Kristiansand 📅 16 to 20 June 2026 🎭 For professional dancers ✨ Public showing during the festival This is a chance to dive into a creative process, meet other artists, and become part of this year’s festival. Read more about the lab/ subscribe with the link in bio.

Finally ready to share our 2026 program 🌿 Read more about the performances and book your tickets via: See you in Kristiansand 16.-20 June! Photo: Spyros Gent, for Glitch Choir - Vocal Variations

Ok, we are sooooo ready to finally share this years program with you tomorrow evening!