Reykjavík Dance Festival // Super Social Space
August 2013

In 2012, Erna Ómarsdóttir and Valdimar Jóhansson invited curators Alexander Roberts and Ásgerður G. Gunnarsdóttir to work with them to curate and co-produce the 2013 edition of Reykjavík Dance Festival.

In addition to the programation, the pair – in collaboration with a collective of dancers and choreographers operating under the title Choreography Reykjavík – opened a bar for the full duration of the festival.

This bar - the Super Social Space – was a site for performance, parties, workshops, dinners, artist talks, and more. It was created to explore and experiment with how dance, performance and choreography could be the oil between people in social situations – how one could position community and the relations between friends and strangers alike at the heart of the festival.

Participating artists and curators included:

Mette Ingvartsen

Danjel Andersson

Kerstin Schroth

Haraldur Jónsson

Ásgerður G. Gunnarsdóttir

Alexander Roberts

Siggi Ámundarsson

Benni Hemm Hemm

Ásrún Magnúsdóttir

Védís Kjartansdóttir

Hrafnhildur Einarsdóttir

Events took place at Tjarnarbío, Mengi, the Reykjavík Dance Atelier, the National Broadcasting House, Gamla Bío, the Reykjavík City Theatre, the National Theatre of Iceland, the Reykjavík Art Museum, and the Iceland University of the Arts.

The events were supported by Reykjavík City, the Nordisk Kulturfond, Goethe Institute, the Japan Foundation, Kulturkontakt Nord and the Iceland Ministry of Culture and Education.