Dedicated to the dialogue between dance and the concert.
Realised within the frame of music festival Sónar Reykjavík – there will be a whole evening and stage dedicated to a full programme artists that approach dance through the concert as a format.
Participating Artists:
Martin Kilvady with the Iceland Dance Company with music by Mankan
Milkywhale
Saga Sigurðardóttir in collaboration with Good Moon Deer.
Martin Kilvady
Staging an instant composition of dance and music where all will happen, All Inclusive brings together the talents of the highly acclaimed choreographer Martin Kilvady, Mankan - a musical collaboration between Kippi Kaninus and Tom Manoury, and a mixed company of dancers from Iceland Dance Company and Reykjavík Dance Festival. Martin Kilvady is an internationally acclaimed choreographer who has worked with some of Europe´s leading dance companies; Rosas, Roberto Olivan and ZOO/Thomas Hauert. He is also one of the founders of Les Slovaks Dance Collective, which has performed all over the world – including at Reykjavik Arts Festival in 2011.
Milkywhale
Milkywhale had their first outing at Reykjavík Dance Festival during the summer of 2015, and “won Iceland Airwaves” with their live shows according to the Reykjavík Grapevine. Milkywhale is a collaboration between the FM Belfast member Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson and the dancer and choreographer Melkorka S. Magnúsdóttir.
Saga Sigurðardóttir and Good Moon Deer
Saga Sigurðardóttir, with her company of dancers, has a long history of collaboration with Good Moon Deer. Winning critics over with their two past shows Scape of Grace and Predator. This outing will see a new body of material brought to the stage – made especially for the Dance and Sound Stage at Sónar Reykjavík.
These activities took place at Harpa in collaboration with Sónar Reykjavík and the Iceland Dance Company.
Organised in the frame of ”Foreign Bodies”, a project supported by a grant from Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and the Romanian Government, in the frame of the ”Promotion of Diversity in Culture and Arts within European Cultural Heritage” Programme developed with the support of EEA Grants and Romanian Government. The project was also made with support of The Swedish Arts Grants Committee. For further information on the project, please visit: www.foreignbodies.eu. Also a part of the project "Springboard”, supported by Nordisk Kulturfond.
