Listening Party

Choreographed by Ásrún Magnúsdóttir
Dramaturged by Alexander Roberts
Curated and Commissioned by Alexander Roberts and Ásgerður G. Gunnarsdóttir

A large group of teenagers invite you to a Listening Party.

Listening Party is a party on stage, the hosts are teenagers aged between 13-17 years old. They play their favourite music. Sometimes they sing along or dance along or cry along or whatever. They talk about their music and about themselves, ideas, worries, thoughts and dreams. They hang out, listen to music together and listen to each other with their audience. They support each other, celebrate each other and their teenage years. The stage is theirs, the words are theirs, they have the power - even though it’s just during the show - it’s their party and they do whatever they want.Listening Party was premiered at Everybody's Spectacular 2017, in Kúlan the National Theatre of Iceland.  

Cast & crew
Choreographer: Ásrún Magnúsdóttir.
Curator and Dramaturge: Alexander Roberts. 
Production: Alexander Roberts
Light designer and assistant: Alma Mjöll Ólafsdóttir.
Original cast and collaborators: Marta Ákadóttir, Lukka Mörk, Sverrir Gauti Svavarsson, Baldur Einarsson, Steinunn Þórðardóttir, Erna Benediktsdóttir, Haukur Guðnason, Sæþór Elí Bjarnason, Egill Andrason, Saga Klose, Karen Nordquist Ragnarsdóttir, Jón Karl Sigurðsson, Stefán Árni Gylfason, Theodór Pálsson, Lea Alexandra Gunnarsdóttir, Hanna Greta, Uloma Ousala, Ísafold Kristín, Lúkas Örvar Blurton, Emma Ýrr Hlynsdóttir, Óðinn Sastre, Þuríður Guðrún Pétursdóttir, Jana Ebenezardóttir, Viktoría Mist, Ilmur María Arnarsdóttir, Sigríður Ragnarsdóttir, Aron Gauti, Arnór Máni Birgisson, Oliver Alí, Hringur Kjartansson, Karl Jóhann Jónsson, Ólafur Björgúlfsson, Halldóra Björg.
Photographer: Owen Fiene. 
Duration: 60 min.

Listening Party was nominated for Dance Show of the Year at the Icelandic theatre and stage awards in 2017. 

Listening Party was Reykjavík Dance Festival and LÓKAL within the frame of  ,,Into the City onto the Stage", supported my Ministry of Culture and Education and Urban Heat, supported by European Union. Co produced by: apap - Performing Europe 2020, co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

Performances

Dansehallerne, Copenhagen. 14.15. March 2020
Rimi, Stavanger. 6. 8. February 2020
Zodiak house, Helsinki. 3.4.7.10.11. December 2019
Yeah Yeah Yeah Festival, Zurich. 18.19. September 2019.
Hangö Teatertraff, Hangö Finland. 7. 8. June 2019.
Take Me Somewhere Festival, Glasgow, 24.25.26 May 2019
Szene, Salzburg, 15,16 May 2019.
Black Box Teater, Oslo, 21.22.23. February 2019
Ice Hot dance Platform, Reykjavík, 15 December 2018
Ganz Novi Festival, Zagreb, 22. 23. 24 September 2018
Bastard Festival, Trondheim, 11. 12. 13. September 2018
Everybody’s Spectacular, Reykjavík, 16. 17. 18 and 19 November 2017

…more to come…