Choreographer and dancer Geir Hytten has invited scenographer and lighting designer Corentin JPM Leven, musician Kristoffer Lislegaard, dancer Jacob Ingram-Dodd and artistic catalyst Terje Tjøme Mossige to a daily artist practice to see if it can create a physical connection to the social changes we consider necessary to create a sustainable future.

In a risky stage room, they explore the interplay between tactile and imaginary physical textures, where movements both occur and are destroyed in an eternal round dance. This both beautiful and violent process is inspired by the component humus in the earth's crust, and the audience is invited to a scenic experiment on how we can approach an embodiment that extends beyond the moment to a timeless body.

Grief will be our companion suggests with this as a backdrop that we must learn to live with ecological grief as a companion, where we learn to inherit the earth without denial and to remain in the trouble of a ruined or damaged reality. Together we will dwell on loss, be grateful for what it means, and then see how we ourselves must change and renew our relationships in order to move forward.

This performance is part of Multiplié dance festival 2022 which is presented by DansiT.

Om Kunstnerne:

Geir Hytten har utdannet seg med en Master in Dance-performance fra Laban og samfunnsgeografi fra UiO. I London jobbet han med Punchdrunk i ulike prosjekter over ti år, og spilte Macbeth i den originale oppsetningen av «Sleep No More», New York og Shanghai. Andre kompanier inkluderer Vincent Dance Theatre, The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs, Frantic Assembly, Frauke Requardt, Coisceim, National Theatre (London) og Complicite.

I Norge har han vært en del av Jo Strømgren Kompani siden 2011. Han har danset for Impure Company, Brageteatret, Ulf Nilseng, Kjersti Engebretsen, Simone Grøtte, Katrine Kirsebom, Laterna, Karstein Solli, De Naive/Roza Moshtaghi, Mia Habib, og er ansatt i SKUDA.

Sammen med Marie Bergby Handeland koreograferte og utøvde han forestillingen Vi Synger (2016). Egne verk er YOUR FAN (2018), hello brother: stage-screen-stripped (2019-2020), og grief will be our companion (2021) premierte under Codadancefest.