IMPOSSIBLE ACTIONS is activated by 8 local professional dancers in Trondheim after a week-long movement research practice at DansiT, based on the structure and concepts of the physical solo NUTRICULA (Shanghai, 2015).

The score goes for about an hour and proposes seven challenging physical tasks that the performers interpret and modify according to their bodies and biographies. The tasks break down habits of movement, test limits and re-invent the possibilities of the human body.

The piece has a durational open ending that the group calls “Echo” where the performers are free to abandon the concept, seek connection with each other and go back to themselves within simple parameters – stay in the space and don’t talk.

Approximately one hour after the start, the lighting changes and the doors open. Please, do not applaud. You are now free to stay for the Echo or leave. You could also grab a drink, come back and change your position in the room.

The result is different every night, so we encourage you to see it on both dates.

One hour before the last performance of IMPOSSIBLE ACTION there will be an artisttalk on the mezzanine of Rosendal Teater with guest artist Yasen Vasilev. The talk is led by Ásgerdur Gunnarsdóttir, curating producer & dramaturg at DansiT.

IMPOSSIBLE ACTIONS is shown Friday 11th and Saturday 12th of February 19:00, read more about the performance here.

Presented by DansiT in collaboration with Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder

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IMPOSSIBLE ACTIONS was prototyped in residency at Taipei artist village (TW) and La Caldera (ES) in 2019, and first produced in 2021 by Radar Sofia at DNK – space for contemporary dance and performance with the support of the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture, followed by new versions with local performers at Moving body festival (Varna, BG) and CoFestival (Ljubljana, SI). It received the annual award of the City Hall of Sofia in September 2021.

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Yasen Vasilev works in the field of contemporary dance and performance as a maker, dramaturg and critic. NUTRICULA is the practical research of his master thesis on the politics of dance from Shanghai Theater Academy, developed and presented in the form of workshops and performances internationally. Since 2018 he's been a contributing author for Springback magazine and a dramaturgical consultant for choreographer Ehsan Hemat (BE/IR). Locally, he works with Radar Sofia - an artist-run residency space for playwrights and artists at risk, and co-runs Drama Pact - a collective of writers and performance makers who share resources instead of competing for them. Vasilev has published four poetry collections and four plays, and received the audience award at Sofia:Poetics 2010 and the CEI Fellowship at Vilenica festival in 2020.

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About the performers:

Amalia Wiatr Lewis is an interdisciplinary dance artist from Los Angeles / USA, working with living beings, experiences, and objects. She is currently an MFA student at the Academy of Fine Art in Trondheim.

Ann Kathrin Røsvik Granhus is a dance artist and dance teacher based in Verdal. She has a BA in contemporary dance from the Amsterdam Academy of the Arts and a PPU from the University of Stavanger. As a performer, she has worked with Don.Gnu physical theater (DK), Follow the Vikings Project (GB) and Yggdrasil Teater (NO). She is also active with her own creative projects.

Céline Meillaud is a French performing artist with a background in physical theater and butoh dance. Today she has her artistic base in Trondheim where she lives and works with her own projects in addition to participating as a performer in productions with Cirka Teater, Panter Tanter and CrotonicX.

Gunhild Løhre has a bachelor's degree in performing dance from LIPA and works as a dance artist and choreographer based in Trondheim. Løhre has previously participated as a dancer in Compagnia Fransesca Selva. Today she works with various genres and across artistic expressions, both as a performer and creator.

Marie Rechsteiner is a contemporary dancer and choreographer based between Trondheim and Berlin. She has a BA in dance from the University of Stavanger, and has since been involved in a number of performances and collaborative projects, in addition to her own choreographic practice. She often works interdisciplinary, in collaboration with artists from different art disciplines and her own work is often at the intersection of dance and visual art.

Nora Eek is a dance artist from Malvik, educated at Copenhagen Contemporary Dance School in Denmark and Cobosmika SEEDs in Spain. She has also been based in London and worked for various choreographers and companies. Nora has trained and toured with Jasmin Vardimon's JV2 in England and the Poetic Disaster Club in the Netherlands, and co-founded the collective Kunstorain and the Collectif Art-Y-Show.

Valentina Martínez Mariscal is a dance artist with a background in modern, jazz, and latin genres, and an interest in socially-engaged art and esthetics. She works at the intersection between engaged dance practice and research within artistic practice in placemaking, and has recently been involved in the projects “Some things last a long time” by Jasper Siverts (NO) and “ALDA” by Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (IS).

Vilde Opeide has a bachelor's degree in jazz dance from the Oslo Academy of the Arts. She works in a wide range of expressions, and has previously participated in "Cabaret” at Den Nationale scene in Oslo and “Juleevangeliet - the smash (s)hit musical” in Trondheim Spektrum, og has been a co-founder of SHE heels company. In 2022 she will be in the performance "TRÅD" with Kompani Trondheim and "Big Band Show" at Chat Noir in Oslo.