Soft Encoun­ters

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Soft Encounters

Soft Encounters

Hafnarhús

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Katrín Gunnarsdóttir presents the performance Soft encounters at Reykjavík Dance Festival.

A group of performers will spend a few hours arranging sponge cubes, creating patterns and landscapes while communicating and reflecting on their surroundings through song. The audience is invited to come and go, to witness and even participate. This is a quiet playground, a soft contemplation.

This event is a part of Katrín Gunnarsdottir’s research project Soft Encounters: A performative approach to embodying artificial intimacy, hosted by The Iceland University of the Arts.

Katrín Gunnarsdóttir is an Icelandic choreographer and dancer based in Reykjavík. Her work focuses on soft encounters and embodied listening, creating intricate choreographic landscapes. She has created both solo and group works and presented award-winning performances in Iceland and Europe, mostly for stage but also installations in museum and site-specific contexts.

Concept and artistic direction: Katrín Gunnarsdóttir

Design: Eva Signý Berger

Performers: Aðalheiður Halldórsdóttir, Alona Perepelytsia, Halla Þórðardóttir, Heba Eir Kjeld, Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Védís Kjartansdóttir

Supported by: Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland University of the Arts, City of Reykjavík, Menningarfélagið Tær

Free entrnace.