GÁTT Nordic Arts Festival: The Performance

MINNISBROT (MEMORY FRAGMENTS)
A double bill by RIVA the Faroese Dance Company

Memories, whether preserved or suppressed, stay in our bodies and leave behind marks. As we physically change our memories change with us. Memories can be the remnants of a time gone by, a place, a person or an occurrence. Reminiscing about good times; trying to make sense of blurry occurrences gone by in an intoxicated state; wanting to latch onto the memory or trying to run away from it.

MINNISBROT is a double bill dance performance presented by RIVA the Faroese Dance Company. A performance that entwines dance and poetry. The two duets being presented are: ‘tveyeini’ (two-alone) by Rannvá G. Niclasen and Vár B. Árting and ‘Minni: neglir klóra rygg’ (Memory: nails scratching back) by Beinir Bergsson and Búi Rouch.

The common thread is the connection between two bodies and the emotional interplay between the two. The works deal with themes of yearning, longing and the intimacy between two bodies on stage. The double bill is a journey through a series of memory fragments, both personal and as told by others, in an effort to embody and depict them through movement.

RIVA the Faroese Dance Company (FO):
Rannvá Guðrunardóttir Niclasen, choreography and performance
Vár Bech Árting, choreography and performance
Búi Rouch, choreography and performance
Beinir Bergsson, text and perfromance
Villiam Soo Joensen, light design

RIVA is the first contemporary dance company in the Faroe Islands. Their goal is to create more work opportunities for dance artists in and from the Faroe Islands, to contribute to the development of the dance environment on the islands and create high quality dance performances rooted in the Faroese perspective.

GÁTT Nordic Arts Festival is an artist-led multidisciplinary festival made by the GÁTT community that was held for the first time in Copenhagen, 2022. GÁTT 2024 is a partner festival of Helsinki Festival and it's held 23.–25.8.2024 in Helsinki, hosting at Ylioppilasteatteri, MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, Forum Box, and Hietsun paviljonki. The festival is supported by Nordic Culture Point, Nordic Culture Fund, Svenska Kulturfonden, Arts Promotion Centre Finland and The City of Helsinki.

photo: Gwenaël Akira Helmsdal Carré
visual identity: Lucía Peralta & Angel Garcia Dominguez