Hva vil det si å skape dans under okkupasjon, apartheid og folkemord?
Festivalen arrangeres 14. og 15. november.
As its name indicates, Praxisfestivalen 2025 – The Palestine Edition focuses on Palestine, inviting us to a week of workshops, performances, discussions and exchanges between Norwegian and Palestinian dance artists. Amidst the inconceivable loss of life, we are also witnessing an enormous loss of art, dance and cultural heritage. By inviting Palestinian dance artists to Norway, the festival reflects on which bodies get to be seen – and how dance can be a language for resistance, grief and community.
The programme is curated by the Palestinian dance artists Farah Saleh and Amir Sabra with the assistance of Praxisfestivalen, which this year is made up of Maja Roel, Martin Lervik and Sara Christophersen. The programme is curated from the perspectives of art, politics and geography, and includes dance artists from Gaza, the West Bank, Palestinian artists with Israeli citizenship and the diaspora. The festival thus brings together Palestinian dance artists who are normally kept apart through occupation, apartheid and genocide. These create violent barriers that make it impossible for members of the Palestinian community to meet in common arenas.
Praxisfestivalen 2025 – The Palestine Edition presents works that have not been performed before in Norway, enabling a better understanding of what Palestinian dance art is – and could be. The works explore the political body and decolonial physical practices. Dansens Hus creates a space for presentations, discussions and seminars – and for solidarity in practice.
We are delighted to present works by Mohanad Smama, Nur Garabli, Amir Sabra and Farah Saleh.
Dansens Hus is the host of the festival, which has been developed in collaboration with Proda, Rom for dans and PraxisOslo. Funding from Arts Council Norway and Black Box theatre.
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