Performing Arts

The Band and Drill team of the Norwegian King’s Guard will perform at Stoddert Elementary School in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, April 30 at 2:00 p.m. The performance, a highly choreographed display of precise marching and riflery, will be open to the press and the general public. Read more

Dream of Autumn is a play written by Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse and is directed by Sarah Cameron Sunde. The show is on view at the Quantum Theatre in Pittsburg and runs through April 28th, Wednesday to Sundays at 8.00 PM. Read more

A Summer’s Day, Autumn Dream and Winter opening February 28, 2013 at the DCASE Storefront Theater Akvavit Theatre is pleased to present a “triptych” of plays by Norwegian luminary playwright Jon Fosse at Chicago’s DCASE Storefront Theater. The plays — A Summer's Day, Autumn Dream, and Winter — are all Chicago/Midwest premieres and all are in world-premiere translations by Kyle Korynta. Read more

New York’s premier art event will have a special focus on Norway this November. This week Performa launched a new international program; “Pavilions Without Walls” - a new international program partnering with countries from all over the world. The Performa Pavilions program sets up large-scale collaborations between Performa and each of the participating countries, so that their international... Read more

SAGA is a theatrical puppet show by the award-winning American/Norwegian company Wakka Wakka. The show features 30 puppets, ranging from 3 inches to 10 feet, portrayed by an international cast of puppeteers from Iceland, Norway, Ireland and the US, and will run from March 7 to April 14 at Baruch Performing Arts Center. Read more

Traavik is among a very few artists who have been able to successfully develop a long-term collaboration with North Korean cultural authorities, based on mutual trust, respect and curiosity. Common Ground is a think-tank forum that argues for the necessity of exchanging arts and culture between North Korea and the rest of the world. Remember to reserve seats at rsvp@kafny.org Read more

After performing at the Nordic Cool festival in Washington DC, Carte Blanche, the Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance, stops by New York for several performances at the Nordic Dance festival Ice Hot through March 15 - 17. Read more

The 16th Annual Ibsen Festival is featuring a world premiere adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher of Ibsen’s groundbreaking masterpiece A Doll's House. A story where a wife must make a heart-breaking choice when the past threatens to destroy her perfect household. The Festival is running between April 12 and April 14. Read more

On Jan. 7, 2013, Notre Dame and Alabama will face off in college football’s BCS National Championship game. As the date nears, it is worth remembering one of the true icons of the game: legendary Notre Dame coach and Norwegian Knute Rockne. Rockne is arguably one of the greatest college football coaches of all time. Some would say he is the most famous Norwegian American ever. In any case, he... Read more

"Through Hell Gate to The Promised Land" is a storytelling performance about the first Norwegian group of emigrants that arrived in New York at October 9th, 1825. Read more

A new evening length work by Brooklyn based Norwegian dancer and choreographer Einy Åm / EyeKnee Coordination. The piece merges the mediums of dance, video and live vocals to explore a state of waiting and anticipation; peeking into a surreal world of memories and daydream, embracing both the beautiful, bizarre and the melancholic. Read more

360° Dance Company is proud to present its 5th Anniversary Season at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, Joan Weil Center for Dance, Oct 18-20, 2012. Opening night will feature a GALA performance, including a special retrospective of the company's past works, and a wine toast at intermission. Read more

The work of Norwegian writer Jon Fosse -- Europe’s most performed playwright, often mentioned as the contemporary equivalent to Henrik Ibsen -- will be performed at Cherry Lane Theatre in New York from October 10 to December 8. Read more

In the context of a two-week production residency as part of an ongoing open-call residency initiative at EMPAC, Norwegian dance company Ella Fiskum Danz presents Triptych 0811, a work in progress exploring the inner life of dreams, reality, and ambition. With a live performance by Norwegian rock guitar legend Ronni Le Tekrż and innovative stage design by Serge von Arx, three diverse dance... Read more

When Dr. Thomas Stockmann discovers toxic contamination in the water used at the local baths, he expects to be hailed as a hero. But since the baths are the town’s main source of revenue, the community fights to silence him... and Dr. Stockmann learns that there are forces more powerful than truth. Previews begin Tuesday September 4 at Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Read more

Findlay//Sandsmark is the Norway-based performance company created by acclaimed theatre and video artist and Collapsable Giraffe co-founder Iver Findlay and choreographer and dancer Marit Sandsmark (Artist of the Year, Stavanger, Norway, 2006). With “fractured bones/ let’s get lost”, they conspire with performers Eric Dyer of Radiohole and video game modder Victor E. Morales, collecting and... Read more

Paintings by Anki King & Sol Kjøk and performances by Elisabeth Færøy Lund. The key curatorial choice in this exhibition refers to the artists’ use of the body as medium. The three artists Anki King, Sol Kjøk and Elisabeth Færøy Lund all share similar backgrounds from rural farming communities in Norway. Read more

"How we, as independent nations and as an international community, should fight violent political extremism is at the heart of politics in the 21st century. I also believe that Norway’s experience after the attack has important lessons that may be relevant beyond our borders," writes Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store in the New York Times, in anticipation of the anniversary of the terrorist... Read more

PERSONA by ANE LAN will be performed at the Defilibrator Performance Gallery in Chicago Sunday June 10 at 7pm. It is a part of the RAPID PULSE International Performance Festival. Read more

Bjarte Hjemleland, one of Norway's most beloved actors gives a one-night only-New York-performance of his show "Bjarte alene" in The Norwegian Seamens Church Sunday May13th at 7:00 pm.The performance is in Norwegian. Welcome! Read more