Outdoor dance performance for children “Pipe Up” | Norway
Creators: Panta Rei Danseteater
Artistic direction and choreography: Anne Ekenes
Choreography: Pia Holden
Dramaturgy: Hilda Levin
Music: Nathaniel Reed
Stage design: Carl Nilssen Love
Costume design: Benedicte Olsson Lønes
Cast: Gerd Kaisa Vorren, Antero Hein / Live Skullerud, Victor O. A. Pedersen
Producer: Carolinn Helgerud
Production: Unge Viken Teater and Panta Rei Danseteater
Premiere: September 5, 2022
Date: August 23, 2025 | Saturday
Time: 4 pm
Date: August 24, 2025 | Sunday
Time: 11 am
Place: Power Plant Courtyard / Power Plant (depending on the weather), Fuzja - Łódź, 6a Milionowa Street
Admission: free
Duration: 30-45 minutes
Age Restrictions: 3+
Language: non-verbal
DESCRIPTION OF THE PERFORMANCE
In “PIPE UP” two inventive dancers use parkour, dance and a whole bunch of pipes when they visit different playgrounds. What can all these pipes be used for? Skip with them? Roll on them? Sing into them? And if we put all the pipes together, can they become something completely different? Maybe something that’s starting to… move?
REVIEWS
“This was a magical and exciting experience, filled with laughter and wonder. Children truly appreciated the opportunity to be part of the experience.”
(Kindergarten, Gjerdrum)
“We brought our 2-year-olds, and they absolutely loved the performance. We could easily have included the youngest children too - the sounds and colors would have captivated them just as much.”
(Kindergarten, Vestby)
“The children were fully engaged throughout the performance. It was a wonderful bonus that they got to meet the “animal”, help decorate it, and even sit on it afterwards. Several of them continued playing similar imaginative games for days.”
(Kindergarten, Vestby)
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Panta Rei Danseteater / PRD - a Norwegian contemporary dance theatre company based in Oslo, Norway. The company was established in 2000. Since then, the company has produced sixteen productions and managed a number of large-scale dance projects. Alongside their artistic and outreach work, the company runs a development programme for young professional dance talents. The company is known for its fast-paced colourful dance theatre performances that are accessible to a wide range of audiences in a variety of theatrical and non-theatrical spaces.
Panta Rei… everything flows, everything is in movement. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus argued that “no man ever steps in the same river twice”, as the river is in constant movement, constant transformation. Panta Rei Dance Theatre’s vision is founded on the idea that human beings and the society in which we live, are constantly changing and developing, and have a sincere wish to move and change people through dance. They believe in the transformational power of dance, they believe that meetings through dance make us more complete and reflective human beings, both emotionally, aesthetically and socially. Their vision: “Get ready to be moved!” underpins their every way of working. PRD has one of the most diverse audiences in Norway, and in 2017 the company was nominated for Norwegian Audience Development Prize. The company tours nationally and internationally, building long-term relationships with partners, performing and leading workshops.
Anne Ekenes - choreographer, educated at Laban Centre London: MA in choreography, dance for camera and performance. She has danced with Transitions Dance Company and Attik Dance. Anne founded Panta Rei Dance Theatre in 2000 and has since led a number of projects and choreographed works for both stage and experimental film.
Pia Holden - choreographer, trained at the Ballet Academy in Gothenburg and the Joffrey Ballet School in New York. She has danced for New York Dance Ensemble and choreographers such as Jo Strømgren, Lise Eger and Lise Nordal and with various choreographers in Brazil. Pia has been a dancer, choreographer and manager of PRD since 2005.
Live Skullerud - performer, holds a bachelor's degree in performing dance from the University of Stavanger, including an international semester at Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Tilburg, the Netherlands. She now works creatively and performatively in her own and others' projects based in Stavanger and her hometown Fredrikstad.
Victor Amel Olivares Pedersen - performer, graduated from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, and has been involved in many productions at the Opera, Dansens Hus and The Norwegian Theatre. He is a Principal dancer and soloist in Tabanka Dance Ensemble and has a strong base in African dance styles. With Tabanka he has performed on stages in Switzerland, England and Canada, to name but a few. Victor has worked with companies such as Panta Rei Dance Theatre and Nagelhus Schia Productions and with choreographers such as Thomas Talwa Prestø, Inez Belli, Daniel Proietto.
Panta Rei Danseteater (PRD) has received travel support from PAHN - Performing Arts Hub Norway via the support scheme funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to present a performance "Pipe up".
