Here is the open call to our DARE! project! We would love to see you in Hammerfest, Norway 2.-7.11.2025!
At the end of this page you'll find an application form, DL 25.8.2025
Stellaris DansTeater is searching for one dancer from Northern Norway to participate in the innovative canadian performance concept Dare!
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Dare! is a game-like choreographic domino. Three choreographers create a choreography for a day, rehearsaled in one day and presented to the public in the evening, three days a row. Next choreographer gets the inspiration from the performance and creates the next day's show.
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This project operates in several languages (French, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish and English) and all the participants are required to master English as a fluent working language. Original concept of Dare! - Osez! is from Karine Ledoyen, cie Danse K par K, Quebec, Canada, and she will travel to Hammerfest with her team of dancers initiating the concept in DanseFestival Barents this year.
Karine Ledoyen
The choreographer for the Canadian team
A choreographer and dancer trained in Quebec City, Karine Ledoyen began her career in France, where she laid the foundation for her future as a creator. Returning to Quebec’s capital in 2001 as a young artist-entrepreneur, she launched the concept Osez! - DARE!, which would become her signature both in Quebec and abroad, and founded the company Danse K par K in 2005. Her work explores the many facets of human fragility, as seen in productions such as Cibler, Air, La Nobody, Trois paysages, Danse de garçons, Danse de nuit, Danse de salon, and De la glorieuse fragilité. Over the years, her body of work has affirmed the strength of her artistic approach and the deep humanity that resonates through her creations.
Photo: Stéphane Bourgeois
Alongside her artistic career, Ledoyen has also reflected on her practice through a master’s degree at Université Laval. For her significant contributions to the development of the dance community in Quebec City, she received the François Samson Award for Cultural Development in both 2006 and 2020.
During the pandemic, she created Osez! en solo, a series of outdoor performances for a single spectator. This was followed by Solos prêts-à-porter, short dance films projected into the hands of passersby. In 2024, Karine returned to the roots of choreographic art with a new production. Overflowing with ideas, she remains active on all fronts—both artistic and social.
Liv Hanne haugen
The choreographer selected for the Norwegian team
Liv Hanne Haugen, is a dance-artist, choreographer and producer trained in London at Contemporary Dance School, Arts Educational Schools, and at School for new Dance Development in Amsterdam. She has worked for a.o. Wim Vandekeybus/Ultima vez (BE), Stellaris DansTeater and Nordting. She produces work in various collective projects and groups, as well as through Haugen Produksjoner, Haugen Produksjoners which she runs with her sister Anne Katrine Haugen.
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Liv Hanne works interdisciplinary and her skills include singing, writing and teaching. She makes work both for stage and site specific, and tours nationally and internationally.
She has co-funded artist collectives such as RadArt (Tromsø) and Bains::Connective (Brussels). She has received the Government's work grant for a total of 10 years, and in 2022 she won the Rolf Gammleng price for an outstanding career. This year 2025 she won Heddaprisen for her work SoulÒ. From 2018 she has been employed in the Actors' and Dancers' Alliance.
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Her artistic work stems from an interest in deepening the connection and to make the unseen visible. Vulnerability and risk-taking are lifelong companions and resources in her work.
Time frame:
3.11. travel day
4.-6.11. working days and performances
7.11. travel day
Place:
Arktisk kultursenter, Hammerfest, Norway
Fees:
5182,-NOK daily freelancer fee + holiday pay
Travels and accommodation paid by the project - please inform us as precisely as possible from where you would travel. Exact fees and working hours will be precised according to possible further funding.
Collaborators and funding:
Stellaris DansTeater / www.stellaris.no/eng/home.html
Arctic Dance Network / arcticdancenetwork.wixsite.com/arcticdancenetwork
Danse K par K / dansekpark.com
DanseFestival Barents / www.dansefestivalbarents.no/home.php
The Nordic Council of Ministers / ​https://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council-ministers
Questions?
Feel free to contact our team assigned to this project
Riikka Kosola
Riikka Kosola is the chairperson of Arctic Dance Network and she leads the DARE! project.
Availability for contacting by phone 15.8., 22.8.2025
11-12 am EET
12-13 pm CET
0047 97745576
Elina Tähtelä
Elina Tähtelä is the vice chair of Arctic Dance Network and she works as a producer in the DARE! project.
arcticdancenetwork@gmail.com
