Dans in Gamle Oslo is a pilot project; we will celebrate dance and fill the streets and public squares with walking performances, acrobatics, pop-up shows, workshops, flash-mobs and lots of surprises.
The first weekend there will be a family program in a number of places in the borough of Gamle Oslo. International performers with performances suitable for the whole family. On Saturday 26 August, Grønland is in focus, with a backyard party and disco at the Intercultural Museum. There will also be a choreography competition, “Old Town Get Down”, for young people with participants from all over the city. On Sunday 27 August, we move the festival down into Bjørvika.
The British company Autin Dance Theater comes to DiGGfest with the performance “Out of the Deep Blue”. We meet the ocean giant EKO – a four-metre-tall dancing puppet – who likes to be in contact with everyone she meets on her way. In the Chinese/Portuguese performance “L’Autre”, the audience gets to experience mind-blowing acrobatics in a duet with street dance. There will also be more intimate encounters with outreach dance workshops and neighbourhood activities for everybody to enjoy.
