FULL PRICE: 22,50 €
REDUCED PRICE: 8,00 €
FROM AGE 14
IN ENGLISH
50 '
JOIN LOVÍSA TO BRING WHEN THE BLEEDING STOPS TO LIFE IN MAMER — NO DANCE EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. MORE INFORMATION HERE!
A performance that breaks the silence surrounding menopause — with tenderness, humour, and unapologetic honesty.
When an injury forced Icelandic artist Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir to rethink her relationship with dance, she began exploring the unspoken realities of ageing in the female body. Realising how little she herself knew about menopause, she interviewed experts, pored over research, reflected — and eventually issued an open call. The response was immediate: dozens of women from across Iceland came forward, eager to share their stories.
Out of those conversations grew a warm, disarming piece that mingles stand-up, dance, and video to open a window onto women’s most intimate worlds. Oscillating between vulnerability and celebration, shame and laughter, Lovísa and a group of local performers (*) invite us to greet this transformative rite of passage — hot flushes, mood swings, and dry mucous membranes included — with curiosity, compassion, and joy.
Concept, choreography and text Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir Video design Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir, Brett Smith Lighting and sound design Brett Smith Performance Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir, Ólöf Ingólfsdóttir, Kristjana Stefánsdóttir, Support Reykjavík Dance Festival Tour management StepTurnMove
This show is presented in partnership with the Commune of Mamer’s Commission for Equal Opportunities, the Commission for Family and Senior Citizens, and the following partners: