WE ARE THE NORDICS - a decolonizing ritual coming to Samiskt Danscenter Jillat and Dáiddadállu ! <3

Please join us for WE ARE THE NORDICS at Jillat and Dáiddadállu!
We are looking so very much forward to coming to these two wonderful and welcoming places <3

Join us here:
5th september at 11 am - Jillat Sami dance center, Voullerim, Sweden/Sápmi. Buy tickets here
5th september kat 6 pm - Jillat Sami dance center, Voullerim, Sweden/Sápmi. Buy tickets here
8th september at 19 pm - Dáiddadállu, Kautokeino. Ticket information here
9th september at 11 am - Dáiddadállu, Kautokeino. Ticket informatiion here

VI ER NORDEN is the creation of a decolonizing ritual with, by and for the nordic population.

In the nordic countries we also traded human bodies across continents.
In the nordic countries we also divided families and countries in the name of civilization.
In the nordic countries we also prohibited language and cultural practice and conducted race biological research.

VI ER NORDEN is the decomposition of the inherited choreographies of colonialism.
An invitation to move closer to one another. To embody your perspective. To share. A collective moment. A collective vision.
The audience is guided between participation and observation in a space composed by soil, test tube chandeliers, golden animals and local plants. Through choreography, music, collective reading and staged conversations we move through the bodies inherited material of nordic colonialism.
The ritual travel through the colonial and postcolonial terrains of the Nordic Countries and make itself available as a performative situation in the local debates of decolonization.
VI ER NORDEN is a rhizomatic work opening in new konstellations and context and with a dynamic artist group constellation, always taking into consideration representation of local context and perspectives.

VI ER NORDEN travels in 2024-2026 with an artistic team consisting of norwegian/gambian playwright and performer Camara Lundestad Joof, sami/finish visual artist Stina Aletta Aikio, greenlandic dancer and actress Elisabeth Heilmann Blind, faroese composer Trondur Bogason, danish choreographer and dancer Ingrid Tranum Velásquez + guest artist Ole-Henrik Lifjell (Sápmi) Julienne Doko (Denmark); Gunnvá Zachariassen (Faroe Islands).

Artist 2022-2023 includes:
Aka Niviana (Nuuk), HH Suersaq (Nuuk), Julienne Doko (Helsingør).

VI ER NORDEN visited 2023 - 2025 Nuuk Nordisk festival/Nunatta Isiginnartitsisarfia / National theatre of Greenland in Nuuk (GL), Passage Festival/Helsingør Teater (DK), Mondo in Rowaniemi (FI), Northern Sustainable Futures in Moskotel (SE), Nynorskens Hus in Oslo (NO).

The performances at Jillat and Dáiddadállu are supported by: