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CODAWorkshop og CODAUng 2010
September 27 – October 3

As of 2005 the CODA festival became a biennale. In the interim year of 2010 the festival will nonetheless offer classes and workshops for professionals in collaboration with PRODA at Rom for Dans. CODAUng is also on the programme with classes and workshops in break & hip hop for young people in collaboration with The Planet at Rommen School and Culture Centre. At the cultural centre Trikkehallen at Kjelsås, Panta Rei Danseteater will present the production En dans på skinner and the company will also hold a workshop in collaboration with Engebråten school.

PRODA/CODAWorkshop 2010 offers classes in yoga, contemporary, workshops and classical ballet. Alexander Medin is one of the most reputable yoga instructors in Norway; he is a former professional dancer and Norwegian national champion in boxing. Thomas Caley has a background as a dancer in the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and is a marvellous dancer and teacher, who integrates release work with Cunningham-based technique. Carlos Cortizo lives and works in Nuremberg, where he is involved in both dance and film projects. He has previously worked with icons such as Maurice Béjart, William Forsythe and Rui Horta, just to mention a few. This year the festival also offers morning classes in classical ballet with the dancer Marek Jez from the Norwegian National Ballet, where he has been a soloist since 1995.

CODAWorkshop is an important part of the CODA festival, and our ambition is to provide a diverse programme for the entire Norwegian dance community. We hope that many will take part in the year’s workshops and that dancers from all over the country will attend the classes. During the same week that the CODAWorkshop takes place, three of our most outstanding choreographers – Jo Strømgren, Ina Christel Johannessen and Ingun Bjørnsgaard – will present three premieres at the Norwegian Opera and at Dance House Norway. So there is every reason to come to Oslo and take part in classes and workshops and see the performances in the last week of September!

Welcome!

Lise Nordal
CEO/Artistic Director