5-dagers LAB - Oslo Ensemble Thinking™ Festival
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ENSEMBLE THINKING™ 5-dagers LAB
med Lower Left Performance Collective (USA, Canada, Tyskland, Norge)
Ensemble Thinking™ er en samarbeidspraksis som finstiller en gruppes evne til årvåken lytting, kompositoriske valg og kollektive handlinger mot et scenisk verk - i sanntid. Praksisen utforsker samspillet mellom individuelle impulser og kollektive strukturer. Gjennom ulike scores utvikler vi solosignatur og vanebryting, øver på å gi og ta plass, initiere og overgi ideer, skape kaos og orden, og å se og bli sett.
Ensemble Thinking™ LAB 24.-28. august 2026 vil gi en 5 dagers utforskning og fordypning i Ensemble Thinking™. Gjennom å veksle mellom utøver- og publikumsperspektivet vil vi utvikle og bygge en felles kunnskapsbase. Arbeidet kulminerer i en åpen visning for publikum torsdag 27. august 2026.
Ensemble Thinking™ – en utøvende, skapende, delende og filosofisk praksis utviklet av Nina Martin (USA) og Lower Left Performance Collective siden 1994. Praksisen har røtter i Mary Overlies Viewpoints og New Yorks eksperimentelle improvisasjonsscene fra 1970-tallet og utover, og videreutvikles i dag gjennom kollektivets felles og individuelle kunstnerskap.
Lower Left Performance Collective er i dag et internasjonalt kollektiv med åtte dansekunstnere spredt over sju byer, fire land og to kontinent. Fem av dem deltar i Oslo og vil samundervise under festivalen: Nina Martin (Texas, USA), Julie Lebel (Vancouver, Canada), Margaret Sunghe Paek (Wisconsin, USA), Andrew Wass (Berlin, Tyskland) og Karen Høybakk Mikalsen (Oslo, Norge).
Les mer om kunstnerne her: https://www.lowerleft.org/artists
Når: Mandag–Fredag, 24. - 28. august
Tid: 13.00 – 17.00
Pris: kr 1600
Sted: Scene 4, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
Begrenset antall plasser
Festivalen arrangeres av Living Movement i samarbeid med PRODA – profesjonell dansetrening, SKUDA – Skuespiller og danseralliansen, SANS – senter for dansepraksis og Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo – avdeling Dans og Teaterhøgskolen.
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ENSEMBLE THINKING™ 5-day LAB
In-depth exploration of the Ensemble Thinking™ practice.
with Lower Left Performance Collective (USA, Canada, Germany, Norway)
Ensemble Thinking™ is a collaborative performance practice that builds group awareness, refines compositional decision-making, and supports collective action —in real time. The practice explores the interplay between individual impulses and collective structures, and through various scores we practice giving and taking focus, initiating and surrendering ideas, valuing multiplicity, and extending collaborative creativity. By alternating the performer and audience perspective we build a base of shared knowledge.
Ensemble Thinking™ invites participants into a process of shared awareness, attunement, and collective creativity. Developed by Nina Martin (USA) and Lower Left Performance Collective, this practice has roots in Mary Overlie’s Six Viewpoints and the New York experimental dance scene of the 1970s and beyond. Ensemble Thinking™ continues to evolve through the collective’s shared and individual artistic research. This festival offers a unique opportunity to train, create, reflect, and perform alongside internationally acclaimed artists, and to engage deeply with contemporary performance practices in a supportive and exploratory environment.
Lower Left Performance Collective is an international collective of eight dance artists currently based in seven cities across four countries and two continents. Five of them will participate in Oslo and co-teach during the festival: Nina Martin (Texas, USA), Julie Lebel (Vancouver, Canada), Margaret Sunghe Paek (Wisconsin, USA), Andrew Wass (Berlin, Germany) and Karen Høybakk Mikalsen (Oslo, Norway).
Read more about the artists here: https://www.lowerleft.org/artists
When: Monday–Friday August 24–28, 2026,
Time: 13:00–17:00
Price: NOK 1600 + additional bank fees for international transfer
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/Ke8mxRwfR9gzXyM79
Questions? Contact [email protected]
The festival is arrangered by Living Movement in collaboration with PRODA – professional dance training, SKUDA – the actors and dancers alliance, SANS – dance in education and Oslo Academy of the Arts; departments of Dance and Theater.
ENSEMBLE THINKING™ 5-dagers LAB
med Lower Left Performance Collective (USA, Canada, Tyskland, Norge)
Ensemble Thinking™ er en samarbeidspraksis som finstiller en gruppes evne til årvåken lytting, kompositoriske valg og kollektive handlinger mot et scenisk verk - i sanntid. Praksisen utforsker samspillet mellom individuelle impulser og kollektive strukturer. Gjennom ulike scores utvikler vi solosignatur og vanebryting, øver på å gi og ta plass, initiere og overgi ideer, skape kaos og orden, og å se og bli sett.
Ensemble Thinking™ LAB 24.-28. august 2026 vil gi en 5 dagers utforskning og fordypning i Ensemble Thinking™. Gjennom å veksle mellom utøver- og publikumsperspektivet vil vi utvikle og bygge en felles kunnskapsbase. Arbeidet kulminerer i en åpen visning for publikum torsdag 27. august 2026.
Ensemble Thinking™ – en utøvende, skapende, delende og filosofisk praksis utviklet av Nina Martin (USA) og Lower Left Performance Collective siden 1994. Praksisen har røtter i Mary Overlies Viewpoints og New Yorks eksperimentelle improvisasjonsscene fra 1970-tallet og utover, og videreutvikles i dag gjennom kollektivets felles og individuelle kunstnerskap.
Lower Left Performance Collective er i dag et internasjonalt kollektiv med åtte dansekunstnere spredt over sju byer, fire land og to kontinent. Fem av dem deltar i Oslo og vil samundervise under festivalen: Nina Martin (Texas, USA), Julie Lebel (Vancouver, Canada), Margaret Sunghe Paek (Wisconsin, USA), Andrew Wass (Berlin, Tyskland) og Karen Høybakk Mikalsen (Oslo, Norge).
Les mer om kunstnerne her: https://www.lowerleft.org/artists
Når: Mandag–Fredag, 24. - 28. august
Tid: 13.00 – 17.00
Pris: kr 1600
Sted: Scene 4, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
Begrenset antall plasser
Festivalen arrangeres av Living Movement i samarbeid med PRODA – profesjonell dansetrening, SKUDA – Skuespiller og danseralliansen, SANS – senter for dansepraksis og Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo – avdeling Dans og Teaterhøgskolen.
---------------------ENGLISH----------------------------
ENSEMBLE THINKING™ 5-day LAB
In-depth exploration of the Ensemble Thinking™ practice.
with Lower Left Performance Collective (USA, Canada, Germany, Norway)
Ensemble Thinking™ is a collaborative performance practice that builds group awareness, refines compositional decision-making, and supports collective action —in real time. The practice explores the interplay between individual impulses and collective structures, and through various scores we practice giving and taking focus, initiating and surrendering ideas, valuing multiplicity, and extending collaborative creativity. By alternating the performer and audience perspective we build a base of shared knowledge.
Ensemble Thinking™ invites participants into a process of shared awareness, attunement, and collective creativity. Developed by Nina Martin (USA) and Lower Left Performance Collective, this practice has roots in Mary Overlie’s Six Viewpoints and the New York experimental dance scene of the 1970s and beyond. Ensemble Thinking™ continues to evolve through the collective’s shared and individual artistic research. This festival offers a unique opportunity to train, create, reflect, and perform alongside internationally acclaimed artists, and to engage deeply with contemporary performance practices in a supportive and exploratory environment.
Lower Left Performance Collective is an international collective of eight dance artists currently based in seven cities across four countries and two continents. Five of them will participate in Oslo and co-teach during the festival: Nina Martin (Texas, USA), Julie Lebel (Vancouver, Canada), Margaret Sunghe Paek (Wisconsin, USA), Andrew Wass (Berlin, Germany) and Karen Høybakk Mikalsen (Oslo, Norway).
Read more about the artists here: https://www.lowerleft.org/artists
When: Monday–Friday August 24–28, 2026,
Time: 13:00–17:00
Price: NOK 1600 + additional bank fees for international transfer
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/Ke8mxRwfR9gzXyM79
Questions? Contact [email protected]
The festival is arrangered by Living Movement in collaboration with PRODA – professional dance training, SKUDA – the actors and dancers alliance, SANS – dance in education and Oslo Academy of the Arts; departments of Dance and Theater.
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Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Fossveien 24, 0551 Oslo, Norge, Oslo, Norway
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