ImproDans Trondheim wants to offer an open, free, and safe space for movement and sound exploration based on a playful approach to improvisation.

The project consist of three parts: ImproJam, ImproLab and ImproStunt.

ImproJam is an informal jam to enter a creative dialogue through improvisation.

ImproLab is an improvisation laboratory for artists from all disciplines and is held in workshop form in collaboration with other local artists. It focuses on specific topics and themes interrelated to music, dance and art.

ImproStunt is a platform for site-specific and inter-artistic performances based on improvisation.

Supporters are and have been: Kulturdirektoratet, Trondheim kommune, Trøndelag fylkeskommune, FFUK, Sparebank 1 SMN, Rotvoll kunstnerkollektiv, DansiT, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (LKV), Trondheim Pride, kulturarena Havet, Trøndelag Teater, Hyfer and Rosendal Teater.

Upcoming events høst 2023:

26.8 kl 13-14 ImproStunt at Kunstfest Rotvoll with Wheeler/Winsnes/Smidt/Kolbeinsen/Hegdal

10.9 kl 17-19 ImproJam at DansiT as part of Trondheim Pride

15.9 kl 19-21 Intergalactic ImproLab with Arnfinn Killingtveit part of
Kulturnatt Trondheim at Havet

24.9 ImproJam with Anna Thu Schmidt

6-8.10 Contact Impro Festival Trondheim

22.10 + 5.11 + 26.11 ImproJam with Andrea Winsnes

Site-specific events in nature or art spaces offer a playground for exploration and artistic expression that results in multisensory experiences for the participants. By taking inspiration from the environment and addressing the different senses we create greater awareness for our surroundings and our body.

Examples:

Sand, Stones, Water, Shells serve as inspiration for the ImproJam at Ladestien. We connect with nature and respond to the surrounding with movement improvisations. We start with a walking meditation along Ladestien before going into the open jam.

The ImproJam at Rake visingsrom was part of a curated public program by Agnieszka Foltyn. It focussed on investigating the space through movement improvisation challenged by the spatial limitations of the gallery space.

The ImproJam at Tempe Atelier took inspiration from Estuary 2.0 an immersive sound and art installation by Afternoon Collective (Per Stian Monsås & Agnieszka Foltyn) and musician/composer Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø.

The ImproJam at Rosendal teater took inspiration from the black box and played with the elements of stage and its performance expectations by proposing a movement improvisation happening with a potential performative presence to an absent audience.

Past events:

2023 ImproLab Contact Improvisation with Ingeborg Dugstad Sanders and with vocalist Tone Åse at DansiT

2023 Intergalactic ImproLab with Arnfinn Killingtveit part of
Multiplié dansefestival at Rosendal Teater

2023 Dansens Dager ImproStunt workshop at Havet

2023 outdoor ImproJam at Marinen and Ladestien

2022 ImproStunt with dance artists Nina Wollny, Karoline Ellingsen Wheeler, musicians Martin Smidt, Klaus Ellerhusen Holm, Andreas Hoem Røysum and visual artist Katherine Butcher at Rotvoll Kunstnerkollektiv as part of Trondheim Open

2022 CI class as part of Kontaktimpro 50 års feiring at Scenehuset Oslo organized by Oslo Kontaktimpro

2022 ImproLab with Are Lothe Kolbeinsen, Heidi Skjerve, Bjørn Marius Hegge

2022 ImproJam with ILL-Abilities, ImproJam with Andrea Blåsmo as part of Trondheim Pride at Rosendal Teater and ImproJam with Thea Ellingsen Grant as part of HYFER at Havet

2022 ImproLab in collaboration with visual artists Per Stian Stian Monsås, Unnur Andrea Einarsdóttir at LKV (part of Multiplié dansefestival) and Sigrid Voll Bøyum at Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder

2022 Dansens dager ImproStunt workshop at Trøndelag Teater

2019-2022 ImproJam’s at DansiT and outdoors in Trondheim

2021 ImproStunt performances at Rotvoll kunstnerkollektiv with Nina Wollny, Karoline Bergh Ellingsen, Sissel Vera Pettersen, Martin Smidt, Kate Butcher, Pekka Stokke, Hanne Dahl Geving

2021 ImproLab in collaboration with musicians Udi Shlomo, Hildegunn Øiseth and Alexander Riris

2021 ImproStunt performance at Rotvoll kunstnerkollektiv  with Nina Wollny, Karoline Bergh Ellingsen, Sissel Vera Pettersen, Tor Haugerud, Kate Butcher as part of Trondheim Open and Multiplié dansefestival

2021 ImproLab in collaboration with Rotvoll kunstnerkollektiv and musician Sissel Vera Pettersen, Martin Smidt, Morten Berger Stai

2020 ImproLab in collaboration with musicians Daniel Herskedal, Siv Trine Haldaas, Bergmund Waal Skaslien

2020 ImproJAM at Rosendal teater as part of Kulturnatt Trondheim, Tempe Atelier as part if TEMPE #3 - Estuary 2.0, DansiT, Ladestien

2019 ImproJAM at Rake visningrom, DansiT, Ladestien

2019 ImproLAB in collaboration with musician Tor Haugerud, Thea Ellingsen Grant, Matilda Rolfsson, Georgia Wartel Collins, Björn Guo, Sondre Ferstad