Oslo Inter­national Dance Festival
919 Oct, 2025
Oslo Inter­national Dance Festival
919 Oct, 2025
11/12 Oct
Performance
Gravity is gone, and we are still falling
The Norwegian Opera & Ballet
Hooman Sharifi (NO/IR)
Deathprod (NO)
Two heavyweight artists from different art forms meet on stage in an intense work about resistance, unrest, and presence.
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A lonely body moves in the darkness. The light is almost absent, in a dimly glowing room, where shadows dance more than the body itself. Then sound breaks through Not as music but as a low rumble.

It is the driving,, and darkscape co with the lonely body that is focus; " is gone and we are still falling" is through a between sound and movement that electrifies the space. What are needed to, oppose, complement, and engage in dialogue with each other? This is a performance about both confrontation and celebration. A living experiment in how two distinct artistic forces can enhance each other's impact and create greater they alone.

Gravity is gone we are still falling themes our current characterized by great conflict, where moves quickly The beneath us cracks. The we relied on is changing, and values we once secure in are to fade. These changes generate fear, and fear can us. The impossible is now being spoken and done.

When we notice that fear has taken hold us we realize how we have been manipulated, what do we do then? What choices do we have, and how do we fight back?

For Impure Company, performing arts is a space for dialogue and confrontation in and impossible. It is a place for vulnerability and experimentation, for constantly being staged and evaluated, and a space where we meet, lonely and in community. Sharifi’s movement language is often physically challenging, intense, and powerful, exploring the deeper emotions behind power,

Tickets
Accessibility
Triggers

Loud music

Induction Loop

The opera house has hearing loops.

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Choreography, dance, and lighting design
Hooman Sharifi
Live music
Deathprod (Helge Sten)
Producer
Rikke Baewert, Morten Kippe
Sound design
Espen Høydalsvik
Light Technician
Ane Reiersen
Produced by
Impure Company
Supported by
Norwegian Arts Council