{"id":59518,"date":"2024-11-05T12:05:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T12:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=59518"},"modified":"2024-11-05T12:51:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T12:51:36","slug":"shoptalk-ann-christin-kongsness","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/shoptalk-ann-christin-kongsness\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoptalk: Ann-Christin Kongsness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"><strong>Ann-Christin Kongsness (she\/her) is a Norwegian dancer, choreographer, writer, teacher and drag king based in Oslo. Her work manifests as performances, workshops, lectures, conversations, drag shows, texts and publications. She is also the editor for the anthology CHOREOGRAPHY, which has been published in three editions. In recent years her work has gained a more explicit queer perspective. She and colleague Marte Sterud arranged the conversation series Queer Dance Art at Oslo Pride in 2018, where they were leading conversations with sixteen different dancers and choreographers who in different ways are dealing with questions regarding gender and sexuality in their artistic work.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">She is also a founding member of the drag king collective Gutta since 2019; they have been performing extensively in all kinds of queer, feminist, political and artistic contexts ever since. She is currently working on the performance series Butch Tribute which premiered in 2021 and has toured throughout Norway, where she and Marte Sterud are celebrating queer, female masculinity through diversifying the representation of butches.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59515\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shoptalk_dancefestival-427x640.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-59515 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shoptalk_dancefestival-427x640.jpeg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a woman, Ann-Christin Kongsness, sitting down and looking straight into the camera. She wears a plaid shirt and has short hair. \" width=\"276\" height=\"414\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shoptalk_dancefestival-427x640.jpeg 427w, https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shoptalk_dancefestival-813x1220.jpeg 813w, https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shoptalk_dancefestival-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shoptalk_dancefestival-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shoptalk_dancefestival.jpeg 1080w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 276px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 276\/414;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ann-Christin Kongsness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">In this Shoptalk she will share experiences and discoveries from her work with the drag king collective Gutta and the performance series Butch Tribute, both of which will perform at Reykjavik Dance Festival this year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">The event is in collaboration with Reykjavik Dance Festival 2024.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">\n<p>Free entrence and all are welcome!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"><strong>Access<\/strong><i> for wheelchairs in Elissa is good, there is a small threshold into the auditorium. Accessible and gender neutral restrooms are on the same floor. The event takes place in\u00a0English.<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ann-Christin Kongsness (she\/her) is a Norwegian dancer, choreographer, writer, teacher and drag king based in Oslo. Her work manifests as performances, workshops, lectures, conversations, drag shows, texts and publications. She is also the editor for the anthology CHOREOGRAPHY, which has been published in three editions. 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