Tag Archive for Norway

Tina Packer to Join Celebration of Norwegian Chamber Music and Culture

(LENOX, Mass.) – Fjords, forests and fairy tales will be conjured up in Nordic Lights: Grieg Revival, an evening of music and readings at Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall — including works by Edvard Grieg and Henrik Ibsen, featuring special guest narrator Tina Packer, founder and former artistic director of Shakespeare & Company — on Saturday, June…

(Dance Review) Norway’s Carte Blanche at Jacob’s Pillow

Carte Blanche in 'Love' (photo Christopher Duggan)

Carte Blanche in ‘Love’ (photo Christopher Duggan) JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL CARTE BLANCHE Ted Shawn Theatre June 30, 2011 Review by Anna Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – Over the past few years, audiences at Jacob’s Pillow and around the world have seen a number of artists whose names are tied to Ohad Naharin, artistic director of…

Norwegian Dance Company with French Name and Belgian Director Makes U.S. Debut at Jacob’s Pillow with Israeli Choreography

Carte Blanche in Killer Pig (photo Erik Berg)

(BECKET, Mass.) – Underlining the growing internationalism of the contemporary dance world,  Carte Blanche, Norway’s award-winning National Company of Contemporary Dance, makes its U.S. full company debut in a program of compelling works by Batsheva Dance Company house choreographer Sharon Eyal of Israel at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival on June 29-July 3. The U.S. premiere…