May 15, 2024
September 23, 2024
First touring sling is ready for Ritsj
On the occasion of our anniversary year, we have teamed up with Norwegian cultural centers and are conducting a pilot project that gives more young people access to professional dance and theater.
In 1994, the journey began as a dissemination scheme for performing arts, and since 2001 has included organizers in the Cultural Rucksack. In the anniversary year 2024, we wanted to take this a step further and look at the opportunities that exist in this scheme. We have therefore established a collaboration with Norwegian cultural centers and are carrying out a pilot project to give more young people access to professional dance and theater.
In this pilot, we have invited cultural centers to join forces and form tour loops, where fees and travel expenses for a tour in either autumn 2024 or spring 2025 will be covered by Scenekunstbruket.
On Tuesday, September 24, the first tour in the first tour loop starts: Ritsj av Katma will play at the Arctic Cultural Center in Hammerfest, Alta Cultural Hall, Finnsnes Cultural Center and Istindportalen in Målselv. Rumor has it that several of the performances are already sold out!
Ritsj is a performance with tape. Rolls of tape in many colors that are stuck, rolled, stacked and can be pulled out into long threads. What sounds does the tape make? How does it feel against the skin? Scratch it and it tears into pieces. The rat rats play and discover the tape, and it magically transforms into an instrument, a sticky ball, a pony and much more.
Ritsj gives the audience room for wonder and participation and is made for children from 0-6 years. After the performance, the children get to play with the tape.
In 2020, the production won the Hedda Award for best children's performance.
Photo: Mariell Lind Hansen