“On the desperate edge of now” was named “Best performance of the program 2015” by Georgian Theater Critics Association after performances at Tbilisi International Festival of Theater 2015. We are very honored and grateful for this recognition of our work.

“The piece was heartfelt and loaded with raw movement…  Her physicality was tender and beautiful to watch,.. The dramaturgy was artful and appropriate along with the sound score that supported much of the dance.” – Emma Wilson for loveDANCEmore. Read the … Continue reading →

“En Aktiv Dialog med Samtiden”  

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic Seattle International Dance Festival has launched its new Virtual Festival 2020. To launch the digital program artistic director, Cyrus Khambatta, sat down with Kari to chat about how she creates dance, works with her dancers … Continue reading →

One of the most interesting performances of the festival was “On the Desperate Edge of Now” by Kari Hoaas Productions (Norway). Just male dancers, big, brutal men, without mannerism or politesse. It all starts with the four men sleeping, roughly … Continue reading →

Here you can here a Swedish Radio interview from our new production “Be like water” during our residency at Nordanå at Kultur Skellefteå in Sweden. PRESS HERE For the entire interview including with the dancers, PRESS HERE, it starts at 3:

TV interviews when we performed “Be Like Water” at Yarat Contemporary Art Center, Baku, Azerbaijan. Photos from performances of “Be Like Water” at Tbilisi International Festival of Theater in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photocredit: Beka Javakhishvili

Open Look International Contemporary Dance Festival has just released this film documenting the 2016 Festival held in St. Petersburg, Russia in July 2016. “On the desperate edge of now” was part of the festival, documentation and performance footage from the … Continue reading →

Zeylonka SPACE UP Contemporary Dance Festival has just released this film documenting the 2019 Festival held in Kiev and Dnipro, Ukraine in June 2019. We performed “HEAT #3 rising in Kiev” at Closer nightclub outdoor stage, and “HEAT #4 rising … Continue reading →

Forbes preview of “HEAT – the distant episodes” coming up at La MaMa Moved! Dance Festival Online link to article here

Dansepremiere i Sandvika: – Jeg ser vann gjennom bevegelser og lys «Be like water» heter forestillingen som åpner høstsesongen i Bærum Kulturhus. Gjennom en time viser seks dansere oss hva vann betyr. Gjennom trinn og bevegelser formidler de at vann … Continue reading →

Read the full interview here

Tbilisi International Festival of Theater has just released this documentary film about the 2016 festival, held in Tbilisi, Georgia in October, featuring footage from our performance of “Be Like Water” at timecode 22.43.  All photos from our performance of “Be … Continue reading →

“Kari Hoaas adapts her post-apocalyptic dance party, HEAT, to empty office spaces in Oslo.” — The New Yorker (25 January 2021)

https://www.ukrainiantheater.com/post/devyat-dniv-u-rytmi-tantsyu

“The  most dance-centric selections come from Norwegian choreographer Kari Hoaas….Shot in a single take in visually striking locations–a former airport in Oslo, converted into now-empty office spaces; a parking lot with a puddle that now acts as a reflecting pool–the … Continue reading →

Begrensning som metode Associate professor, Kari Hoaas, started the fall semester in a choreographic research residency granted by Dansearena Nord in Hammerfest. More here.

“…another engrossing example of Hoaas’ choreographic dexterity.” Read the whole review here. “Like smoke unfurling from a candle flame, soloist Ida Haugen stands on the landing of a steel staircase, coiling and uncoiling her spine… (her) undulations are controlled but not rigid, tremendously … Continue reading →

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13 november at 14:03 Sveriges Radio P4 : “Koreograf testar mäns uthållighet” Listen to choreographer Kari Hoaas talk about the danceperformance “On the desperate edge of now” –  a powerful performances with five men on stage about friendship and masculinity. You … Continue reading →

  3 spørsmål til koreografen Kari Hoaas on “The desperate edge of now” Why have you chosen to create a performance for five men? As a dancer and choreographer I work with the body. My body is a woman´s body. … Continue reading →

FRAGILE MASTERPIECE “What does being a man today entail? Kari Hoaas and her cast of five male dancers give a multifaceted answer. “What a piece of work is a man! How noble in?Reason! how infinite in faculties! (…) the beauty of the?world! … Continue reading →

About shadows, dreams and reality – by  Claudia Galhós “In “On the desperate edge of now” the five male characters, even if not defined with a clear identity and personality, flow between the all potentiality of contemporary dance where each person … Continue reading →

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