CANCEL BERTHA

Families welcome!

To Carte Blanche – the Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance – movement and dance is a universal language regardless of age, background and experience. Therefore, the ensemble welcomes the whole family to this year's Bergen International Festival performance CANCEL BERTHA, choreographed by Belgian Jan Martens.

In CANCEL BERTHA, music isn’t always what you hear—it’s what you see and feel. Here, the dancers’ movements become their own soundscape. The Carte Blanche ensemble crafts a performance that balances the poppy, the avant-garde, and the deeply human in a playful blend of energy and curated chaos.

For several years, Carte Blanche's family-friendly performances have received good feedback from all ages. Here, the audience is allowed to make sounds and move around at will.

Read more about the performance and buy tickets for the evening events here.

Collage: Luke Drozd

Family workshop

Saturday 24 May at 13.00, Studio Bergen

Before the family-friendly performance of CANCEL BERTHA, children and adults can attend a free dance workshop together, led by the Artistic director of Carte Blanche, Annabelle Bonnéry. Read more about the workshop and sign up here.

Practical information

Please note: Strobe lights are used in CANCEL BERTHA. It is a calm, pulsing strobe that lasts for approx. 3 mins. The strobe light effect is used approx. 50 mins into the performance.

Recommended age

Suitable for all ages

Contributors

• Jan Martens choreography

• Joris van Oosterwijk scenography

• Elke Verachtert lighting design

• Naomi Gibson choreography assistant

• Indrani Balgobin costume design

• Adrian Bartczak, Aslak Aune Nygård, Brecht Bovijn, Dawid Lorenc, Gaspard Schmitt, Ihsaan de Banya, Irene Vesterhus Theisen, Iris Auguste, Mai Lisa Guinoo, Nadege Kubwayo, Noam Eidelman Shatil, Ola Korniejenko, Ole Martin Meland, Olha Mykolayivna Stetsyuk dance

A co-production between

Bergen International Festival and Carte Blanche