{"id":3414,"date":"2025-02-28T15:22:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T13:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newbalticdance.lt\/?post_type=mec-events&p=3414"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:59:02","slug":"lovisa-osk-gunnarsdottir-iceland-when-the-bleeding-stops-2","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/newbalticdance.lt\/en\/renginiai\/lovisa-osk-gunnarsdottir-iceland-when-the-bleeding-stops-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lov\u00edsa \u00d3sk Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir (Iceland) \u2013 WHEN THE BLEEDING STOPS"},"content":{"rendered":"Tickets<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n

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Duration: 45 min.<\/b><\/p>\n

After the performance, there will be a discussion with Icelandic choreographer Lov\u00edsa \u00d3sk Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir. The conversation will be moderated by Sigita Iva\u0161kait\u0117 \u2013 dance dramaturge, theatre scholar, and performing arts critic. The discussion will also feature Ramun\u0117 Andr\u0117, who has been exploring topics relevant to the feminine world in women\u2019s groups for 22 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Language of performance: English.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the Bleeding Stops is a performance work by Lov\u00edsa \u00d3sk Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir. In this work Lov\u00edsa addresses the silence and taboo that seems to engulf menopause in Western society, as well as her personal experience of aging as a dancer. \u00a0 After suffering an injury five years ago, Lov\u00edsa was forced to reconsider her relationship with dance and the body. This process opened her eyes to the silence around menopause and her own lack of knowledge on the subject. She began researching and posted an open invitation online where she invited menopausal women to participate in her project. Before she knew it, she was working with a large number of women from across Icelandic society.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When the Bleeding Stops invites the audience into a world of vulnerability, shame, empathy and humour. The work transports us into the privacy of the participants\u2019 homes, and dives deep into the many layers of the female experience associated with menopause and invites us to laugh, cry and celebrate with these women.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lov\u00edsa \u00d3sk Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir<\/b> is an award-winning dancer and a choreographer. The trauma led her to a masters degree in Performance Practice at Iceland \u0301s University of the Arts where she further developed her artistic practice and conducted research that revolved around aging, connecting to the body \u0301s knowledge, history and to the big taboo, menopause. Out of this research and Gunnarsdo\u0301ttir \u0301s artistic practice, the stage piece When the Bleeding Stops was born.<\/span><\/p>\n

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CONCEPT, CHOREOGRAPHY AND TEXT: <\/b>Lov\u00edsa \u00d3sk Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>\n

LIGHT AND SOUND DESIGN: <\/b>Brett Smith<\/span><\/p>\n

VIDEO DESIGN: <\/b>Lov\u00edsa \u00d3sk Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir and Brett Smith<\/span><\/p>\n

PERFORMERS: <\/b>Lov\u00edsa \u00d3sk Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir, \u00d3l\u00f6f Ing\u00f3lfsd\u00f3ttir, Kristjana Stef\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir, Sveinbj\u00f6rg \u00de\u00f3rhallsd\u00f3ttir or Arnd\u00eds Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir<\/span><\/p>\n

THANKS TO: <\/b>SIgr\u00fan \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir, Egill Ingibergsson, Alexander Graham Roberts, Brogan Davison, Rebekka Ingimundard\u00f3ttir, Valdimar J\u00f3hannsson and Reykjav\u00edk Dance Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

PRODUCER: <\/b>StepTurnMove – Wim Casier<\/span><\/p>\n

Premiere:<\/strong> November 17th, 2021, in Reykjavik Dance Festival, Iceland.<\/span><\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.whenthebleedingstops.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Instagram:<\/strong> @whenthebleeding<\/span><\/p>\n

Facebook:<\/strong> @<\/span>WhentheBleedingStops<\/span><\/p>\n

Photos by<\/strong> Owen Fiene, Danny Danisch and Tale Hendnes.<\/span><\/p>\n