Welcome

Tradition and innovation

It is with pleasure and great enthusiasm that the festival once again can welcome audiences to new, exciting dance productions in Oslo and in the surrounding region.

CODA 2009 will unite tradition with innovation, presenting a broad spectrum of expressions from the art of dance. One of the goals of the festival is to draw thematic connections between the recent past and the present, in order to provide audiences with an insight and understanding of the prevailing tendencies and current activities of prominent contemporary dance artists.

In connection with UNESCO’s anti-prejudice and anti-discrimination work, World Dance Day and the dance year 2009 were dedicated to everyone who in some fashion wishes to take part in dance, regardless of physical or mental disability. One of the CODA festival’s founding principles is that dance is for everyone. It is therefore with great pleasure and a source of huge inspiration for our work that the festival this year can offer productions, seminars and workshops that include both professionals and others with functional disabilities.

In addition to a diverse variety of productions − with no less than four Norwegian premieres – workshops, seminars and dance discussions, club events and film screenings will be presented .

I would like to thank all of our contributors, public and private, the audiences, all of our volunteers, and last – but not least – my inspiring colleagues in CODA.

Welcome to festival 2009!

Lise Nordal

Artistic & Managing Director