New Nordic Poling (NNP) is a movement of eight activist pole dancers who “poles 4 change.

The performance unfolds at NNP’s annual recruitment meeting, where the group’s self-appointed documentary film Radical Embrace is shown. The audience follows the movement as they create banners, challenge Extinction Rebellion on May 1st in Copenhagen’s Sydhavn, and travel to Svalbard to “Pole 4 the melting pole” with their new portable pole.

In an intimate, mildly interactive setup – blending live action with film screening – the audience follows NNP’s highs and lows. NNP investigates power structures and plans happenings, but faces unexpected challenges in activist groupwork. What does it mean to practice what you preach? And how does a group become a movement?

New Nordic Poling is about hopelessness, fighting spirit, and the search for the (im)possible collective meaning.

Concept and directing:
Lena Bruun Bondeson

Created by & on stage:
Louisa Yaa Aisin (interdisciplinary artist & consultant)
Lena Bruun Bondeson (director & performer)
Eng Kai Er (choreographer & powerpoint maker)
Adrian Kautsky (performancekonstnär & tekniker)
Lara Vejrup OstanOstan (choreographer)

Also created by & on film:
Anna Kuusamo (actor & dancer)
Malik Grosos (performer & multimediedesigner)
Angelica Stathopoulos (philosopher & dictionary writer)

Video editing and poster / graphic design:
Malik Grosos / Malik Grosos

Photography:
Lena Bondeson, Malik Grosos & Anna Kuusamo

Producer & PR:
Lena Bruun Bondeson

Assisted by:
Lara Vejrup Ostan

Produced through the cooperative:
KOMMA Performance Productions 

Support: Statens Kunstfond, Foreningen af Danske Sceneinstruktører Legat, Copenhagen Municipality’s Performing Arts Committee, The Finnish Cultural Foundation.

Duration approx. 2 hours

Language (broken) English

Språk: (bruten) engelska
Föreställningslängd ca 2 timmar