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Flóðreka

Aðalheiður Halldórsdóttir / Iceland Dance Company

THE WORK

Flodreka is a new work born from an exciting collaboration between choreographer Aðalheiður Halldórsdóttir, multi-disciplinary artist and musician Jónsi (Sigur Rós), and the Iceland Dance Company.
Inspired by Jónsi’s renowned exhibition Flóð—shown at the National Nordic Museum in Seattle and later at Reykjavík Art Museum. Flodreka brings together sound, movement, scent and immersive visual design in a sensory-rich exploration of our relationship to nature and to each other.
Jónsi is known globally for his emotionally resonant, atmospheric soundscapes and while his work focuses on the raw and often overwhelming power of nature, Aðalheiður brings the human dimension into the equation: vulnerability, resilience, and the instinct to seek meaning and connection even in the face of chaos.
Together, they craft a work that questions our desire to control the uncontrollable. In our effort to rationalize the world, we often forget that the forces we attempt to master, move through us as much as around us.

“The beauty and absurd fragility of the human condition- endlessly tangled in itself and in each other, chasing meaning, inventing importance, forgetting that nature's forces and rhythms are the ones pulsing in their chests.”

CREDITS

CHOREOGRAPHER
Aðalheiður Halldórsdóttir
PERFORMERS
Andrean Sigurgeirsson, Brian Gerke, Elín Signý Ragnarsdóttir, Emilía Benedikta Gísladóttir, Erna Gunnarsdóttir, Eydís Rose Vilmundardóttir, Shota Inoue & Una Björg Bjarnadóttir

CREATIVE TEAM

Choreographer: Aðalheiður Halldórsdóttir
Music and Sound: Jón Þór Birgisson (Jónsi)
Costume Design: Arna Inga Arnórsdóttir
Light Design: Jónsi og Isaac Cohen
Technical Design: Damon Dorsey
Technical Director: Jóhann Friðrik Ágústsson

PREMIERE
Premiered 8 November 2025, Reykjavík City Theatre

THE ARTIST

Aðalheiður Halldórsdóttir is an Icelandic dancer, choreographer and writer. Trained at ArtEz University of the Arts in the Netherlands and Tanz Akademie Köln, she was a permanent member of Iceland Dance Company for sixteen years, contributing to around fifty works that toured internationally. As a choreographer and movement director she has created work for Iceland Dance Company, Reykjavík Dance Festival and the Reykjavík City Theatre, and has collaborated closely with musician Bríet. She has also published a poetry collection and is a multiple Gríman Award winner across performance, choreography and movement direction.

BASED IN
Reykjavík

TOURING INFORMATION

DURATION
55–60 minutes (no interval)
TOURING TEAM
12

Cast & crew: 8 dancers, 4 crew members. Reflective glossy dance floor 3 × 160 cm (W) × 18 m (L); black box space with audience on both sides. Lighting system operable via MIDI or OSC from show computer, haze machine, 18 m triangle truss, scent diffuser. Timecode from QLab to Resolume via Dante or audio line; stable network for OSC/MIDI control. PA: 12 speakers (6 stereo pairs) + 2 subwoofers. Full technical rider available on request.

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