Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir
In “When the Bleeding Stops”, Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir talks about ageing and menopause – topics that are often hidden. With humor and openness, she asks how women over 40 can take back space on stage.
Image gallery
Eine barfüßige Performer:in mit blondem Haar tanzt allein auf dunkler Bühne, im Hintergrund sind großformatige Videoausschnitte mit Innenraumszenen zu sehen.
For years, Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir worked as a dancer of the Iceland Dance Company. “When the Bleeding Stops” is her first piece as a choreographer. It discusses her personal experience of ageing as well as the taboo surrounding the menopause in Western societies. How can we approach the knowledge and the memory that inhabits the body? How can women over 40 recapture the stages from which they have been banished? With curiosity, humour and a growing number of accomplices, Gunnarsdóttir explores the challenges and potentials of this stage of life and invites us to celebrate it.
0 h 45 min
Additional information
Production Wim Casier (StepTurnMove)Thanks to Sigrún Ólafsdóttir, Egill Ingibergsson, Alexander Graham Roberts, Brogan Davison, Rebekka Ingimundardóttir, Valdimar Jóhannsson, Reykjavík Dance Festival
Participating artists
Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir (Konzept, Choreografie, Text)
Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir (Mit)
Ólöf Ingólfsdóttir (Mit)
Kristjana Stefánsdóttir & Berliner*innen (Mit)
Brett Smith (Licht & Sounddesign)
Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir (Videodesign)
Brett Smith (Videodesign)
Dates
August 2025
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