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L8 PARADE
L8 PARADE is a new collaboration between Brazilian choreographer Renan Martins and the graduating students of the BA in contemporary dance at Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO).
In this work, Martins revisits SATURNO, A FESTA, a solo originally created in collaboration with Zen Jefferson in 2018. Drawing on themes of nostalgia, repetition, and transformation, the piece moves through a sequence of emotional states and images suspended in slow motion. Influenced by pop culture and music, movement becomes both embodied memory and emotional expression. In L8 PARADE the dancers explore how bodies move together through space, rhythm, and tempo. Balancing precision with playfulness, the performance unfolds as a shifting emotional landscape in which dance becomes more than form alone. Yet beneath the surface lies a growing tension: how long can a performer sustain tension, and what happens when the agreed order breaks apart?
Choreography: Renan Martins
Made with and performed by: Elida Solberg Bakke, Elias Elvegaard, Iris Engeness, Live Karlsen, Jenny Krog, Laura Lihua Nilsen, Bartlomiej Widerski, Abraham Geoffrey Winsnes
Choreographic assistant: Helena Araújo
Music: SATURNO, A FESTA! DJ set by Zen Jefferson
Renan Martins
Renan Martins is a Brazilian choreographer and dancer based in Europe. He graduated from both SEAD (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance) and P.A.R.T.S (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios). His first full evening piece “Let Me Die In My Footsteps” was chosen by Aerowaves as one of the top works of 2016. Since then he has been making work, performing and touring in various cities in Europe and Brazil.
Parallel to his choreographic practice, he has been a performer for Iztok Kovac, Marysia Stoklosa, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Alexandra Waierstall, Ceren Oran, Daniel Linehan and Peter Savel. From 2013 to 2023 he was a member of Damaged Goods/Meg Stuart performing in “Violet”, “Atelier III”, “Projecting [Space[“ and most recently “CASCADE”.
Renan Martins is an active teacher sharing his work in various dance schools, festivals and companies around Europe and Brazil such as Impulstanz, Ballet National de Marseille, Norwegian Theatre Academy, Theater Bremen, B12, Danish National School of Performing Arts, Dance Theatre Heidelberg, Danscentrum Stockholm, Tictac Art Center, Antwerp Royal Conservatory, Centro de Artes da Maré/Lia Rodrigues and P.A.R.T.S., to name a few. He is also a founding member of DDE, a research project on diversity and inclusion together with the faculty of P.A.R.T.S. (BE), Manufacture (CH) and SKH (SK).
He has also been a commissioned choreographer, collaborating with companies such as Dance Theatre Heidelberg, Unusual Symptoms/Theater Bremen, Danish Dance Theatre, Cullberg and Balé da Cidade de São Paulo.
Avgangsstudenter
Elida Solberg Bakke, Elias Elvegaard, Iris Engeness, Live Karlsen, Jenny Krog, Laura Lihua Nilsen, Bartlomiej Widerski, Abraham Geoffrey Winsnes
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