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H2DANCE / Image: To Die For / Photographer: Benedict Johnson

Image: To Die For
Photographer: Benedict Johnson
H2DANCE
Text-based: Medium|Comedy|Dance theatre

SIZE OF COMPANY
5 on stage, 6 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small

PERMANENT STAFF
Co-Artistic Directors
Hanna Gillgren
Heidi Rustgaard

ARTISTIC POLICY
h2dance, formed in 1999, presents the choreography and direction of artistic directors Hanna Gillgren (Sweden) and Heidi Rustgaard (Norway).The work draws on the diverse interests of the pair to create dynamic, thought-provoking, and frequently ironic dance performances with a live art edge. The work blends fast-paced movement with text, song, film, and design elements to directly communicate with its audience.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
The premiere audience had high expectations and was not disappointed. 'På Gränsen' got standing ovations. And it deserved it.' På Gränsen' offered really excellent dance theatre.
Sten Lindblom, NWT (På Gränsen)
Sensationally smart, sexy and risk taking entertainment.
Donald Hutera, Dance Now (Silent Movie)
A persuasive and dangerous work whose sprawling energy never lets up…undeniably powerful.
Daily Express

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Silent Movie takes a look at the glamorisation of violence in film and TV through the destructiveness of the femme fatale.
50 minutes, 2 on stage, 3 on the road
The darkly humourous To Die For is part performance, part social experiment, featuring four dancers stripped down to their psychological essentials in a gladiatorial battle to define winners and losers.  
50 minutes, 5 on stage, 6 on the road

WRAP-AROUND
H2dance provides education work with older teenage dance students and professionals. Workshop menu includes dance and film, which is a particular interest of the company (their film Gold won the IMZ Dance on Screen award in 2005)

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 Sweden, To Die For
2007 Norway, To Die for
2005 Sweden, På Gränsen, Silent Movie

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Silent Movie and To Die For are both available in 2009.