GotoGuta

Imagine a day away from your mobile phone. What would you do? For some of us it is almost unimaginable to live without our phones now, and a whole life without it is unfathomable! What did people do pre-phone era? What did the girls do when the boys travelled from the farms and into the local villages, and what did the boys do when the girls were looking after the animals at the farms? How did they manage to change quiet moments into creative breaks? 

GotoGuta is a show with a playful approach to traditions. It is performed by three of the greatest traditional folk dancers in Norway and to the sound of the hardanger fiddle played live throughout the performance.

GotoGuta focuses on the joy of movement and dance through challenging momentums from halling-dance, as well as softer, more empathic aspects of the traditional folk dance. The performance focuses on the stigma surrounding masculine interaction and collaboration, which often prevents close physical contact through an inherited anxiety in-between men. GotoGuta approaches these highly relevant topics with humour and ease, dance and storytelling. 

"How is physical contact in-between boys different? With GotoGuta I wanted to make a powerful trio playing with group dynamics and stereotypical expectations to physical contact in-between boys." - Hallgrim Hansegård, Artistic Director.

"Tender, powerful and acrobatic. In GotoGuta the energy that flows between the performers challenges us. It is both very sensitive and full of power and humour. It is good to see men behave in this way, with such a great breadth of expression." - Marianne Lystrup, Folkemusikk.

Read the full review here (in Norwegian).