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By Tendai Makurumbandi, Artistic Director In Norway, we rarely speak of emergency in relation to the body. The systems around us function. Structures are in place. Safety nets exist. And yet, many bodies live with a constant sense of readiness — a quiet pressure to perform, adapt, and regulate themselves. To function well. To keep pace. This condition is not always visible. It does not announce itself as crisis. But over time, it shapes how bodies move, rest, relate, and take

Interview with artistic director Tendai Makurumbandi Could you share the artistic vision behind this year’s In2IT Festival — what ideas or feelings did you want the festival to evoke this year? This year’s theme, “ Tusen skritt, et sted ,” is about the many invisible steps that shape a journey — the quiet beginnings, the persistence, the moments of doubt and renewal. When I look back at how In2IT began, I see not just a festival, but a process of becoming — both personally an

Camilla Wiik. Foto: Ting AS In2IT is the festival that has perhaps given me the most goosebump moments. By Camilla Wiik In 2015, I was completely new to my job, and it was both exciting and inspiring to meet such a dedicated artist as Tendai. The IN2IT dance festival, as I see it, was born from a deep desire to bring dance to everyone and to strengthen dance as an art form in Møre og Romsdal. When the festival started in Sunndal, it might not have been easy to imagine how thi

An interview with Opera Chief Line Lønning Andresen As In2IT International Dance Festival celebrates it`s 10th anniversary, we look back...

10 years of movement, resistance and becoming IN2IT International Dance Festival marks ten years of presence, resistance, and becoming. “Tusen Skritt, Ett Sted” is a reflection on every step we have taken – not just as a festival, but as a living, breathing force for cultural change. Over the past decade, we have crossed borders of identity, language, and tradition, carrying with us the urgency of dance as a social practice – one that listens, one that speaks, one that builds

L ooking Back at the Beginnings of IN2IT Written By Lars Ramsøy Halle Sunndal School of Arts was an important partner for In2IT. Tendai...

L ooking Back at the Beginnings of IN2IT Written By Hege Lauritzen After working with dance on my own for many years, it was truly...

What does dance do to us? Why do we need it? Movement is a bodily translation without autocorrect – raw, genuine, and unfiltered. Through...