Soft Ice
An ensemble piece based on slides

Tap dance Vilma Kananen (SE), Gaëtan Farnier (F), Håkon Sigernes / Janne Eraker
Understudies Mari Marie Øinæs Nyvoll, Rebekka Undrum
Guitar Juhani Silvola
Choreography Janne Eraker 
Light Ane Reiersen
Sound Ragnhild Nelvik Bruseth
Outside eye Karen Høybakk Mikalsen

Co-produced by DansiT, funded by the Norwegian Arts Council

Soft Ice is a new piece with three tap dancers and a guitarist, based on all kinds of slides. Zooming in on these specific steps, the material is both very traditional and weirdly new. Inspirations are classic masters like Jimmy Slyde, patterns and rhythms by a drummer's brushes, shapes and style from ice skating, and minimal, polyrhythmic work by artists like Steve Reich and Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker. There's also a little bit of banana-peel slap stick!

Shows in 2026:
January 23 + 24: Premiere + show at Rosendal Teater, Trondheim
January 29: at Dans, dans, dans, Riksscenen, Oslo

​More info: 
Suitable for ages 8 - 88
Duration: ca 45 min. 
Space: 10 x 10 m
People travelling: 5 - 6 prs. 
Scenography: a big, adjustable, portable tap dance floor