Performers & composers

Ólöf Ingólfsdóttir

Ólöf Ingólfsdóttir is one of Iceland´s most active choreographers.  Originally from the world of visual arts she turned to dance in 1989 and studied dance and choreography at the European Dance Development Center in Arnhem, Holland and took courses with various choreographers.  She continues to dance, choreograph and teach dance and is currently a teacher at the Iceland Academy of the Arts.

She runs her own company, Ólöf danskompaní, that has performed works by other choreographers, such as Reijo Kela, and her own works, such as Five Square Meters 2001 and The Secret Life of a Wallflower 2003.

Ingólfsdóttir has created two pieces in co-operation with Finnish dancer and choreographer Ismo-Pekka Heikinheimo, The Revolution of the Middle-aged 2002 and ManWoMan 2004.  She is also one of the founders of Reykjavík Dance Festival, an annual festival started in 2002.

Ólöf has created Man is Always Alone and Plan B for the Iceland Dance Company, both of which have toured to various cities abroad.

We have arrived

The dance-music work We have arrived is by coreographer Ólöf Ingólfsdóttir and composers/musicians Maja Ratkje and Áskell Másson.

The world keeps turning and we turn with it, caught in a constant flow of never ending motion. Everybody is busy going...where? Trying to reach....what? Is this what it´s all about? What is the purpose of all this trawelling?
Nothing has a meaning, yet everything is full of meaning. Right here, right now. We have arrived.

The piece is a close collaboration between all the performers as well as the choreographer and composers. The music is composed for voice, drums, double bass and percussion and is partially performed live on stage.