WE’LL DANCE ON THE ASH OF THE APOCALYPSE
A young couple living in a world ravaged by climate change is faced with a terrifying prospect. An unplanned pregnancy. Together they must decide whether they can bring a defenceless child into a seemingly hopeless world.
YOUNG WOMAN Bergdís Júlía Jóhannsdóttir
YOUNG MAN Arnar Hauksson
DIRECTOR Sólveig Eva
AUTHOR Melissa-Kelly Franklin
TRANSLATOR Urður Norðdahl
MUSICIAN Hallvarður Ásgeirsson
RADIO NARRATOR Tinna Þorvalds Önnudóttir
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Kristín Edda Gylfadóttir
LIGHTING DESIGN / TECHNICIAN Owen Hindley
STAGE HANDS Anna Korolainen Crevier and Marjo Lahti
CHOREOGRAPHY ADVISOR Sean Hollands
PHOTOGRAPHY Louis Crevier (Iðnó Performance) and Kristín Edda Gylfadóttir (Winter Workshop R&D)
FILMOGRAPHY Andrew Sim (Iðnó Performances) and Kristín Edda Gylfadóttir (Virtual Read and R&D Trailer)
SPECIAL THANKS The artists of Spindrift’s New York production who so informed this version: Léerin Campbell, Pekka Koivisto, Chris Nester, Romulo Viana og Anne Windsland.
Auður Bergdís, Julie Campbell, Andrea Craig, John Demske, Mylissa Fitzsimmons, Thorkell Gilvason, John-Ethan Gionis, Kristín Edda Gylfadóttir, Calle Hansson, Kurt Hebert, John Hodgman, Sindri Kaldal, Margrét Kaldal Kristmannsdóttir, Leah, Brian McCullough, Jack Mosbacher, Voss Parker, Sandra Rut Vignisdóttir, Jón Snorri Snorrason and Harry Wong for their support.
SPONSORS Samfélagssjóður Landsbankans and Tónskáldarsjóður RÚV & STEFs
R&D:
DECEMBER 2021 - JANUARY 2022 Spindrift Offices, Reykjavík. Development of Icelandic translation, music and choreography.
FEBRUARY - MARCH 2020 Dixon Place, New York.
FORMER SHOWS:
22ND JANUARY 2022 Virtual reading from Reykjavík
6TH JULY 2020 Virtual performance, Reykjavík Fringe Festival