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Unchained Melody

Carte Blanche & Mette Edvardsen

17–19 September 2026

Dansens Hus

165–395 kr

Showings and tickets

Thursday 17/09

19:00–20:05

Dansens Hus

165–395 kr

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Friday 18/09

19:00–20:05

Dansens Hus

165–395 kr

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Saturday 19/09

17:00–18:05

Dansens Hus

165–395 kr

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Around Unchained Melody

DJ set: Love, Song and Dance
17 September, 20.00, Dansens Hus
A DJ set in connection with Unchained Melody, with love songs, dance and moods from the musical universe of the performance.

Artist talk: Carte Blanche
18 September, 20.15, Main Stage, Dansens Hus
Artistic Director Annabelle Bonnéry and Carte Blanche dancers Aslak Aune Nygård and Olha Mykolayivna Stetsyuk meet Stine Nilsen for a conversation after Unchained Melody.

The conversation offers insight into the working process, the performance and the collaboration with choreographer Mette Ingvartsen. In English, duration 30 to 40 minutes.

Voice and movement workshop
19 September, 12.00 to 14.00, Studio Stage, Dansens Hus
Carte Blanche dancer Ihsaan de Banya leads an open workshop on the relationship between body, voice and song, based on methods used in the development of Unchained Melody. Open to all levels, and especially relevant for choir singers, dancers and anyone interested in the connection between voice, dance and song. The workshop is held in English, requires a ticket to the performance and registration.

Physical dance introduction: Unchained Melody
19 September, 16.00 to 16.30, Studio Stage, Dansens Hus
Carte Blanche rehearsal director Caroline Eckly gives a short physical introduction to Unchained Melody, where participants can try simple steps and sequences from the performance. Open to all and free of charge, but registration is required. No previous experience needed.

Surging waves and love songs.

In Unchained Melody, Mette Ingvartsen uses love songs from different eras as a musical anchor for the choreography. The songs carry memory, longing and recognition, but also something larger: the idea of love as something that can shift relations, loosen boundaries and set bodies in motion.

The movements follow the logic of water. Ripples spread between the dancers, undercurrents pull them in new directions, and bodies are drawn into vortices before calm returns and the surface stills. The dancers sing as they move, in a physical practice where breath is put at stake: the voice shifts, the tone breaks, feeling takes on a body.

For Ingvartsen, love is more than a private emotion. It is also a social and political force, something that can wear down what is hard and loosen what once seemed fixed. Unchained Melody is a performance where song, atmosphere and movement flow into one another like waves across the sea.