The Split Waltz

En mor arbeider i et lite kjøkken. Hendene elter deigen, vasker opp og setter ting på plass mens hun beveger seg i sirkler gjennom rommet. Oljen freser når de oppskårne grønnsakene treffer pannen, og dampen stiger i det dunkle lyset.

Kommer.

Program

Fredag 4.12.

19:00–19:30

Dørene åpner

Egenkomponert drikke tilbys.

19:30–20:10

Innledning til Kjøkenbenkdrama

Anna Einemo Frøysland, Tora Skår Midtbø, Emilie Maria Karlsen Takla, Laura Lihua Nilsen og Jonas Evenstad

At the opening of the festival, choreographer Anna Einemo Frøysland and dancer Laura Lihua Nilsen, together with percussionist Jonas Evenstad, present the prelude to Kjøkenbenkdrama. Here the attentiveness of the kitchen is still sweet and innocent, a first look at what will grow into the main act on Saturday.

Performance

Gratis

Lørdag 5.12.

14:00–17:00

Verksted med Blikkåpnerne

Blikkåpner Oslo is a group of fifteen young people, each representing one of Oslo's fifteen districts. Working in teams, they explore creative ways to introduce art and cultural experiences to other young people, drawing on their own experiences, interests and perspectives. As part of The Split Waltz, Blikkåpner Oslo invites you to an event in the kitchen at UKS.

Verksted

Gratis. Åpent for alle mellom 16–19 år.

18:00–18:40

Kjøkenbenkdrama

Anna Einemo Frøysland i samarbeid med Jonas Evenstad, Tora Skår Midtbø, Emilie Maria Karlsen Takla og Laura Lihua Nilsen

Kjøkenbenkdrama follows the mother in the kitchen – her attentiveness and raw energy of femme identity. Choreographed by Anna Einemo Frøysland and created in collaboration with percussionist Jonas Evenstad, the work brings dancers Tora Skår Midtbø, Emilie Maria Karlsen Takla and Laura Lihua Nilsen from the sweet and innocent toward something untamed and chaotic, testing how individual impulses can turn into a unified front.

Performance

19:00–20:00

Kunstnersamtale

Jacky Jaan-Yuan Kuo, Wei Ting Tseng og Anna Einemo Frøysland moderert av Heloisa Amaral

Over a bowl of soup, Jacky and Wei Ting share the stories and ideas behind the festival. Led by Heloisa Amaral (Ultima), the conversation explores the experiences and questions woven through the festival and its installations: Why a waltz, and why does it split? Whose labour is present, and who is usually left out of the picture? Is this a festival, an exhibition, or a dinner party that got out of hand?

The artist talk begins with a family recipe soup from southern Taiwan, brought by the artist duo Jacky and Wei Ting: a deep-flavoured vegetable broth, with rice dipped in the clear, heart-warming soup.

Samtale

20:15–21:00

stereå

Åsmund Skjeldal Waage og Åsmund Kvarme Skuterud

The lectronica duo stereå is made up of Åsmund Skjeldal Waage on vibraphone and synths, and Åsmund Kvarme Skuterud on electronic percussion. Both are active jazz musicians in Oslo, sharing a curiosity for exploring electronic sound worlds through improvisation.

Their music lives at the intersection of art music and underground club music, shaped on the terms of the dance floor at venues like Hærverk, Villa and Hausmania.

Konsert

Søndag 6.12.

13:00–16:00

Vær Vår Gjest: Ji Jia

Visuell artist Ji Jia

Be My Guest is an informal, open-hearted dining event where artists share their work and thoughts over a creative home-cooked meal. On Sunday 6 December, visual artist Ji Jia opens her kitchen for Northern Chinese pastry making and tasting. A lifelong pastry lover, she will guide you through some of her favorite pastries from growing up. Drop by for a bite, or sit down and make them together with her, just like at your grandparents’ house.

Åpent kjøkken

Dørene åpner kl. 12:00. Spesiell bakst tilbys.

14:00–15:00

Akerselva kvinnekor

Akerselva kvinnekor (Akerselva Women's Choir) is a socialist and feminist choir that marked 10 years as an institution in 2026. Never tied to a single genre, the choir arranges many of its works with conductor Sølvi Elise Halvorsen and the choir's founder, Toril Hjorthol.

Texts and works by women writers and composers are also an important part of the repertoire. The songs travel through different spaces of the UKS building, honouring the many forms of labour and the places where work happens.

Konsert

About the curators

Jacky Jaan-Yuan Kuo works between Taipei and Oslo. He works with installations, sculptures, sound, and collaborative storytelling. Much of his work circles around traces left behind: by family, by cities, by things that were said or misremembered.

Wei Ting Tseng was also born in Taiwan. She plays the cello, composes, listens, and rarely separates one from the other. She moves between contemporary, improvised, and early music, drawn to how sound bends space. She is figuring out how to express herself in various art forms, guided by the ways space, history, and acoustics shape her, and vice versa.

They work together in the loose space between sound, memory, and perception. Their collaborations wander through installation, performance, and shared readings, following how narratives migrate, change shape, and return.

Kunstnerisk konsept og installasjon

Jacky Jaan-Yuan Kuo
Wei Ting Tseng

Koreografi

Anna Einemo Frøysland

Musikk

Jonas Evenstad
stereå
Akerselva kvinnekor med dirigent Sølvi Elise Halvorsen

Kunstner, matlaging og vertskap, «Vær Vår Gjest»

Ji Jia

Moderator

Heloisa Amaral

Produsert av

Unge Kunstneres Samfund

Støttet av

Sparebankstiftelsen DNB

Jacky Jaan-Yuan Kuo & Wei Ting Tseng