I enjoy finding ways in which traditional music is being used in nontraditional ways.
Nordenfra is a Nordic dance performance group based in Hjortshøj, Denmark. They describe themselves as:
a modern Danish dance theatre with the feet planted in the Nordic soil.
…We work on the shoulders of the modern avant-garde tradition but have our main inspiration in the Nordic musical folk culture.
Nordenfra is one of the oldest modern ensembles in Denmark Its background is in experimental dance and theater. The have been active on the international scene. They produce dance theater, street parades and international performances in unusual places — all of it based in Scandinavian roots and traditions
The theatre continuously produces new performance always seeking for new artistic expressions in a close collaboration with dancers and musicians.
Here is a selection of their work, called — appropriately –"Ild-dance (Firedance)".
