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Composer Matteo Fargion and choreographer Jonathan Burrows share a workshop for anyone interested in performance. Each morning Matteo will lead a session on composition, focussing on writing and performing short pieces of music, and connecting those skills to dance and theatre. In the afternoons Jonathan will look at how to work towards a subject, feeling or atmosphere that might matter, sharing different viewpoints about dramaturgy and process. The workshop is open to all comers from any discipline or background. No specific skills necessary.

INFORMATION
DATE: Friday 18 September 2026
TIME: Kl. 09.30–15.15 (break ca. 12:00-12:45)
VENUE: Martha Andersen salen, Arktisk kultursenter
PRICE: kr. 400 (including lunch) / FNND members: Free (including lunch)
LANGUAGE: English

Burrows & Fargion will also present The Quiet Dance and The Unison Piece during the festival on Saturday, 19 September. Read more here.

REGISTRATION AND QUESTIONS: maria.stephansen@dansefestivalbarents.no
Limited spaces.

Choreographer Jonathan Burrows and composer Matteo Fargion have been collaborating for over 35 years, creating an internationally acclaimed body of duet work including Both Sitting Duet (2002), The Quiet Dance (2005), Speaking Dance (2006), Cheap Lecture and The Cow Piece (2009), Body Not Fit For Purpose (2014), Rewriting (2021) and The Unison Piece (2025).

Fargion has also written music for many other performance makers including Helga Arnalds, Claire Croizé, Siobhan Davies, Mette Edvardsen, Karl Jay Lewin and Andrea Spreafico.

Burrows is the author of A Choreographer's Handbook (Routledge, 2010/2025) and Writing Dance (Varamo Press, 2022), and is currently Associate Professor at the Centre for Dance Research Coventry University.