Established in Bergen in 1989 and with its home base in Studio Bergen, the company tours and develops its artistic activities both in Norway and internationally.

Consisting of 14 international dancers, the company is solidly supported by their technical qualities, their personalities, and their incredible creativity. Thus, they rise to the challenge of opening up to a wide field of performances and aesthetics, which are necessary to maintain the diversity of the repertoire.

The company’s reputation allows it to be an enviable artistic partner to both renowned choreographers and a new generation of talents.

Under the artistic direction of the French choreographer Annabelle Bonnéry, the company commissions choreographers who are involved in social questions and who express themselves through dance. She has expanded the company’s artistic offerings to include an additional program aimed at diverse audiences as part of its audience development and sustainability-focused framework for touring.

The director also turns to artists who are concerned about the encounter between different artistic fields. Carte Blanche produces new creations every season, creating thus an exciting and unique high-quality repertoire, underpinning the company’s goal to be an innovative forerunner, presenting and developing contemporary dance in Norway and abroad.

Carte Blanche AS is owned and funded by the Ministry of Culture, Vestland County Council and the City of Bergen.

CURRENT REPERTOIRE:

UNCHAINED MELODY – A seascape of movement and love songs. World premiere on 28 May 2026 during Bergen International Festival. In UNCHAINED MELODY, Mette Ingvartsen uses love songs from different eras as a musical anchor for the choreography. The movement follows the logic of water: ripples spread between the dancers, undercurrents draw them in new directions or into a swirl before calm returns, and the surface settles. Read more here.

INSIGHT – How can the body speak of the ways we navigate life together? In INSIGHT, Heine Avdal and Yukiko Shinozaki explore the shifting relation between the individual and the collective. The work draws on the metaphor of string figures – fragile patterns spun between hands – to ask how we open and close ourselves to others, and how each act shapes the whole. World Premiere 12 February 2026. Read more here. 

UNCHAINED MELODY – World premiere 28 May during Bergen International Festival.

Photo:
Unchained Melody: Linn Heidi Stokkedal
Insight. Photo: Helge Hansen, Øystein Haara.
But Then (DSC…) Photo: Thor Brødreskift
Mellomland Bud/Sovaco de Cobra  Photo: Øystein Haara
The Living Monument Photo: Øystein Haara
Birget Photo: Øystein Haara
Retro Cat Photo: Øystein Haara