Iceland Dance Company (IDC) is the national dance company of Iceland. Established in 1973 and with its home base in Reykjavik City Theatre, the company tours both in Iceland and internationally. IDC has given numerous outstanding performances in major international dance theatres and at festivals in Europe, China, Canada and the United States.
IDC is a progressive contemporary dance company constantly building a repertoire of choreography by many of Europe’s leading choreographers, e.g. Ohad Naharin, Johan Inger, Jiri Kylian, Ed Wubbe, Alexander Ekman, Rui Horta, Jo Strömgren, Ina Christel Johannessen, Anton Lachky, Itzik Calili, Martin Kilvady, Pieter Ampe, Alan Lucien Øyen, Damien Jalet and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Simultaneously, the company has led the development of Icelandic choreography and nurtured home-grown talents who have received international acclaim, e.g. Erna Ómarsdóttir, Lára Stefánsdóttir, Katrín Hall, Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Valgerður Rúnarsdóttir, Steinunn Ketilsdóttir and Halla Ólafsdóttir. The combination of these two approaches to building its repertoire has created a unique position for IDC on the international dance scene.
IDC’s current repertoire shows the company’s diversity in its choice of work. Including the haunting collaboration between IDC and the Icelandic band Sigur Rós in The Best of Darkness by Erna Ómarsdóttir and Valdimar Jóhannsson and the highly acclaimed Black Marrow by Erna Ómarsdóttir and Damien Jalet. New works include multi-award nominated Thel, an intimate and visually intriguing work by Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, and Finnish choreographer Elina Pirinen’s Rhythm of Poison, a breathtaking expressionistic piece that immerses its audience in a feast for the senses. Erna Ómarsdóttir is the company’s Artistic Director
AVAILABLE FOR TOURING 2020/2021:
THE BEST OF DARKNESS
By Erna Ómarsdóttir and Valdimar Jóhannsson to the original music by Sigur Rós
AIŌN
By Erna Ómarsdóttir and Anna Thorvaldsdóttir.
BLACK MARROW
By Erna Ómarsdóttir and Damien Jalet to the original music by Ben Frost.
NO TOMORROW
By Margrét Bjarnadóttir, Ragnar Kjartansson and Bryce Dessner.
THEL
By Katrín Gunnarsdóttir.
RHYTHM OF POISON
By Elina Pirinen.
RÓMEÓ <3 JÚLÍA
By Erna Ómarsdóttir and Halla Ólafsdóttir.