Dans for voksne is first of all a concert series. It’s best described by what it’s not: Formal, dogmatic, straight, foreseeable, etc.

Dans for voksne has been putting on gigs that nobody else wants since 2003, which means lots of experimental stuff, noise, improv and also people who are too young or from somewhere too far away or just hopelessly unable to sell themselves.

Dans for voksne is not meant for the biggest audiences, but to supply the most interested one with a wider range of music. It’s there to create a functioning experimental music scene in Oslo and – in all senses – a link between that scene and the rest of the world.

Dans for voksne also puts up workshops for those who want to build their own sound sources.

Dans for voksne’s super ultra North of everything project on Svalbard* in March -09 sent a bunch of musicians on an expedition through one of the most hostile yet beautiful landscapes on earth to the abandoned Russian mining town The Pyramid, on 79^∘ north, to see what it could do to their output, but also to have a closer look at stepping across borders.

To make this kind of projects stays on the agenda, together with the exploration of more unknown musics. For 2010 we plan to put on more workshops, a musical think tank, and of course more gigs. Some of them hopefully in Norwegian seamen’s churches around the globe.

Dans for voksne translates to something like Dancing for grown-ups.

* Svalbard is also called Spitzbergen by many non-Norwegians. Looks a lot like this:

Alan Courtis took this somewhere near The Pyramid.

last update: jan 15th, 2010

Dans for voksne is supported by Norsk Kulturråd and is a node in the PNEK network