New Zealand choreographer of Māori descent Oli Mathiesen is the winner of the Biennale Danza 2026 international call for a new choreographic creation.

This is not a performance to be observed from afar: spectators are an integral part of the show, free to move and shape the performance alongside the dancers.

For the first time a Sámi artist, Elle Sofe Sara, together with Icelandic choreographer Hlín Diego Hjálmarsdóttir, directs 19 of the 70 dancers of the ballet company of the Oslo Opera House.