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Sensuous Learning – the Danish Parliament

Today we presented our method – Sensuous Learning – to the children and education committee in the Danish National Parliament. We unfolded our experiences with artistic interventions in the educational system and we advocated a more sense-based approach to learning and knowledge. That art should not been seen as an ‘add-on’ but that art has value as a learning method in itself

IETM Global Connector

Artistic Director, Gry Worre Hallberg, has been selected as a facilitator of the IETM Global Connector program 2023 on basis of her participation as a member in the program in 2021 & 2022. IETM Global Connectors are experienced contemporary performing arts professionals from across the world who have demonstrated a commitment to increase global awareness, inclusion, accessibility and connectivity for the benefit of their communities. IETM Connectors have the opportunity to…

THE WILDEST PERFORMANCES IN DANISH THEATRE HISTORY

We are incredibly happy and proud that Danish newspaper Politiken has chosen Sisters Hope to be among the five wildest performances in Danish theater history. With ‘Sensuous City’ manifested in 2019 & 2021 in collaboration with Metropolis. From the article: “They took control of our time for 24 hours, and in an everyday life where everyone is busy, it became basic training in (re)experiencing sensory separation and experiencing what the city we…

Biennale Archipelago Mediterraneo – Poetic Landscapes Processes

During September 2022 Sisters Hope worked with a selected group of emerging artists and researchers from across the EU in the Crypt of Chiesa dei Santi Euno e Guiliano. The training explored and unfolded poetic and sensuous landscapes within and in the city of Palermo. The outset is Sisters Hope’s own unique performance method –  The Sisters Performance Method – Sensuous Learning. This method is rooted in the exploration of…

Flowing Inhabitation

Live inside a poetic artwork! With Flowing Inhabitation we offer a special partout-access where you will be able to visit and revisit Sisters Hope Home on a monthly basis over the course of half a year. There will be two timelines available with the following dates:Partout-access Air: 26.8, 23.9, 21.10, 18.11, 16.12 & 13.01Partout-access Infinity: 27.8, 24.9, 22.10, 19.11, 17.12 & 14.01 It will also be possible to purchase individual tickets for…

Folkemødet 2022

Together with the Bikuben Foundation we are bringing the sensuous and poetic values to Folkemødet 2022. At Fællesscenen, artistic director Gry Worre Hallberg unfolds the vision of The Sensuous Society and meets Deputy Director of DJØF Sigge Winther Nielsen and journalist Lene Johansen for a conversation about how the aesthetic and sensuous can support the transition to a more sustainable future. More info here

Inhabitation Infinity

Inhabitation Infinity is a new performance in which we invite everyone interested to move in and inhabit the Sensuous Society with us in Sisters Hope Home in the outskirts of Copenhagen. The participants, who will be named inhabitants, will take part in a series of deep journeys exploring the poetic layers of our being and being together while inhabiting the otherworldly artwork. During the stay the inhabitants will cook, eat, sleep and…

The Climate Crisis and the Sensuous – Where do we go from here?

Sisters Hope has been invited to present at this year edition of The Danish Science Festival. At the talk it is possible to meet climate psychologist Solveig Roepstorff and artistic director of the performance group Sisters Hope, Gry Worre Hallberg, for a conversation about the climate and how we can deal with our being in the world in the light of the crisis that are currently unfolding. In the spring,…

SenseSquared – Becoming through the Senses: towards artistic ways of being in the world

Six European partners work together on the central question: How can a sensory approach and an artistic attitude contribute to an education that leads to a more connected and sustainable world? Through artistic interventions and workshops, we want to demonstrate that this approach can and should become the heart of all education. Adopting a sensuous and artistic attitude is joyous and rewarding for everyone involved. It has a profound and…

Call for Artists – Art rethinks transformation for training

In a series of workshop laboratories Art Rethinks Transformation for Training (ART4T) explores innovative non-formal training methodologies in the field of interdisciplinary contemporary arts creation at the intersection of visual and performing arts, where creative processes are shared by teachers and learners. The training programme frames the production of new works that will be exhibited during BAM Biennale Archipelago Mediterraneo in September 2022 in Palermo, Italy. About the program The…