PRAXIS Oslo

Kulturdirektoratets ansvar – Scenekunst Ledere ved flere programmerende institusjoner etterlyser at Kulturdirektoratet tar ansvar og at det gjøres mer for å bygge tillit.

Dear studio lovers and artists of PRAXIS Oslo. Have you taught class, had a residency, rented the studio, presented an artist talk at PRAXIS Oslo? If you could tell us what you loved about being part of programming or being in the studio? We are submitting a grant tomorrow and need a few testimonials from you our beloved community to keep the space alive beyond 2026. You could post them here or send them directly to [email protected]. One sentence or a paragraph is plenty! Thank you in advance from the PRAXIS board.

Workshop showing!
After a week of workshop, Farah Saleh, Amir Sabra and the participants will show what they have been working on. Join us this Friday at Rom for Dans at 15:30

Arkivering av gester – en workshop med Farah Saleh

I denne workshopen vil Farah Saleh (Palestina) dele sitt pågående kunstneriske forskningsarbeid The Archive of Gestures, som undersøker hvordan vi som individer kan bidra til endring ved å utforske sosiale og politiske minner, der kroppslige gester brukes som kilde og som en form for arkiv.

Å kroppsliggjøre rom — en bevegelsesworkshop inspirert av Badke Remix med Amir Sabra

Workshopen utforsker hvordan personlig rom, følelser og minner former måten vi beveger oss på. Hvordan kan vi fullt ut eie vår egen bevegelse? Hvordan påvirker våre personlige, emosjonelle og fysiske erfaringer et danserisk uttrykk?

Praxisfestivalen 2025 – The Palestine Edition presents works that have not been performed before in Norway, enabling a better understanding of what Palestinian dance art is – and can be. The works explore the political body and decolonial embodied practices. Dansens Hus creates a space for sharings, discussions and conversations – and for solidarity in practice.

The festival is co-produced and hosted by Dansens Hus. Collaborators are Proda, Rom for dans, Høyskolen for dansekunst, PraxisOslo, Danseinformasjonen and Black Box Theatre. Funded by the Arts Council Norway.

Workshop showing!
After a week of workshop, Farah Saleh and the participants will show what they have been working on. Join us this Friday at Praxis Oslo at 16:00

Arkivering av gester – en workshop med Farah Saleh

I denne workshopen vil Farah Saleh (Palestina) dele sitt pågående kunstneriske forskningsarbeid The Archive of Gestures, som undersøker hvordan vi som individer kan bidra til endring ved å utforske sosiale og politiske minner, der kroppslige gester brukes som kilde og som en form for arkiv.

Deltakerne inviteres til å eksperimentere med ulike måter å arkivere personlige og alternative narrativer på, gjennom å gjenskape, transformere og forvrenge gestene som finnes i narrativene på ulike kreative måter. Farah inviterer først deltakerne til å fordype seg i egne narrativer, gester og kroppslig kunnskap gjennom en serie gruppeoppgaver, arbeid i mindre grupper og individuelle øvelser. Deretter vil Farah og deltakerne sammen utvikle materialet til en kollektiv koreografi som kan fremføres for et publikum, i form av et levende arkiv som åpner dørene under visningen og lukker dem rett etterpå.

Praxisfestivalen 2025 – The Palestine Edition presents works that have not been performed before in Norway, enabling a better understanding of what Palestinian dance art is – and can be. The works explore the political body and decolonial embodied practices. Dansens Hus creates a space for sharings, discussions and conversations – and for solidarity in practice.

The festival is co-produced and hosted by Dansens Hus. Collaborators are Proda, Rom for dans, Høyskolen for dansekunst, PraxisOslo, Danseinformasjonen and Black Box Theatre. Funded by the Arts Council Norway.

CLOSING PARTY for Praxisfestivalen 2025 - The Palestine edition

Dansens Hus Bar
15. November - 20:00

After performances and workshop Saturday you are invitetd to party with DJ Leilet og DJ Lalamiri.

DJ Leilet Safi og DJ Lalaamiri

Leilet Safi, aka Helena Natvig Safi, is a DJ from Gaza, Palestine and Oslo, Norway. Her mixes are a fusion of club-kid music you find in Oslo’s cellars and forests, palestinian traditional music and arab electronica. The music is a genre-bending combination of the familiar and unfamiliar, whether you’re from here or from there… Drawing inspiration from alternative and experimental artists from SWANA, with known tracks heard in every Arab household the past decades, the music is bound to make you shake your hips and stamp your feet. Leilet Safi aims to capture and merge the sounds of the club scenes found both in Oslo and Palestine.

La-Laamiri
from Scandinavia and Morocco .With focus on music from around the world that makes your body move. From disco & soul to house & techno, no genre is out of the question as long as it can make you dance. A DJ set which takes you around the world in 60 minutes. From the streets in Istanbul to the neon lights of Tokyo, down to beaches of Rio de Janeiro , but tonight we are taking it to the living room of your Jadda. Playing Arabic classics from indefinable time and space. The sounds of the world are here to make you move tonight.

The festival is co-produced and hosted by Dansens Hus. Collaborators are Proda, Rom for dans, Høyskolen for dansekunst, PraxisOslo, Danseinformasjonen and Black Box Theatre. Funded by the Arts Council Norway.

Panel discussion: Why dance now?
Dansens Hus foyer
14. November - 20:15

Welcome to this panel discussion, where festival curators Farah Saleh and Amir Sabra will be in conversation with Mohanad Smama, Nur Garabli, Misan Samara and Jassem Hindi. The artists will discuss what it means to create under occupation, apartheid, and genocide. The panel will reflect on the importance of dance in Palestinian Sumud (steadfastness) and the role it plays as a decolonial gesture. It will also tackle the restrictions imposed on funding due to political reasons, and the challenges and opportunities of co-productions with international partners.


Praxisfestivalen 2025 – The Palestine Edition presents works that have not been performed before in Norway, enabling a better understanding of what Palestinian dance art is – and can be. The works explore the political body and decolonial embodied practices. Dansens Hus creates a space for sharings, discussions and conversations – and for solidarity in practice.

The festival is co-produced and hosted by Dansens Hus. Collaborators are Proda, Rom for dans, Høyskolen for dansekunst, PraxisOslo, Danseinformasjonen and Black Box Theatre. Funded by the Arts Council Norway.

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