Undersang is a work by Harald Beharie in collaboration with Karoline Bakken Lund, Veronica Bruce and Christian Beharie, which takes shape as a performance ritual in the forest. Undersang is a tapestry of opulent configurations soaked in a shimmer of queer ecologies and extravagant gestures. Here mythologies, national romantic ideals and science fiction converge, revealing a world of ancient powers.

Weaving Afro and Asian-Nordic diasporic narratives, Undersang plays with the notion of dissonance as an ambiguous feeling of empowerment, sparking questions about cultural fictions and what it means to belong. As a ground for refusal, reclamation of time and looking beyond the idea of ownership, the work seeks fertile ground for healing, for lament and joyous celebration.


Choreography
Harald Beharie

Scenography, sculptures
Karoline Bakken Lund and Veronica Bruce

Composer, sound 
Christian Beharie

Performers 
Loan Ha, Mariama Slåttøy, Carlisle Sienes, Jens Trinidad, Nosizwe Baqwa, Amie Mbye, Harald Beharie 

Co-producers 
Black Box Teater(Oslo) BIT (Bergen) Rosendal Teater (Trondheim) RAS (Sandnes) TOU (Stavanger) 

PREMIERE: 
30 May 2024, Oslo 

Photo: Julie Hrncirova


Dates: 

BIT - teatergarasjen, Bergen 24 - 25 October 2024
Bodø Biennale, Bodø 7.September 2024 
RAS & Tou Scene, Stavanger 21 - 22. august 2024 
Rosendal Teater, Trondheim  8 - 9. June 2024 
Dansens Hus & Black Box Teater
30. may  - 02. June 2024  (PREMIERE)