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NEW NORDIC POLING
LENA BONDESON & SYDHAVN TEATER“Fremragende konsulentsatire”
“...guddommeligt komiske, pseudo-videnskabelige oplæg”
“Kærligt, men også klarøjet”
“...herligt akavet klovnekomisk undersøgelse af aktivist begrepet”
“Gruppen formår at omsætte deres analytiske skarphed med en tæt på klovnet fremførelse (...) to the point i sin satire”
“En satire der udstiller og inkluderer på samme tid”
︎︎︎REVIEW ISCENE: Begavet aktivisme-satire
New Nordic Poling (NNP) is a movement of eight activist pole dancers who “poles 4 change.”
The performance unfolds at NNP’s annual recruitment meeting, where their documentary Radical Embrace has its premiere. The audience follows the movement as they create banners, challenge Extinction Rebellion on May 1st in Copenhagen’s Sydhavn, and travel to Svalbard to “Pole 4 the melting pole” with their new portable pole.
In an intimate, mildly interactive setup - blending live action with film screening - the audience follows NNP’s highs and lows. NNP investigates power structures and plans happenings, but faces unexpected challenges of activist group work. What does it mean to practice what you preach? And when does a group become a group?
NNP is about hopelessness, resilience, and the (im)possible pursuit of collective meaning.
2026
CPH STAGE - SYDHAVN TEATER
28th of may at 18:00
29th of may at 18:00
31th of may at 16:00
1st of june at 18:00
Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Language: English
2024
SYDHAVN TEATER
18th of december at 20:00
19th of december at 20:00
20th of december at 20:00
Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Language: English
CREATED & PERFORMED BY:
Louisa Yaa Aisin (interdisciplinary artist & consultant)
Lena Bruun Bondeson (director & performer)
Eng Kai Er (choreographer & powerpoint maker)
Malik Grosos (performer & multimediedesigner)
Anna Kuusamo (performer)
Lara Vejrup Ostan (choreographer)
Angelica Stathopoulos (philosopher & dictionairy writer).
DIRECTING, CONCEPT & VIDEODIRECTING: Lena Bruun Bondeson
VIDEO EDITING & POSTER: Malik Grosos
PRODUCER & PR: Lena Bruun Bondeson assisted by Lara Ostan Vejrup
ADMINISTRATED BY: KOMMA Performance Productions
RESIDENCIES AT: Sydhavn Teater (DK), Spitsbergen Artist Center Svalbard (NO)
SUPPORTED BY: Danish Arts Foundation, The Finnish Cultural Foundation & The Swedish Arts Grants Committee











︎ MALIK GROSOS, ANNA KUUSAMO, LENA BONDESON



