Purpose: To foster experiences of both alikeness and the richness of diversity by bringing different young actors representing different national music and dance traditions together in a musical meeting and ensemble that creates professional performances for the public. The result is an intimate, musical meeting with young peoples’ stories about who they are and where they come from, told through music and dance from their respective cultures.
Stimulus/Rationale: Fargespill focuses on what happens when differences meet through traditional music and dance: Ethiopian shoulder dance meets Norwegian “gangar.” Mogadishu meets Kollywood, “fallturillturalltura” meets “habibi Habibi.” Children-rhymes from all over the world unite in one grand polyphonic mantra. Through the fusion of our musical heritage we seek to encourage an emotional and deeply rooted understanding of the fact that we wander this little planet together – and that we need to make the best of it. Through traditional music and dance it becomes so clear; How obvious it is that we are alike, and how enriching it is that we are different.
Process: The Fargspil was initiated in 2004, and has since then had over 135.000 performances, has released a book and an album. The Fargespill-concept is licensed to several municipalities all over Norway, as well as Sweden. The projects is guided by professional musicians, choreographers, instructors, sound- and light designers and set designers.
Impact: The expected impact is to create experiences of interculturality both among the ensemble and the public that watches their performances.
Key reference documents: https://fargespill.no/
