Performers

KIGO (Kultur i Gamle Oslo) has, since 2012, worked to make culture accessible to all children and young people in the district of Gamle Oslo. Through free activities with a low threshold and high quality, they create community, a sense of achievement, and joy.

KIGO’s choir is one of the activities in the district, bringing children together through singing and togetherness. The choir takes part in both small and large concerts, locally and on city-wide stages, and is part of KIGO’s work to ensure culture for all. Photo: Christian Haukeli

Children from Kolbotn barnehage (kindergarten) will sing a potpurry of children songs.

René Gilje Læknes is an Oslo based psychomotor physical therapist, currently enrolled in their third masters degree in the field. In their clinical work they facilitate embodied change through movement and touch – working both with individuals and in groups. 

A balanced body enables us to engage with challenges in a creative and meaningful way.  René will guide the audience in Oslo City Hall through a series of simple movements with the aim of facilitating free breath, lowering muscular tension and increasing mental focus.  

Students from Barratt Due Institute of Music will perform during the reception in Oslo City Hall. 

Subsdans is a welcoming and inclusive dance studio in Oslo widely regarded as Norway’s leading studio for street and club dance. The studio offers high-quality training for both beginners and advanced dancers. Subsdans places strong emphasis on dance culture foundations and personal expression fostering a learning environment rooted in respect community and authenticity. Its teachers are active national and international dancers and the studio serves as a central hub for classes open sessions jams battles and workshops, playing a key role in connecting the Norwegian street and club dance scene to the global community. Subsdans will open the morning session in Deichmansalen on day 2 of the conference.

Diego Marín is a performing artist and dance researcher. His artistic work has been presented internationally in prestigious venues and is characterized by physical theatricality, the use of sensory metaphors, and the creation of enigmatic atmospheres.

His research and artistic production are often related, exploring dance as a doubly coded act. In his projects, creativity and performance are experienced and tested by biological and artificial systems.

In his book Encarnando lo artificial (Embodying the Artificial), he introduced a conceptual tool and a method for the co-creation of human-artificial intelligence dance. His pioneering and avant-garde work with AI led him to win the “Saberes Danzados 2025” Award from the National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico, the award PAPIAM-D 2025 from the National Centre of the Arts of Mexico, and he was a finalist in the One Dance UK Awards 2022 in the United Kingdom.