PERFORMANCE
TENDER UNIT - solo
Concept and choreography: Synne Lundesgaard
Dancer: Synne Ludesgaard.
Shown at: Trikkehallen, Oslo and Grusomhetens Teater, 2025
Commissioned by Dans/5 [@Dans/5]
Supported by and the Arts Council England [@aceagrams].
This solo is part of the research project Tender Unit.
Working title: Hardt og Godt.
HOMECOMING
Concept and choreography: Tina Puljekova and Georgia Tegou [@georgia_tegou]
Dancers: Nathan Goodman, Joshua James Smith, Xan Dye, Paulina Porwollik, and Synne Ludesgaard.
Pre-premiere: The Lowry, Manchester 2025.
Premiere: The Place, London October 2025.
Sound: The Radicant [@the_radicant]
Costume: J Smith Esquire [@jsmithesquire]
Commissioned by The Place [@theplacelondon]
Supported by Light Moves Festival [@lightmovesfest] and the Arts Council England [@aceagrams].
Thanks to Candoco [@candocodancecompany] for the invaluable support!
EKKO
Choreographers: Ellinor Ødegaard Staurbakk, Thea Melby
Dancers: Vito Vidovic, Oda Ødegård, Ellinor Staurbakk, Thea Melby, Synne Lundesgaard.
Premiere: Bodø Biennale, 2024
Music Composition & Sound Design: Daniel Herskedal
Percussion: Helge Norbakken
Costume Designer: Fredrik Tjærandsen
Lighting Design: Charles Wadel-Ellingsen
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NO LAND B
Maybe it’s their future land, or a memory of the land they once had.
Choreographer: Sivan Rubinstein
Dancers: Lydia Walker, Synne Lundesgaard
Shown: Bath, 2024
Music Composition:@lirandonin
Designer: @carolinemackenzie_studio
Lighting Design: @craigwestlighting
SOMMERFUGLEFFEKTEN
Choreographers: Ellinor Ødegaard Staurbakk, Thea Melby
Dancers: Vito Vidovic, Oda Ødegård, Ellinor Staurbakk, Synne Lundesgaard.
Premiere: February 2024, opening of Bodø European Capital of Culture.
Music Composition & Sound Design: Daniel Herskedal
Percussion: Helge Norbakken
Costume Designer: Fredrik Tjærandsen
Lighting Design: Charles Wadel-Ellingsen
RETROGRADE
Concept and exhibition: Sarah Derat [@sarahderat]
Choreographer: Georgia Tegou [@georgia_tegou]
Dancer: Synne Lundesgaard
Sound: The Radicant [@the_radicant]
Premiere: Super Dakota, Brussels 2023
Derat's multidisciplinary approach captures the essence of our rapidly evolving era. "RƎTRO/GRADƎ" invites you on a journey of reflection on progression and introspection, challenging the very notion of advancement. As part of the opening, Synne Lundesgaard performs a highly physical solo inside a circle of speakers.
REVERIE
Choreographers: Georgia Tegou [@georgia_tegou] & Michalis Theophanous [@michalistheophanous]
Dancers: Nathan Goodman, JJ Williams, Virginia Poli, Synne Lundesgaard.
UK Premiere: Dance Umbrella
Touring: 2023 and 2024.
Music Composition & Sound Design: Jeph Vanger [@jephvanger]
Costume Designer: Justin Smith / J Smith Esquire [@jsmithesquire]
Dramaturgy: Xenia Aidonopoulou [@xenia.aidonopoulou]
Relighted by: Chris Burr, Georgia Tegou and Michalis Theophanous
Original Lighting Design: Michael Toon
Creative Producer: Lia Prentaki [@lprenouk]
Original Creative Producer: Mark Mallabone [@markmallabone]
Production & Touring Manager: Chris Burr [@chris_burr]
Marketing Associate: Lia Garbola
Photographer: Nikolas Louka.
GUTTERSPRUNG
Choreographer: Hannah Mason [@achhh.e]
Dancers: Piers Sanders, Alex Morton, Sula Castle, Synne Lundesgaard.
UK Premiere: The Horse Hospital, London Uk 2023
Sound: Jan Baronowski, Adam Mason [@adam.mason_]
Costume Designer: [@ccsteding]
Lighting Design: [jorge.higgins]
Hair: [@cmstanley13]
AV:[@asherlloyd]
NEW RELIGION
Choreographer: Mathilde Caeyers [@mathildecaeyers]
Dancers: Stian Bergdølmo [@glimastian], Marit Landfald Meløe [@maritmeloe], Eirik Dreyer Sellevoll [@eirikdreyersellevoll], Karianne Andreassen [@karianneandreassen] and Synne Lundesgaard.
Performed at: Hålogaland Teater (Norldlysfestivalen) and Dansens Hus.
Touring: 2023 and 2024.
Installation: Lawrence Malstaf [@lawrencemalstaf]
Music Composition & Sound Design: Alexander Aroen [@alexanderaaroen]
Lighting design: Torbjørn Sandnes [@torbjornsandnes]
Costume Designer: Line Maher [@linemaher]
The project is supported by @kulturradet @festspillnn @frittord @innovasjonnorgearktis @tvibit @ffukno @radstuateaterhus
LAND OF HER
Choreographer: Natasha Sturgis
Dancers: @satokofukuda_dance, @natashasturgis and Synne Lundesgaard.
Performed at: The Place 2020
BEAT
Choreographers: Marit Meløe [@maritmeloe] and Synne Lundesgaard.
Dancers: Marit Landfald Meløe [@maritmeloe], and Synne Ludesgaard.
Performed at: Hulen , Bergen and Norldysfestivalen 2025.
Costume Designer: Synne Lundesgaard
The project is supported by @kulturradet and @fnnd
STILL CHANGES
Choreographers: Synne Lundesgaard, Alice Ortona Coles
Dancers: Theïa Maldoom, Synne Lundesgaard
UK Premiere: Inklingroom 2022
Costume Designers: Synne Lundesgaard. Alice Ortona Coles
Photography: Anouk Jouanne
With Ovid's Metamorphoses as its starting point, "Still Changes" seeks to deep dive into the concept of change; our cells changing every second, the earth changing over time, a fluid sense of identity, and the shapeshifting of mythological characters.
SIMPLE STEPS
Choreographer: Synne Lundesgaard
Dancer: Synne Lundesgaard
Norway Premiere: Mind the Gap, Scenehuset 2021
Through an exploration of the physicality of shaking, this solo was born. Highly physical, it explores the behaviors we have which we feel we have no control over.
GODSPEED
Commissioned choreographer: Holly Blakey
Music and sound design: @gwilymgold
Costumes: @x_hrh_x
Performed at: The Place
Photography by: @daniele_fummo
AND NOW, THE OPERATIC SECTION
Choreographer: @sroervik
Performers: @sroervik, @boyvvenus, Synne Lundesgaard.
Performed at: @bprojectspace
PERFORMED GROUP IMPROVISATIONS
Facilitated by: Seke Chimutengwende
Performed at: The Place
Photography: Olivia Holston
EG ER IKKJE FORELSKA I MARTIN
Created by: Guro Salvesen & Marte Fillan
Performers: Guro Salvenes, Solveig Stenslie, Eva Svaneblom, Synne Lundesgaard.
Touring Norway 2022, 2023, 2024.
Photography by: Courtney Roppart
RE-ARRANGEMENT
Rearrangement, performed by six women at London Contemporary Dance School, is a re-staging of Moran’s work Arrangement performed by an international cast of six male dancers. Choreographic strategies intend to queer and disrupt notions of gender in ways that destabilise and unfix.
Choreographer: Joe Moran. Dancers: Nichole Bennis, Veronika Coufalova, Dulcie Fraser, Synne Lundesgaard, Lucie Palazot and Yuma Sylla. Costume design: Sara Rowlands. Lighting design: Anthony Hateley. Photography: Nina Robinson
The Place, London, February 2019
Sadler’s Wells, London, November 2019 (film documentation)
Commission and produced by London Contemporary Dance School.
MENISCUS
TABULA RASA
Co-created improvisational event.
Dance: Synne Lundesgaarc
Music and concept: Moonchile
Performed at: Reference Point and Victoria and Albert Museum
