about us
WHO ARE WE?
FRESH SCENERS is based in Tromsø. We create performing arts based on the encounter between Sami, Norwegian and Finnish culture. With the Arctic communities as a sounding board, we want to create performances that challenge, ask questions and entertain.
The themes we explore are often political, but we approach them from a personal and relational perspective. We want to create scenic breathing spaces and create movement outside our own and others' boxes and echo chambers.
The artistic expression is characterized by exploration of form, text, multilingualism and interaction with the audience. We work in the span between carefully planned direction and events where we open up for the spontaneous and unexpected to arise: Here and now moments that can be risky, but which intensify and expand the contact with the audience when we succeed.
We help create development and collaboration arenas for performing arts. Ferske Scener is behind the Scenetekstivalen and Talentenes tekstival, arenas for stage texts in process and new writing performing artists in the north.
Ferske Scener is a foundation and has existed since 2004.
AUDIENCE
We want to show the performances we create to a wide audience, both nationally and internationally. We work closely with the Reality Research Center in Finland. In recent years we have had projects at the Northern Norway Festival, the Oslo International Theatre Festival, the IETM plenary meeting in Aarhus and the Moving in November Dance Festival in Helsinki.
the people
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Artistic direction
Kristina Junttila is a Norwegian-Finnish artist working within Live Art. She constructs events and performances where different forms of co-creative activity can occur. She is a performer, co-creator, director, researcher and educator. She is interested in exploring performing arts as a place for social participation and expanding the forms a performance can take.
Kristina is a doctoral fellow at the Academy of Fine Arts, UiT, the Arctic University of Norway.
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Artistic direction
Actor, director and singer with over 40 years of experience from stage, film and TV. Stories about the times we live in now are important to him, and he has extensive experience in working with new stage texts. Bernt has a Sea Sami family background, and revitalizing Sea Sami culture and self-understanding has been important in his work.
Bernt has been central to the development of the performing arts in the north and has been a driving force in the establishment of RadArt, Vårscenefest, Scenetekstivalen and Davvi - center for performing arts.
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Chairman - Fredrik Forssman
Board member - Jenny Svensson
Board member - Ådne Sekkelsten
Board member - Bernt Bjørn
Board member - Kristina Juntila
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Artistic direction
Kristin Bjørn is a dramaturg, writer and director. Text and language are the starting point for her work, often in hybrid forms that mix fictional and documentary material. She often works outside the traditional stage space. In 2022, she directed and dramaturged the Heddanominated performance Máid Sárá Čiegada (What Sara Hides) by Kathrine Nedrejord at the Sami National Theater Beaivváš.
Kristin Bjørn was a key figure in Totalteatret (1983 – 2001). Together with Bernt Bjørn, she has led the Scenetekstivalen since 2013.
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Managing Director and Producer
Marianne is the general manager and producer at Ferske Scener, and has worked with us since the end of 2021.
Marianne is a trained cultural project manager, and has worked for, among others, Vega Scene, Tigerstadsteateret, Vårscenefest, Åarjelhsaemien Teatere v/Neste Trinn AS.
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Marketing
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