Undersang is a work by Harald Beharie that takes the form of a collective walk and a performance in the forest. A vibrant and rhythmic universe where the primal human merges with the extraterrestrial. Here, mythology, romanticism, and science fiction converge, revealing a world of ancient forces.
By placing Afro-Nordic and Asian-Nordic diasporic narratives in the forest, Beharie weaves Blackness, nature, and dissonance together as a strategy for “empowerment,” and asks what it means to belong.
Undersang is a queer ecology that grows outward, where devotion, joy, and fiction become forms of resistance and the reclaiming of time. In encounter with nature, gestures and states are brought to life—nostalgic, sensual, and primal.
In a mosaic of bodies and landscapes, voices rise, while cries and calls conjure a hypnotic chorus. Through a collective and unpredictable energy, Undersang opens up a terrain of physical and affective vibration in search of fertile ground for healing, mourning, and celebration.
Minimum age: 12 years
Choreography: Harald Beharie
Sculptures: Karoline Bakken Lund and Veronica Bruce
Composition, sound: Christian Beharie
Performers: Loan Ha, Mariama Slåttøy, Carlisle Sienes, Jens Trinidad, Nosizwe Baqwa, Amie Mbye, and Harald Beharie
Facilitator / Dramaturg: Deise Nunes
External Eye: Hooman Sharifi
Producer: Mariana Suikkanen Gomes
Tour Producer: Kristina Melbø Valvik
Distribution: Damien Valette
Co-producers:
Black Box Teater (Oslo)
Dansens Hus (Oslo)
BIT (Bergen)
Rosendal Teater (Trondheim)
RAS (Sandnes)
TOU (Stavanger)
Thanks to:
Sudesh Adhana, Gabrielle Bozee, Marie Cole, Amika Elfendi, Pål Græsvik, Gloria Kapako, Erick Kelly, Torbjørn Kolbeinsen, Nicolas Jara Marthinsen, Magne Misje, Sudesh Adhana, Faduma Mohamud, Lara Okafor, Siham Ouazzif, Ellen Palmeira, Sven Undheim, and Charlott Utzig
