Jo Strømgren Kompani (JSK) is an acclaimed Norwegian repertory company with large global distribution. Over one hundred shows are performed worldwide every year, both in large national theatres and small alternative venues, from Sydney Opera House to Greenland. The overall touring list covers about sixty countries. JSK’s home stage in Oslo is the Norwegian Opera House, where Jo Strømgren is house choreographer.

JSKs artistic style is a unique mix of dance and theatre, and a distinct humoristic touch typically combined with darker, political undertones. Another trademark is the extensive use of nonsensical language, and in the recent years a playful use of voiceover.

JSK offer a standing repertoire of 10 – 12 different performances, covering a broad range of genres. Variations of dance and theater is our most typical form, but we also have pure theater performances and puppet performances. JSK also offers performances for young audiences. After covid-19 the company has produced 22 short dance films under the name Corona Sessions.

No matter what form or genre – all our performances are designed for smooth and flexible worldwide touring and can be adapted into almost any language. We also offer a wide range of workshops for all levels, be it dance or theater, or even administrative ones.

For more information about Jo Strømgren Kompani and a complete overview of current and previous productions, please visit
their website: www.jskompani.no

“Physical theatre at its very best: daring, dark, unpredictable and charged with compressed intensity.” The Guardian, United Kingdom.

“Expertly straddles the fragile line between humor and horror.” New York Times, USA.

“Painful truths in brilliant nonsense.” The Sunday Morning Herald, Australia

Jo Strømgren

Jo Strømgren is a renowned choreograhper, director and playwrite from Norway. He made his debut as a choreographer in 1994 with Rechts-Links, after graduating from the Oslo National Academy of Dance. In 1996 he was engaged as a dancer and choreographer for Carte Blanche in Bergen. A couple of years later he founded Jo Strømgren Kompani, which immediately gained recognition with the ballet A Dance Tribute to the Art of Football. His CV covers more than 200 productions, and his works have been performed in 68 countries.

Strømgren has created pieces for many ballet companies, including the Ballet of the Opera National du Rhin, the Wiener Staatsballett, the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen, the Nürnberg Staatsoper, the Staatstheater Braunschweig and the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm, as well as directing theatrical productions in the majority of Norwegian institutional theatres, the Royal Danish Theatre, the Malmö Opera and Music Theatre, the Reykjavik City Theatre, the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre and the Staatstheater Mainz.

He has written many scripts for both film and theatre, and has worked extensively with puppet theatre for both children and adults. Strømgren has won many awards at home and abroad, including the Norwegian Critics' Award (A Dance Tribute to the Art of Football in 1998) and the Hedda Award (for There in 2002 and for Ten Years Laterin 1999).

Photo: Anders Ylander MFOK