HUNDEN BAKOM MANNEN // 2021-23

Hunden Bakom Mannen is a performance by Hallveig Kristín Eiríksdóttir & Selma Reynisdóttir, performing as Losti Collective. The piece tells the story of the 97 Greenlandic sled dogs who were the first dogs to set their paws on the South Pole.

In 1909 two men had the same idea: to be the first humans to walk on the South Pole. One of the men was a British naval officer, named Robert Falcon Scott, and the other man was the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. The two men and their respective teams began to compete for time and raced in the direction of the South Pole as the media back home watched.

Scott, the British man, tried reaching his goal by using horses and primitive snowmobiles and subsequently died trying. Amundsen, the Norwegian, got the help of Greenlandic sled dogs to transport him towards the South Pole, a goal that he reached on the 15th of December in 1911. However, this is not the story of these men.

This is the story of the 97 dogs upon whom Amundsen based his victory.

Authors and performers: Selma Reynisdóttir & Hallveig Kristín Eiríksdóttir

Costumes: Ella Snellman

Lighting Design: Pyry Pakkala Petterberg

Composer: Eygló Höskuldsdóttir Viborg

Dramaturge: Gígja Sara Björnsson

Scenography: Oscar Dempsey

Guidance and lecture on the Greenlandic Sled Dog: Pipaluk Lykke

Photography: Gunnlöð Jóna Rúnarsdóttir & Helen Korpak

Created with the support of Lókal International Theatre Festival, Dansverkstæðið, Reykjavíkurborg, Nordic Culture Point, Letterstedska föreningen & Nordisk Kulturfond

In collaboration with Selma Reynisdóttir as Losti Collective.

Past performances:

October 13-14th @ National Theatre of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland

August 10th 2022 @ World Stage Design Exhibition 2022 in Calgary, Canada

April 4-9th 2022 @ Tjarnarbíó & UngI Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland

Premiere: November 26th 2021 @ Lókal International Theatre Festival in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Work in progress: April 14th 2021 @ Vapaan taiteen tila, Helsinki, Finland