| Northern Lights |
 Director / coreographer: Indra Lorentzen
Actors: Anders Berntsson, Varste M. Berntsson, Marius Olsen, Else Danielsen/Bendo Schmidt Technician: Ilannguaq Kleist Has been shown in Greenland (Narsaq, Nanortalik), Baltikum (Estland, Letland, Litauen), Frankrig (Chartre), England (London) og i Australien (Sydney). In our time, the perception of the northern lights is dominated by scientific research. Despite this, the northern lights still bring wonder, mystique, and fantasy to people. In the early stage of the preparation for the Arsarnerit performance, we found a few stories and interpretations about the northern lights. These were mainly collected from the northern hemisphere, created by thousands of years of history. It is worth mentioning, that the southern lights have had the same mystical meaning to some people in the south. One of the similarities is the connection to the spiritual world - that the northern light is the land of the dead souls. The Arsarnerit performance is based on an idea by H.C. Petersen, inspired by the opening of Katuaq - The Greenlandic Centre for Performing Arts. H.C. Petersen's wish was to give The Greenlandic Centre for Performing Arts an opening-performance which contains the insight and spiritual values of the traditional Greenlandic Culture. This is what the parties involved in this performance have tried to attend to. Arsarnerit consists of selected stories and interpretations about the Northern lights from the arctic. These are presented in dance-like images which include dance, poetry, and music inspired by cultural traditions from Greenland and Alaska. The text material is collected from Knud Rasmussen's collection of Inuit stories, Asgeir Brekke/Alv Egeland, and the people involved in the performance.The performance had its premiere during Katuaq's grand opening in February 1997. It has been performed many places since, also outside Greenland (the Baltic countries, Australia and England).   
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