Dancer and choreographer Oona Doherty’s Hope Hunt and the Ascension into Lazarus was performed by Sati Veyrunes in front of the museum and in our galleries on October 14, 2023.
Situated between physical theatre, dance, and performance art, this work manipulates and reimagines the gestures of working-class masculinity, and is a search for hope.
In collaboration with CODA-Oslo International Dance Festival, and Dansens Hus, where Doherty’s Navy Blue was performed on October 12 and 13.
Part of Before Tomorrow Live - a program of performance, talks, sound, and screenings as an extension of the anniversary exhibition Before Tomorrow-Astrup Fearnley Museet 30 Years.
A swaggering, graceful ode to working-class men … There’s reverence here, and humour; a massive talent and a hugely original voice. - Lyndsey Winship on Hope Hunt and the Ascension into Lazarus in The Guardian.
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Choreography by Oona Doherty
Performed by Sati Veyrunes
Driver and music composition by Maxime Jerry Fraisse
OD Works production by
Gabrielle Veyssiere
Stage management by
Lisa Marie Barry
Curated by Owen Martin
with Marthe A. Andersen and
Inger Fure Grøtting
Videography and editing by
Helle Holm
Astrup Fearnley Museet production by John Hansen and Einride Torvik

In collaboration with CODA
Oslo International Dance Festival
and Dansens Hus