RAvnedans Retreat 2025 - A Gentle Shift

2025 marks a turning point for Ravnedans. After years of organizing the annual festival in its familiar form, this year we chose to step back — not as an end, but as a beginning.

Throughout this year we have entered a new phase : one of reflection, reimagining, and reconnection — with ourselves, with each other, and with what this festival wants to become. This decision also arises from a deep need to tend to our own creative nourishment.

To honour this transitional year, we warmly invite you to join us for the Ravnedans Retreat, held from August 29th to 31st on the serene island of Bragdøya. This will be a simple, grounded, and nourishing gathering — a chance to slow down together, reconnect with nature, and dream forward.

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RAVNEDANS 2025:

Board members
Irene Vesterhus Theisen
Jean-Baptiste Baele
Julie Rasmussen
Michelle Helmersen Flagstad
Sunniva Fliflet
Tone Martine Kittelsen
Maren Fidje Bjørneseth

Artistic board 2025 (Ravnedans Retreat)
Jean-Baptiste Baele
Maren Fidje Bjørneseth

Artistic board 2026 (Ravnedans Festival)
Irene Vesterhus Theisen
Jean-Baptiste Baele
Michelle Helmersen Flagstad
Sunniva Fliflet

Supported by
Norsk Kulturråd
Kristiansand Kommune
Agder Fylkeskommune
Fond for utøvende kunstnere
Sparebanken Sør 

Collaborators and sponsors
Scenekunst Sør
KORO Kunst i offentlig rom
Kunstsilo
Kilden teater og konserthus
Samsen kulturhus
TRAFO
Spiren kafé
Cuba life kaffebar
PRODA profesjonell dansetrening
Thon Partner Hotel Parken
Vaktbua
Vinbaren på Mølla
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