When the Bleeding Stops addresses the silence, the taboo that seems to surround the menopause in Western societies, as well as Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir's personal experience of ageing as a dancer. The performance shows a world of vulnerability, shame, empathy and humor. It takes us into the private lives of various performers, delving into the many layers of female experiences associated with the menopause. When the Bleeding Stops celebrates life in all its phases!

"[I]t is precisely the simplicity that makes it effective, stories that cry out in a huge context. The work deals with the inevitable desire to dance. It is about the feminine and about the story that lives in the body. The work manages to highlight the unspoken and invisible, which we did not know we missed until it stares at us and demands to be acknowledged." (Nína Hjálmarsdóttir, Víðsjá, RÚV, National Radio of Iceland)

"When the Bleeding Stops is an entertaining, refreshing, and revitalizing look at a topic that, even today, is too often hidden and shamed. A feel good celebration of the beauty and power of middle age." (Eliza Reid, writer and the First Lady of Iceland)

Duration: approx. 45 min.

In English, Icelandic with English surtitles and German.

Supporting program
Sun 14.04. Talk following the performance