In "Suoidnekaboom", reindeer stomachs and senna grass meet with performing arts and living bodies. The work explores the physical materials in relation to materials' inherent potential, cultural use and context.

Following an invitation to create new works for Dáiddadállu's 10th anniversary, Maret Anne Sara has invited stage artists Anitta Katriina Suikkari and Anja Saiva Bongo Bjørnstad, Alexandra Wingate and Li Taiga to interact and interpret some of the physical materials and works Sara has worked with recent years, with a particular thematic context for "Pile o´Sápmi" and the series of works for the Venice Biennale in 2022. "Suoidnekaboom" is a work where individual artistry and different artistic branches, experiences and expertise, meet in free space. 

How does prolonged pressure affect the complex inner landscape, in relation to oneself and others? How does inner life live in sync or out of sync with external life, and what does this do to people, relationships and society? 

Visual art and artistic direction: Máret Ánne Sara

Movement and voice material: Anja Saiva Bongo Bjørnstad, Anitta Katriina Suikkari, Li Taiga, Alexandra Wingate and Ánna-Kátri Helander

On stage: Anja Saiva Bongo Bjørnstad, Anitta Katriina Suikkari and Alexandra Wingate 

Choreograph and producer: Alexandra Wingate

Assistant visual Arts: Li Taiga

Co-producer: Dáiddadállu

With support from: Dáiddafoanda, Arts and Culture Norway and Davvi - center for performing art.

Thanks to Beaivváš Sámi Nášunalteater and Ole Tomas Nilut, Jan Cato Nilut and Olav Johan Eira for technical support.

Biographies: 

Máret Ánne Sara is an artist and writer from Guovdageaidnu. Sara explores materials in a Sami context and use, both in a material and immaterial context, and she is dedicated to the Sami subjectivity in both art and society. Sara has a number of international exhibitions behind her, including "Documenta 14" in 2017 and the Venice Biennale in 2022. Sara was nominated for the Nordic Council's children's and young people's literature prize in 2014 and has been purchased by, among others, the National Museum.

Anitta Katriina Suikkari is a free-lance stage artist with extensive experience in theatre, film and TV over 45 years. She lives in Kautokeino and has worked with Sami performing arts for 30 years. Membership in Dáiddadállu has inspired her to explore new formats within performative art.

Anja Saiva Bongo Bjørnstad from Kautokeino is a free-lance actor educated at the Statens Teaterhøgskole 2009-2013. She has worked with film and television, been in 8 productions at Beaivváš Sámi Našunála teáhter and has been a member of Dáiddadállu since 2015.

Alexandra Wingate is a Swedish choreographer, producer, and process facilitator. Improvisation and score building are the main techniques for developing and performing her work as well as a strong focus on co-authorship with the performers. She has collaborated with Elle Sofe Sara, Ina Dokmo, Lena Kimming, Liv Schellander, Josefina Björk and Ställbergs gruva.