Work in Progress: LOVE LOVE

World premiere at Reykjavík Arts Festival on 9 June 2026 in Harpa Concert Hall.

LOVE LOVE is a music performance by Arnbjörg María Danielsen, unfolding as an open system of sound, movement, and material presence. Developed in collaboration with choreographer Leah Marojević, Ensemble Adapter (Matthias Engler and Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir), and Salka Valsdóttir, the work dissolves boundaries between music, bodies, and objects. At the centre of LOVE LOVE is the eternal game itself—play without points, without winners, without an end, open to interruption. In tennis, love means zero. Here, zero is pressure: the charged pause before something begins again. LOVE LOVE is played not to win, not to resolve, but to remain in motion.

Credits:

Arnbjörg María Danielsen: Concept, Creator, direction

Leah Marojevic: Co-creator/Choreographer

Ensemble Adapter (Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir, Matthias Engler): Composers/Performers

Salka Valsdóttir: Composer (electronics)

Thomas Schaupp: Dramaturg

Sól Hansdóttir: Costume designer

Friðþjófur Þorsteinsson: Light designer

Álfrún Helga Örnólfsdóttir: Performer

Connor James Scott: Performer

Nicol Chakmakova: Performer

Una Sveinbjarnardóttir: Performer

Þórir Jóhannsson: Performer

LOVE LOVE is a marvaða production, supported by the Iceland Music Fund and will be premiered at Raykjavík Arts Festival on 9 June 2026 in Harpa Concert Hall.