When the Bleeding Stops

Dance / Dance performances

When the Bleeding Stops

Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir

A performance that breaks the silence surrounding menopause — with tenderness, humour, and unapologetic honesty.

When an injury forced Icelandic artist Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir to rethink her relationship with dance, she began exploring the unspoken realities of ageing in the female body. Realising how little she herself knew about menopause, she interviewed experts, pored over research, reﬂected — and eventually issued an open call. The response was immediate: dozens of women from across Iceland came forward, eager to share their stories.

Out of those conversations grew a warm, disarming piece that mingles stand-up, dance, and video to open a window onto women’s most intimate worlds. Oscillating between vulnerability and celebration, shame and laughter, Lovísa and a group of local performers invite us to greet this transformative rite of passage — hot ﬂushes, mood swings, and dry mucous membranes included — with curiosity, compassion, and joy.

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