The event
Embrace Norway is an encuentro that took place at Lillehammer during the bright Norwegian summer nights. We did five editions: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2022, mixing the best ingredients of social tango: a few codes, mixed seating, a social space for relaxation, and great music. A bunch of great DJs came to Lillehammer to play, and Melina Sedó and Detlef Engel gave workshops. Last but not least: dancers from all over Europe — even overseas — came to dance in the beautiful Kulturhuset Banken in Lillehammer.
The team
Sissel Berg is the origin behind Embrace Norway. After attending her first encuentro, she fell in love with this event format. Together with Ketil Røed and Amelia Lina Frances Antzée (then Trud Fagerheim Antzée), she created three editions of Embrace Norway before taking a break. In 2019, Sissel arranged the fourth edition together with Per Steinar Kjørstad. Siri Fikstvedt and Tor Pedersen joined the team for the 2022 edition.
Thanks to everybody who came to Lillehammer!