Nocturnal Teeth Grinding

Crickets and frogs. Bats, rats, and night owls. Witches, lovers, insomniacs, and fighters. When darkness falls, they all awaken, in a swarm of bodies, sounds, and whispered secrets.

*Núx brúx*, by Greek choreographer Chara Kotsali, is a physical and sonic dance ritual set at night. A space for resistance, desire, and longing. Together with Norrdans’ international ensemble, a carnivalesque world unfolds—a charged space of revolt, tenderness, belonging, and metamorphosis. Encounter nocturnal creatures and revolutionary stories that only come to life while you sleep.

“Núx” is the ancient Greek word for “night,” while “brúx” derives from the root meaning “teeth grinding.” Together, they form “Núx brúx,” a poetic description of teeth grinding at night.

With elements of magical realism and collective dream states, Kotsali unfolds the night before your eyes.

About the choreographer Chara Kotsali

Chara Kotsali is a choreographer, dancer, and teacher based in Greece. She teaches contemporary dance at the Rallou Manou and Marmarinou Professional Schools of Dance and has served as a guest instructor and choreographer at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD) and several institutions throughout Europe.

With a background in theater studies, social and cultural anthropology, and professional drumming training, she explores choreography through a broad and investigative approach that brings together anthropology, documentary art, music, and movement. She is particularly interested in how sound and movement interact and influence each other—politically, physically, and poetically.

Her solo work *to be possessed* (2023) garnered significant attention at the Onassis Dance Days and the ImPulsTanz Festival, where it received an honorable mention. Her second work, *borborygmi* ( 2024), premiered at the Athens Epidaurus Festival, where it won the Audience Award, and is now touring internationally.

Chara Kotsali is an Aerowaves Twenty24 artist, an Onassis AiR Fellow for 2024–2025, and a participant in the Visiting Artists Program for 2025.

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