Oppmerksomhetens kraft i lys og mørke

Release: Printed book: planned for summer 2027 – maybe earlier. The digital edition will probably come earlier.

Reserve for free or pre-order

• Reserve for free – digital or printed edition. You pay nothing now and get a reservation number by email.
• Pre-order – printed book 349 kr (399 kr after launch) or digital edition with course links 399 kr. You get the book automatically when it is published: the digital edition by email, the printed book by post once it is printed.

A book about the spark that becomes passion – and the culture we create together.

Starting from his own path through dance, Fredrik Otterbech explores where drive begins, how attention ignites an interest, and how it can grow into a life’s work. The book is for the cultural sector, dancers, teachers and cultural workers, and for parents and young people who want to look after the joy of creating, also when they meet resistance. The book also shows what hip hop is: DJing, MCing/rap, breaking and graffiti. You can represent one or more of the elements, and together they become hip hop culture.

Read more and see an excerpt on the book’s website

What does «course links» mean?

The digital edition has links to Fredrik’s instruction videos on the YouTube channel Fredrik Otterbech Kulturspiren, so you can see the moves while you read. Some videos are already out:

• Hip hop homework, part 1
• Preparing for the warm-up – hip hop
• Part 4 with explanation and music (Hip hop 1)
• Parts 1–4 with explanation and music in one

More videos will be published over time, and the links are added to the book as they come out. It is not a finished course, but links to the videos as they are released.

What the book adds beyond the videos

The videos show the movements. The book explains why: a professional and personal reflection on how instinct becomes conscious work, and on the power of attention – from the living room in the 1970s and Park Hotell in 1984, via the schoolyard, the town square and the ballet studio, to the dance studio today. Each chapter has its own place, time and theme, with a common thread through the whole book.

The manuscript is still being written, so chapters and content may change. Whether the book will include its own exercises has not been decided yet. The digital edition is planned in Norwegian and English and will be delivered when the book is published.

12% off the book

If you buy something else in the Kulturspiren shop, you get a code for 12% off the book – both digital and printed edition. You receive the code in your order confirmation email. Enter it in the discount field at checkout, and 12% is deducted right away.

Printed book

The printed book is a little cheaper (349 NOK, 399 NOK after launch), but it may take a little longer, because it goes through a publisher before it is printed.