Erik Eriksson

Experience a different kind of temporality

On a darkened stage, a large pendulum swings with a steady rhythm, as if measuring time itself. Interacting with this motion, choreographer and dancer Erik Eriksson enters a world in which his body navigates between acceleration and deceleration, light and shade. In his hand, a sledgehammer – a tool whose history and weight shape the dynamics and movement of the dance. Beneath him – thin streaks of light, around him – the sound of delicate piano notes, as if someone were trying to gently soothe the weight itself.

The sledgehammer becomes his dance partner, enabling the dancing to flow between weight and weightlessness. Time pulsates in the constant interplay between concession and counterweight – not as seconds, but as bodily rhythm. Between balance and descent, strength and fatigue, friction arises, with the physically demanding versus the frail, each stroke supported by hovering resonance.

Knoster reminds us of a different kind of temporality – one that resonates in every step, every note struck on the piano, every returning movement.

Erik Eriksson

Erik Eriksson is a choreographer and dancer who studied at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels and the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen. Since 2014, he has been working as a choreographer, dancer and teacher in Europe. His work has been presented at festivals such as LIFT (UK), FLOCK (SE) and Homo Novus (LV). In 2015, he won the Latvian Theatre Award for best dance piece for the duet Vērpete. His work is characterised by exploring boundaries between the human body, music and space, and he has received international acclaim for his artistic innovation. In autumn 2025, he toured with Dansnät Sverige with his work Vērpete.

Credits

Choreography, dance, set design and music: Erik Eriksson
Lighting design: Tanja Jörgensen and Erik Eriksson
Assistant choreographer: Mikael Marklund
Studio producer: Mārtiņš Miļevskis
Stage mechanics: Johannes Fäst
Photos: Kate Rudzinska and Anton Höjer
Film: Kate Rudzinska and Anton Höjer
Production: Erik Eriksson, Stegen and Dalateatern
With support from: Swedish Arts Council, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, IASPIS (the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s international programme for visual and applied arts), Region Dalarna, Tuvumi, HOROS residency festival, Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse, Sweden-Latvia Cooperation Fund, Stegen

Tours with Dansnät Sverige, spring 2026