Tours 2018 - Dansnät Sverige

Destins Croises Lien(s)

Let yourself be drawn into a pulsating world with a soundscape of electronic deephouse. The performance Lien(s) unfolds in a geometric universe in which five bodies meet and move acrobatically between street styles such as breaking and popping, as well as contemporary dance. These extremely skilled dancers transform their bodies merging into and over each other in the abstraction of the enclosed space. This is a worldclass street dance show that has earned a rightful place on the very finest of performing arts stages. Lien(s) was performed in Vara, Jönköping, Falkenberg, Gävle and Västerås

Mitkhal Alzghair Displacement

How does a body react when its movement is forced or prevented? Choreographer Mithkal Alzghair defines his Syrian origins and his body’s identity in the context of the political, social and religious situation in Syria. How is traditional dance impacted by the violent history of migration, dictatorship, massacres, revolution, war and conflict in the Middle East? With small displacements in movement, our perception and comprehension changes. Alzghair’s choreography is characterized by conflicting movements and feelings – stay or flee. On top of being a poignant work about the Syrian civil war, Displacement is also a striking reflection on life in exile. Displacement was performed in Stockholm, Malmö and Umeå

Virpi Pahkinen Ichos

The iconic Virpi Pahkinen has toured more than 45 countries and her unique dance style continues to fascinate audiences around the world. Her artistry is characterized by Asian aesthetics blended with contemporary dance and mysticism. Ichos features both a solo and a duet with dancer Pontus Sundset, sharing the stage with world-renowned percussionist Mika Takehara, known for his amazing musicality and dance-like performance. Together they create an interplay that vibrates with tones, movement and rhythms, forming an artwork that encompasses an entire world. Ready to be enchanted? Ichos was performed in Borås, Uddevalla, Västerås, Halmstad, Kungsbacka, Jönköping and Linköping

Skånes Dansteater its like a large animal deep in sleep

Just as you can be instrumental in influencing the results in the current election year, you can influence the outcome of the performance in Skånes Dansteater’s work It is like a large animal deep in sleep. This is a performance about politics and democracy that calls for action and reminds you of your own political responsibility. On stage, six dancers and fifty moving boxes explore the boundary of our democratic freedom. By constructing and deconstructing shapes, walls and riots emerge. Towers tumble and the dancers move together like a homogenous organism dependent on each other. How long can you ignore your inner warning clock and stop going with the flow? its like a large animal deep in sleep was performed in Karlskrona, Växjö, Vara, Gävle and Jönköping

Jan Martens Sweat Baby Sweat

Have you experienced the kind of love that is so overwhelming that you cannot or will not let the other go? This is what we experience in choreographer Jan Marten’s performance Sweat Baby Sweat – a red hot performance that embodies the symbiosis of love in a tender and acrobatic duet. Here the couple’s all-engulfing, cramped co-existence is portrayed. Muscles shudder and shake as they cling to each other. Feelings come to life in the bodies of the two dancers, dripping sweat and devotion. Their physical battle flows out and over the edge of the stage into the viewer. How much should we really fight for our relationships? Sweat Baby Sweat was performed in Uppsala, Umeå, Linköping, Malmö and Falkenberg

Dance for me Dance for me

Maybe you’ve secretly been dreaming about doing something you never thought was possible? Imagine if you got the chance. Would you take it? Dance for me is a true story about a 50-year-old Icelandic family father who dared to realize his life-long desire to perform contemporary dance on stage. With warmth and humour, we follow Ármann, who together with his stepdaughter Brogan, creates an intimate story in which swing, juck, clarinet playing and moonwalk play a role. Together they treat the audience to a real feel-good performance, which has been celebrated by local audiences and at international festivals worldwide. Who and which bodies in actual fact do we see on established dance stages? And is dance really for everybody? Dance for me was performed in Stockholm, Umeå, Sandviken and Malmö

Cas Public & Kopergietery 9

At the centre of 9 is Cai Glover, a hearing-impaired dancer, who draws us into his world by taking off his hearing device. Over the next 60 minutes, we encounter the challenge of shaping the language of silence. Expressively weaving sign language with ballet and contemporary dance techniques on feet and toes, Cas Public’s dancers take on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, a work he composed after he lost his hearing. The monumental grandeur of the orchestral work crackles on a stage littered with chairs, too small for an adult to sit on. A small toy car spins around and a magnificent opera falsetto is overpowering the gesticulating dancers. When their gestures become too profuse the dancers put their fingers to their mouths in a request for silence. Even silent communication can be too loud at times. 9 was performed in Uddevalla, Stockholm, Luleå, Piteå, Uppsala, Jönköping, Kungsbacka, Karlskrona, Göteborg, Borås and Växjö.

Cristiana Morganti Jessica and me

Christiana Morganti was for a period of 20 years a soloist in Pina Bausch legendary company Tanztheater Wuppertal. Her first evening-length performance Jessica and me – is an autobiography disguised as a dialogue between herself and the fictional alter ego Jessica. This creation is a homage to dance and to Morgantis memories as a soloist in the world’s most famous company. Dressed in red and dangerously high heeles she describes her career with a hilarious sense of humour and phenomenal timing. Christiana depicts her first steps in ballet classes and the numerous hours spent in training localities. She brings to life the two sides of a life as a dancer – the physical joy and the price the body pays. Jessica and me was performed in Jönköping, Umeå, Piteå, Malmö, Uppsala, Västerås, Karlskrona and Växjö.

Hungry Sharks #fomo

Technology advances, becomes faster and upgraded. The current flood of information increases continually and we create endless new networks and never-ending opportunities. In our time we can be reached where ever and whenever, both to our advantage and disadvantage. What makes us perpetually check our smartphones and what importance does our virtual profile have in the reality of daily life? #fomo (fear of missing out) is a dance performance which springs out of street genres such as breaking, locking and hip-hop. Five street dancers dive in to cyberspace and experiences its positive and negative aspects. How should we relate to the Internet? #FOMO was performed in Kungsbacka, Falkenberg, Luleå and Jönköping.

Compagnie Vilcanota People what People?

Seven dancers form continual combinations of patterns and formations in Cie Vilcanota’s piece People what people? Like pearls in a kaleidoscope the scenario changes with their movements and their relationship to each other. The dancers create a universe, planets circling each other, whirlwind frenzies which sometimes lingers in gentle whispers. With continual influence on the other, perpetual influence on each other makes People what people? an applicable symbol representing space, the human being or life itself. People what people? was performed in Gävle, Halmstad, Jönköping, Kungsbacka and Umeå.

Sofia Castro Pul so

Pul So is a flamenco performance which starts with something so essential as the beat of the heart. Sofia Castro stamps with passion, intensity and a burning lust through projected circulation systems and vibrant colours. The performance is inspired by discussions held with the cardiologist Lars Rune – concerning the physiological reasons of the heartbeat, what makes it beat and why does it pound. With continual pulse and to rhythmic live music she delivers hot flamenco with the human life pump in focus – the heart. Pul So was performed in Kungsör, Stockholm, Piteå, Luleå, Borås, Falkenberg, Uppsala, Växjö and Karlskrona.

Sofia Södergård Slick

Anything can happen when Sofia Södergård enters the stage transformed to the drag king Qarl Qunt. Qarl is queer, has the firmest grip and thinks that nothing compares with pickling vegetables. With his interest in both power and sexuality he invites the audience on a crossover performance which lands between cabaret and performance. Through the dance genres Voguing and Waacking delivers butch realness, challenging the stereotype of masculine and feminine. Slick was performed in Uddevalla, Linköping, Skellefteå, Vara, Göteborg, Jönköping, Gävle and Malmö.

Norrdans Black Forest

Norrdans invites the audience to a performance which places them in the centre of events. The audience is surrounded by the performance, as trees surrounds you in a forest. The Black Forest is a dark forest which both entices and challenges. It is an explosive experience with high tempo and extreme precision. The choreography is big and wild, with a continual drive which brings one’s thoughts to children’s games. Jumping over stones and logs, clearings of grass and freedom miles long. Black Forest is the forest you must get through to reach your goal. Black Forest was performed in Gävle, Örebro, Västerås, Falkenberg, Malmö and Linköping.

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