V.O.M.P

Slimmer, fairer, tighter, stronger. The play ‘Vanity of Modern Panic – V.O.M.P.’ holds up a mirror against the beauty-obsession’s botox-hardened face. How far are you willing to go to keep your body younger, than what your birth-certificate suggests?

A silicone-pumped play about the hunt for the perfect body; a proportion-distorted comedy about the longing after breasts, thighs and buttocks in the right size. A grotesque greeting to the powdered wigs and delicate soap bubbles of the baroque in a unique mixture of modern dance and physical theatre.

Gunilla Lind Dance Theatre is a Copenhagen based performance group led by choreographer Gunilla Lind. With her playful performances, Gunilla Lind presents a unique mix of contemporary dance and physical theatre. Always with food for thought and a humoristic touch leaving the audience somewhat puzzled and curious. Consistent interests in Gunilla Linds choreographic work are identity projects, group dynamics, gender roles, self-promotion through social media and body image. Gunilla Lind puts a mirror up to society and through quirky characters, odd movements and surprising effects she turns every day tendencies upside down. This makes the audience see everyday topics from a new and different angle. Through unusual costumes Gunilla Lind often de-humanizes the performers in order to challenge the way we perceive other human beings and the way we look at ourselves.

The performance is a collaboration between Momentum Theater and DYNAMO Workspace.

OBS The performance takes place at Theater Momentum.

Human in Balance

Europe is at a critical juncture. At breaking point – some believe. Its borders are challenged, and its dream of unification is under pressure. DON GNU and Dance House Lemesos present an exploration of the European citizen’s condition with Humans in Balance, in which they explore the current situation in a work of physical dance theatre that pulsates and dynamically shifts on the 500-kilo heavy balancing board ‘The Turmoil.’

DON GNU – Physical Theatre & Film is an artistic collaboration that focuses on dance and physical theatre. The company was founded in 2010 by the two choreographers Jannik Elkær and Kristoffer Louis Andrup Pedersen, who also constitute the artistic duo at the helm of DON GNU. Today the company is one of the most touring company in Denmark. In addition to extensive tour activities in Denmark, DON GNU has also toured in all the Nordic Countries, South Korea, Canada, big parts of Europe and Cuba. The company’s name is built around the paradox embedded in the name DON GNU. Don as an individual, and Gnu (wildebeest) as a herd animal, the constellation of both the individual and the collective creates the dynamism, experimentation and development-basis for the ideas that are the hallmark of DON GNU productions.

‘Human in balance’  is developed as part of the European Capital of Culture 2017 – in collaboration with the Cypriot Dance House Lemosos and Bora Bora – Dance and Visual Theatre.

The performance is a collaboration between Theater Momentum and DYNAMO Workspace.

OBS The performance takes place at DYNAMO Workspace.

Arcade Delight

What do you do as a nostalgic when, do to 20 years of unstoppable technological advancement, the arcade machines have had to see themselves banished to the darkness? – When kitsch is no longer cool and we have gradually forgotten how to move on roller skates?

One option is undeniably and insistently to force breath life back into it accompanied by the tunes of Talkin Heads and Bowie and force feed the mischievous types with roller disco, shoulder pads and masterful circus acts.

Through a neon-lit retro arcade hall, you enter the pastel-colored parallel universe, to the sounds of the Donkey Kong and Pac Man themes. Stage smoke, light fixtures and DJs frame the roller skate disco dome, while a street of dilapidated sheds houses bars, roller skate dispatch center, air rifle shooting tent, a “redundancy horn” of a dressing room, face painting for adults, photo booth and street food trucks of straight out curiosities.

And then of course the circus!

If you can come dressed up according to the 80’s theme?!

YES!


Arcade Delight is an all-night event in a complete universe where you as the audience can move freely. There are very few rules for you in your role as an audience: Have a party and participate!

Arcade Delight is an immersive concept developed by DYNAMO, which means that you as an audience / participant, in addition to being included as a scenographic element, will also be able to interact with the acts and artists you are surrounded by.

You may want to dress up for Arcade Delight – feel free! Just like you might have pair of roller skates that you think the whole world should see – Bring ‘em – Helle, roll your way down here!

Any excess tickets are sold at the door.

Work in Progress – Object Manipulation

Note: This is a Work in Progress showing, which means that this is not a finished performance. By contrast, this presentation is a display of ideas and material that may form the basis for a finished performance.

Rhythm performers Villads, Ilmo, Livya & electronic composer Lasse Munk will work together throughout October on the basis of the theme “Action – Reaction”.

As dancers, they will use juggling patterns to see how they can juggle with their own bodies & space. As rhythm people, they will play with the rhythm & timing of juggling.

Focusing on timing, time and space. They will explore how to manipulate objects without being in direct contact with them, through the power of their bodies with breath, tramp & clap – from step, body percussion, beatbox as well as electrical appliances.

Free admission.

CANCELLED: Portmanteau

The performance has unfortunately been cancelled

A poetic meeting

To the deep tones of a double bass, two performers move around the stage. One is a dancer, the other is a visual artist. Both with rooted experience as circus performers.

Based on a portmanteau – a linguistic term for new words that combine two meanings – the performance examines what happens in the meeting between two artistic expressions.

Together, the performers explore space, sounds, light and movement – a poetic and visual encounter between bodies and senses that entices and challenges the imagination.

Like in poetry, Portmanteau does not dictate a clear narrative, but rather allows the audience to bring in their own interpretations.

DURATION 55 min.
AGE 5+

TICKET
With DYNAMO-Card: 0 kr.*
Adult pre-sale: 120 kr.
Adult at the door: 200 kr.
Retired, poor, students and youth u/25: 80 kr.
Children u/15: 40 kr

*Buy your DYNAMO-card to see tons of performances and save tons of money! 350 kr. for the entire season 21/22 (conditions apply)

About the company

Luis Sartori do Vale is a performing and visual artist from Brazil, based in Helsinki, Finland. He is one of the artistic forces behind Company Portmanteau, and, together with Mira Ravald, the creator of the award-winning performance that shares the company’s name.

Luis has performed in more than 25 countries worldwide. When not working with performing arts, he develops projects as a visual artist, between illustration, video and animation.

WALK-MAN

Nerve wrecking everyday-stunts

You’ll never cross the street in the same way again! 

DON GNU digs into the tediousness of everyday routines in search of poetry and humor in a performance with muscular physicality and edgy stunt tricks.    

One ordinary day, four ordinary men take a walk through a city. They readily follow unwritten and strict rules of good behavior and norms of social etiquette until one of them suddenly decides to rebel…  

With trademark DON GNU “everyday stunts” and raw physicality, WALK-MAN is a performance in which the ground is literally swept away from under the feet of four men walking. In a world where rules, norms and routines no longer apply, a pedestrian is not simply a person crossing the street and common understanding of “good behavior” falls apart.

The performance is presented in collaboration with Teater Momentum

DURATION 70 min.
AGE All ages

TICKET
Membership: 0 kr.
Ticket: 200 kr.
Group ticket, adult: 140 kr. (min. 6 pers.)
Youth ticket u/25: 110 kr. 
Group ticket, youth: 80 kr. (min. 6 pers.)

About the company

DON GNU – Physical Theatre & Film is an artistic collaboration that focuses on dance and physical theatre. The company was founded in 2010 by the two choreographers Jannik Elkær and Kristoffer Louis Andrup Pedersen, who also constitute the artistic duo at the helm of DON GNU. Today the company is one of the most touring company in Denmark.

Red Haired Men

Wonderfully weird

Are they beautiful or insane? Do they live by logic, or do they exist in pure absurdity? A mass of questions emerge as the Red Haired Men take the stage.

In this performance you can experience meaningless, funny and almost magical characters who use dance, acrobatics and theater to create a unique and quirky universe. A thoughtful performance based on the censored Soviet avant-garde poet, Daniil Kharms.

“There was a red-haired man who had no eyes or ears. He didn’t have hair either, so he was called red-haired arbitrarily.
He couldn’t speak, since he didn’t have a mouth. He didn’t have a nose either.
He didn’t even have any arms or legs. He had no stomach and he had no back and he had no spine and he had no innards whatsoever. There was nothing!
Therefore we don’t even know whom we are even talking about. It’s better that we don’t talk any more about him.”

-Danjil Kharms

Red Haired Men is presented in collaboration with CCAF!


ABOUT THE CHOREOGRAPHER

Following his previous work such as solo ANECKXANDER (2015) and duet The Ceramic Rose (2018), Red Haired Men is Alexander Vantournhout’s first group choreography. It forms the next step in the development of a distinctive and idiosyncratic dance-acrobatic vocabulary.

Read more about the performance here

Photo: Bart Grietens

Sorry Not Sorry

Premiere for new dance performance

Take up space. Make noise! Lift yourself up and strech yourself out!

SORRY NOT SORRY is an explosive, fast-paced dance performance that challenges our fear of taking up space in the world – with our bodies and minds.

How can we take the space we need so we can lift ourselves and each other up?

Make yourself ready for fast-moving dancers and an inflatable scenography in screaming colours that requires space. An uplifting invitation to dare taking up space, expanding and making noise – in a voluminous soundscape of surf punk, rock and ferocity.

Or – In the words of Danish comedian Sofie Hagen: “Take up space in a world that wants to shrink you”.

CONCEPT AND IDEA: Gunilla Lind
CHOREOGRAPHER: Gunilla Lind
CHOREOGRAPHIC ASSISTENT: Ida Hebsgaard
DANCERS: Josefine Elna Ibsen, Ruth Rebekka Hansen
SCENOGRAPHER: Kirsten Victoria Lind
COMPOSERS: Kristoffer Rosing-Schow/Anders Pedersen
DRAMATURG: Betina Rex
PHOTO & TRAILER: Kasper Nybo
PRODUCER/PR: Shuli Nordbek / Betina Rex

The project is supported by Statens Kunstfond, Augustinusfonden, Louis-Hansen Fonden, Knud Højgaards Fond, William Demant Fonden og Københavns Kommune – Scenekunstudvalget.

The development phase of the production was supported by Open Stage with a residency following an open call.

Ticket price at the venue kr. 200 – buy your ticket in advance – it is much cheaper!

Remember you corona-passport.

SAMBA

Prize winning dance performance

Welcome to the blood-red imagination of the porker! A samba arena, a show ring, a hotbed, a pigsty. A circus of festivities, fellowships, secrets and seduction. 

SAMBA is raw and urban. SAMBA pulsates. SAMBA is sensual. SAMBA is dastardly deeds and connectedness. SAMBA is everything that arises in the space between us. SAMBA gets under our skin, behind our masks, into the ring; it embodies and makes space for everything we are.

With our snouts in the trough and our tails in the air we will grub deep into the mire and hurl ourselves into the human fellowship.

SAMBA is part of Uppercut Dance Theatre’s trilogy WHAT WAS MUST DIE.

AGE From age 12
DURATION 75 min.

TICKETS:
Membership: 0 kr.
Ticket: 200 kr.
Group ticket, adult: 140 kr. (min. 6 pers.)
Youth ticket u/25: 110 kr. 
Group ticket, youth: 80 kr. (min. 6 pers.)

Presented in collaboration with Teater Momentum

Trailer: SAMBA by Uppercut Danseteater

TOURIST

A vacation, you can’t wait to get home from

Do you also dream of paradise? Of packing your sandals, bandana and sun cream and heading off towards distant shorelines and new worlds? Of coming home renewed and empowered, with a pocketful of life-affirming and unforgettable memories?

So come along, citizen of the world, back-packer, charter-tourist, on the journey of your life to the land of holiday wishes, dreams… and nightmarish scenarios! Because something is wrong, and three loveable individuals are forced to realize that in reality it’s not a question of the destination but of the road that leads to it… for fate has it that their unique dream voyage turns into a chaotic battle ground over their claim to beautiful, uninhabited landscapes, swimming pools and roasted suckling pigs or croissants and cortados at a sidewalk café in Nice.

An action-packed, physical comedy about life as a tourist and about how encountering others can bring both the best and the worst out in us. Welcome to DON GNU’S fantastic island of dance.

Presented in collaboration with Momentum. NB: The performance takes place at Momentum, Ny Vestergade 16, Odense C

DURATION 70 min.
AGE 14+

TICKET
Membership: 0 kr.
Ticket: 200 kr.
Group ticket, adult: 140 kr. (min. 6 pers.)
Youth ticket u/25: 110 kr. 
Group ticket, youth: 80 kr. (min. 6 pers.)

OPEN STAGE

Be the first to spot new talent

OPEN STAGE is an informal, free-space where performing artists can try out their ideas in front of an audience. The performers are performing artists who work with circus, dance, theater, puppet theater, or mix of all and any in between.

As an audience, you get access to the latest and most cutting-edge performances, which in process. You will most likely be the first to lay eyes on an act that will later become a complete work!

DURATION 90 min. incl. break
AGE 10+
TICKET 50 kr. / 0 kr. with DYNAMO-card

OPEN STAGE

Be the first to spot new talent

OPEN STAGE is an informal, free-space where performing artists can try out their ideas in front of an audience. The performers are performing artists who work with circus, dance, theater, puppet theater, or mix of all and any in between.

As an audience, you get access to the latest and most cutting-edge performances, which in process. You will most likely be the first to lay eyes on an act that will later become a complete work!

DURATION 90 min. incl. break
AGE 10+
TICKET 50 kr. / 0 kr. with DYNAMO-card

Beboer

Everyday life turned inside out!

DON GNU turns life upside down in an ordinary apartment block, where the neighbor’s feathers turn into ten chickens and what you thought were ordinary and boring everyday actions turns into some of the most touching and humorous you’ve ever seen!

In close collaboration with the residents of Høje Gladsaxe, BEBOER put the deepest secrets of ordinary life on public display.

BEBOER is presented in collaboration with Teater Momentum and plays at Teater Momentum.

DURATION 70 min. The doors open an hour before the performance. Come in good time and enjoy a drink in our bar.
AGE From 14 years old.

TICKET
DYNAMO or MOMENTUM Card: 0 kr*
Adult: 200 kr.
Group ticket: 140 kr.
Students and youth u/25: 60 kr.

*Buy your DYNAMO-card to see tons of performances and save tons of money! 350 kr. for the entire season 22/23 (conditions apply)

Stone – face – book

ROCK-HEAVY FANTASY ON STAGE

A performance about a man and his attachment to stone.

Granhøj Dans always uses its own method for creating new works – in this case it is with the stone as a starting point. Stones of all sizes, shapes and weights. Through whimsical animation, the award-winning dancer Mikolaj Karczewski breathes life into the stones, and they almost get their own personality.

Presented in collaboration with Teater Momentum and plays at Teater Momentum, Ny Vestergade 18.

DURATION 60 min. The doors open an hour before the performance. Come in good time and enjoy a drink in our bar.
AGE From 12 år

DYNAMO or MOMENTUM Card: 0 kr.*
Adult: 200 kr.
Group Adult: 140 kr.
Youth u/25 år: 110 kr.
Group Youth u/25 år: 80 kr.
School ticket (min. 20 persons): 60 kr.
Children: 60 kr

Axial figures

WORK IN PROGRESS

Axial Figures is a collaboration between choreographer Simone Wierød and Hugh Diamond from the architectural firm Standard Practice. An interdisciplinary study of systems and geometric shapes that activate the entire stage space and release the dance from the stage floor.

The starting point for their study is the interplay between community and individualism – stability and risk-taking.

DURATION 60 min. inkl. artist talk. The doors open an hour before the performance. Come in good time and enjoy a drink in our bar.
AGE Fra 15 år

TICKET Free entrance or pay 50 kr. for the experience and support DYNAMO.

The Mirror Project

Meditative and experimental dance with mirrors

The Mirror Project is a choreographic work that deals with the relationship between the body, as we can see and sense it, and images of the body. A dance between two oversized mirrors and two performers that unfolds the relationship between body images, imagination and the sensual potential of the body.
“In any case, the work is a tribute to the human body as part of the planet’s overall biology.” Anne Middelboe Christensen, Information

The performance is presented in collaboration with Theater Momentum and plays at Momentum, Ny Vestergade 18.

AGE From 14 years old
DURATION 70 min
PRICE
ADULT 200
YOUNG U. 25 YEARS / STUD 110
DYNAMO CARD 0