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Performances
20 March – 17 April 2027

The Grand Dance

The dance performance of the season at Malmö Opera created by award-winning choreographer Mari Carrasco with new music by acclaimed composer Mikael Karlsson.

The Little Life on the Grand Stage

Something tender, beautiful yet a bit strange is on its way when choreographer Mari Carrasco premieres a new creation for us inspired by her own family. Being outsiders together, daydreaming and seeing life through the looking-glass of magical relaity.

In The Grand Dance, these vibrant and headstrong characters dance their grand dance. A world of contrasts where elegance meets mysetry, the everyday world meets what lies beyond our dreams – the little life unfolding on the grand stage.

A tribute to the poets of the night, the ones who believe they are the greatest in the world. This is The Grand Dance.

Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make! //Bram Stoker, Dracula

A Stellar Team

Choreographer Mari Carrasco and composer Mikael Karlsson have enjoyed a successful artistic collaboration for many years. In 2022, Mari Carrasco won the Swedish Theatre Critics’ Dance Award for the hit production Remind Me I’m Not Dead, created for Skånes Dansteater with music by Mikael Karlsson. 

Mikael Karlsson has also composed the music for several of Alexander Ekman’s works, including Hammer with the Gothenburg Opera Dance Company, Play at L’Opéra Garnier in Paris, and A Swan Lake, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Eskapist at the Royal Swedish Opera. He also created the score for the opera Fanny & Alexander comissioned by La Monnaie Royal Opera in Brussels, Belgium.

Category
Performances
World premiere
20 March 2027
Dates
20 March  –  17 April 2027
Venue
Malmö Opera
Age
Recommended from 12 years.
Duration
Approx. 60 mins, no intermission.
Organiser
Skånes Dansteater

Creative team

Choreography

Mari Carrasco

Music

Mikael Karlsson

Conductor

David Björkman

Set design, Costume design

Jenny Nordberg

Lighting design

Mira Svanberg

Choreographer's assistant

Riccardo Zandoná

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...working in a precise hypertension realm between control and passion, and with a clear sense of groove, Mari Carrasco creates works with strong presence and individuality.

—  'Dancer of the Future' 2026, Scholarship in memory of Jan Zetterberg

Prices

General

530 kr
0-18 years

265 kr
Under 26 years

265 kr
Student

265 kr
Pensioner

395 kr
Rullstol

130 kr
Companion

0 kr
Group 10+

395 kr