About
Please not: This is a past production and not a part of the current program.
Belonging is a vibrant testimony of what it means to be a fellow human being.
Belonging is a new double-bill about the possibilities and impossibilities of community, of us existing together. A collective housing both the protecting and comforting ones, and the suspicious and bullying ones. Two choreographers, each creating new dance works out of the complex desire to belong.
Reviews
"A velvety dark piece of its very own, about the beauty of humanity's laborious attempts at living together side by side." Sydsvenskan
”The piece is brave and honest with a beautiful and with a sense of compassionate between the participants which is a joy to watch.” Skånska Dagbladet
"A beautiful and intriguing experience." Det Händer
"patterns of movement making the whole stage resonate" Danstidningen
"The choreography alternates between dancing in total silence and dynamic cascades, evolving into beautiful patterns or focusing on individual details. /.../ (Choreographer) Hernandez masters the group dynamic and the company's 17 dancers move with assertiveness and precision." Svenska Dagbladet
”a thought-provoking and slightly alarming work” Kristianstadsbladet
About the performance
Belonging takes you from nostalgic landscapes to more abstract worlds. British choreographer Ben Wright’s (the feeling of going) new To find a way with one another, is inhabited by erratic individuals, mingling together in a scenic reality. Professional and non-professional dancers, a crowd of bodies, mirroring the world off stage meet on Malmö Opera’s stage. To the tones of Maurice Ravel’s waltzes Valses nobles et sentimentales and La Valse, dancers are driven to reveal their differences, layer by layer.
American choreographer David Hernandez creates Lonely Hunter his first work for Skånes Dansteater, offering a suggestive creation. Fifteen amazing dancers swirl, rock and swing into and out of their collective to newly composed music by young acclaimed composer Szymon Brzóska. Leaving brief traces that are as fleeting as we are.
Performed at Malmö Opera
World premiere Oct 13, 2018 and performed 17, Oct 20-21, Oct 24-25, Oct 28, Oct 30, Nov 2, Nov 9-11 2018.
Duration: 1 hour, 50 mins incl intermission
Performed by Skånes Dansteater and Malmö Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Alice Farnham
Extended cast: Mostafa Ali, Monica Andersson, Eskil Dorrepaal, Ingela Fallenius, Steve Ghorbanpour, Anna Hallqvist, Chloe Hansson, Kerstin Håkansson, Simone Höckner, Omar Khalil, Vibha Kumra, Frida Lovén, Matilda Modig, Faryad Mortazavi, Gun Skärbäck, Sara Söderblom, Gunvor Söderholm, Peter Söderholm, Harald Thegeder
Artistic team
To find a way with one another
Choreographer: Ben Wright
Composer: Maurice Ravel,Valses nobles et sentimentales and La Valse
Set design: Will Holt
Costume design: Rike Zöllner
Light design: Natasha Chivers
Lonely Hunter
Choreographer: David Hernandez
Composer: Szymon Brzóska
Set design and costume design: Zdravka Ivandija Kirigin
Light design: Natasha Chivers
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Additional programming
Introduction 30 mins prior to every performance, premiere excluded. NB: given in Swedish.
Sign language performance introduction Saturday Oct 21, 3.15pm. Included in the ticket price. Book by email to: dialog@skanesdansteater.se
Audio description Sunday Oct 28, 3pm. Included in the ticket price. Book by email to: dialog@skanesdansteater.se
Post-show artist talk with choreographer Ben Wright, Fri Nov 2, following the performance. Free admission.
Feel it, a physical introduction to Belonging. Nov 10-11 at Verkstan, behind Malmö Opera. Free admission. Book by email to: dialog@skanesdansteater.se
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