H E’ S D E A D
09-10.03.22 by MALIK NASHAD SHARPE
POPDEATHPOWER POPDEATHPOWER POPDEATHPOWER by DANSEHALLERNE
X BETTY
Cutting-edge performances, talks & more
KÆRE VEN AF DANSEN,
PROGRAM IN ENGLISH
Marts 2022
Hvor er vi glade for at have dig med os! Med programmet POPDEATHPOWER gentager vi Dansehallerne x Betty: Et strålende samarbejde, som roterer om vores fælles passion for dans og koreografi. Målet er at få dig og alle andre til at se (endnu) mere dans! Midlet er FANTASTISK dans. POPDEATHPOWER er således et præcist kurateret program, som for os repræsenterer det nyeste og cooleste. Fra Norge: Ultraskarpe Inés Belli, som kaster et feministisk blik på catwalken. Kraftfulde svensk-chilenske Ofelia Jarl Ortega: En taktfast tromme og en fordybelse i komplicerede magtdynamikker mellem mænd. Var 2Pac deprimeret? Sådan spørger den engelsk-amerikanske stjernekoreograf Malik Nashad Sharpe. Og så popper de to gigantiske superstjerner Beauty and the Beast aka argentinsk-svenske Amanda Apetrea og islandske Halla Ólafsdóttir forbi Edison for at præsentere en (på alle mulige måder) intim forestilling. Også det vanvittige geni Tesla er her. Hvis du ikke allerede ved det: Edison og Tesla lå i krig med hinanden. Vi har bedt den ligeledes geniale, svenske koreograf Stina Nyberg om at medbringe hans ånd. Lyn kommer til at brage. Alt dette + fjerde udgave af New Sh*t kurateret af dansk-honduranske og streetwise Liva Xamanek Lopez.
Vi har valgt forestillingerne med afsæt i vores fælles forkærlighed for værker, som er nødvendige, og som berører os uanset vores forskellige forudsætninger. For det kan dansen: Kommunikere umiddelbart og direkte fra krop til krop med et universelt sprog, som formidler følelser, stemninger og sætter os i forbindelse med noget, som vi husker eller genkender på et bevidst eller ubevidst plan. Fælles for de fem værker i dette års program er, at de tydeligt trækker på populærkulturen; flere af dem leger med døden; alle forhandler de køn, normer og magt. De VIL os noget, og så er de skabt af stærke koreografer, som aldrig tidligere har været præsenteret i Danmark! Vi supplerer forestillingsprogrammet med artist talks og topper op med DJ’s og sociale rum, hvor vi glæder os over endelig at være sammen – sammen om stor kunst, pop og party. Det er POPDEATHPOWER. Det er Dansehallerne x Betty. Varmt velkommen,
Elisa Kragerup Danjel Andersson Direktør/kunstnerisk leder, Direktør/kunstnerisk leder, Betty Nansen Teatret Dansehallerne
PART TIME ROBOT / Foto af Simone Ballan
HE’S DEAD
Jeg er så utrolig glad for at introducere Malik Nashad Sharpe. En ekstraordinær kunstner, som arbejder med koreografi. En kunstner, som har givet mig den største gave: Forståelsens gave for – for mig – fundamentalt nye strategier for at sameksistere med andre mennesker. Her er “Intet håb” og “Melankoli” nøglebegreber. I dette centrale værk fra 2020 – He’s Dead – gentænker Sharpe sandhederne om den legendariske HipHop-kunstner 2Pac, som blev skudt og dræbt i en alder af 25 år. Mens de fleste mennesker har fokuseret på mordet og konflikten mellem de to ikoner 2Pac og Biggie, ser Sharpe indad: Var 2Pac deprimeret? spørger Sharpe. Hvilende i det faktum, at vi aldrig nogensinde får det at vide. - Direktør for Dansehallerne, Danjel Andersson om Malik Nashad Sharpe
Af Malik Nashad Sharpe 9.-10. marts / 20.00 på Edison En del af programmet POPDEATHPOWER præsenteret af Dansehallerne x Betty
Gå ikke glip af: Artist talk med Malik Nashad Sharpe efter forestillingen den 9. marts
Om forestillingen: He’s Dead er en dyster koreografisk fantasi, der tager fat i spørgsmålet: “Var Tupac deprimeret?” Spørgsmålet kan ikke besvares, og derfor benytter det konceptuelle gruppeværk sig af dans, tekst, live-action og lyd i et møde mellem mørke systemer, atmosfærer og dramaturgier for at kunne begræde de ting, vi ikke kan afdække. He’s Dead bevæger sig ud over håbets sociale rammesætning og arbejder med meningsproduktionens undertoner ved at anvende koreografien som et værktøj og en formel kraft bag udforskningen af, i dette tilfælde, det u/mulige. Værket knopskyder marginale identifikationer og melankolske subjektiviteter som både en fantasifuld ramme og som praksisser, der går imod afhumanisering. He’s Dead er skabt af den nye britiske stjerne Malik Nashad Sharpe aka Marikiscrycrycry.
KREDITERING Koncept, koreografi og instruktion: Dansere: Lyddesign: Lydresearch: Flagdesign: Lys og teknisk design: Dramaturg: Producent: Foto: Instruktion og klip af trailer: Kostumer og styling: Scenebygger:
Marikiscrycrycry Alexander Love, Blue Makwana, Eve Stainton og Marikiscrycrycry JONI, Joanna Pope, ¥ummy Online Dylan Spencer-Davidson, TAAHLIAH Zeinab Saleh Jon Cleveland Martin Hargreaves Ash Bowmott og Laura Sweeney, The Uncultured Elise Rose Kassandra Powell Mia Maxwell James St. Findlay Bestilt af The Marlborough Pub & Theatre for New Queers on the Block; Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts; Theatre in the Mill; Block Universe; og The Yard Yderligere støtte fra Arts Council England, The Place og Institute of Contemporary Arts.
H E’ S D E A D
Om Malik Nashad Sharpe: Malik Nashad Sharpe (han/de) er en kunstner, som arbejder med koreografi. Primært under synonymet Marikiscrycrycry skaber de forestillinger, der er formelt eksperimenterende og optagede af den formelle konstruktion af atmosfære, følelsesmæssig påvirkning og dramaturgi. Deres værker benytter sig ofte af sociale temaer og emner som portaler, der afslører og udgraver yderligere og underliggende perspektiver. De har særligt beskæftiget sig med de følelsesmæssige og teksturelle kvaliteter i dans og med, hvordan dansen kan transformere, afvæbne og reflektere kritisk over sorg og melankoli.
Malik Nashad Sharpe har skabt koreografier til The English National Opera (UK)/Gate Theatre (UK), Young Vic (UK), Hampstead Theatre (UK), Royal Court (UK) og på National Theatre (UK) som en del af “Summer Space to Create”. De har også været omtalt i forskellige magasiner, herunder British Vogue, American Vogue, Vogue Polska, Dazed, Dazed Beauty, Crack Magazine, Howlround Theatre Commons, i-D, Nowness, Love Magazine og andre. For nylig blev de udråbt som en lovende stjerne inden for dans af Attitude Magazine. De er tilknyttet som kunstner på The Place, Hackney Showroom og Studio Resident ved Somerset House Studios. Tidligere var de huskunstner ved Tate Modern og Tate Britain, og for tiden er de huskunstner ved Sadlers Wells. De er desuden en regelmæssig bidragsyder til Mission Statement Magazine. De bor og arbejder i London, UK, og Montreal, CAN.
DANSEHALLERNE X BETTY PRÆSENTERER
POPDEATHPOWER
NYSKABENDE FORESTILLINGER, SAMTALER OG MERE Dansehallerne x Betty er et strategisk samarbejde mellem Dansehallerne og Betty Nansen Teatret Kurator: Danjel Andersson Producent: Eva Steen Nordhagen Assisterende producent: Sofie Pedersen Kurator, New Sh*t vol. 4: Liva Xamanek Lopez
Hvornår:
5. marts – 2. april 2022
Hvor:
Edison, Edisonvej 10, 1856 Frederiksberg C
Mere info & billetter:
dansehallerne.dk / bettynansen.dk
Producent, New Sh*t vol. 4: Anne Mette Berg PR/Kommunication: Eva Steen Nordhagen, Marie Lundgaard, Jette Lin Nielsen, Anne Basse, Simone Staack Hedelund, Kasper Boll, Sebastian Nervil, Anne Mette Berg Grafisk design: Karoline Schapiro Produktionsleder: Nils Engelbrecht-Sørensen Teknikere: Fabián Carvallo, Mogens Kjempff, Per Lydersen, Carl-Emil Amundsen, Sune Bang, Weronika Andersen, Madelaine Lind Hoppe, Ariellah Winther, Sven Kristoffersen
Programmet er støttet af
POPDEATHPOWER PROGRAM 5. marts / Edison
19.00
20.00
21.30
Kurateret af Liva Xamanek Lopez Varighed: 90 min Sprog: Engelsk Fra 12 år
DJ Billow_40 fra UUMPHFF Radio varmer op.
New Sh*t vol. 4
DJ Billow_40 fra UUMPHFF Radio spiller indtil midnat
9.-10. marts / Edison
20.00
16.-17. marts / Edison
20.00
25 min artist talk med Ofelia Jarl Ortega efter forestillingen den 16. marts
Ofelia Jarl Ortega Varighed: 90 min Fra 12 år
DJ NAH CARE + hangout indtil midnat efter forestillingen den 17. marts
22.-26. marts / Siloen Edison
20.00
He’s Dead
25 min artist talk med Malik Nashad Sharpe efter forestillingen den 9. marts
Malik Nashad Sharpe aka marikiscrycrycry Varighed: 50 min Sprog: Engelsk Fra 12 år
Hegemony
DEAD by Beauty and the Beast
25 min artist talk med Amanda Apetrea & Halla Ólafsdóttir efter forestillingen den 23. marts
Amanda Apetrea & Halla Ólafsdóttir Varighed: 60 min Sprog: Engelsk Fra 15 år
29.-31. marts / Siloen Edison
20.00
1.-2. april / Edison
20.00
DJ Malika Mahmoud + forårsfest indtil midnat efter forestillingen den 1. april
Stina Nyberg Varighed: 65 min Sprog: Engelsk Fra 12 år
25 min artist talk med Stina Nyberg efter forestillingen 2. april
Metasexy
25 min artist talk med Inés Belli efter forestillingen den 30. marts
Inés Belli Varighed: 63 min Fra 12 år
Thunderstruck
DEAR FRIEND OF DANCE,
March 2022
We’re thrilled to have you with us! With the program POPDEATHPOWER we go for round two of Dansehallerne x Betty: A brilliant, new collaboration that revolves around our shared passion for dance. The goal is to make you see (even) more dance! The vehicle is FANTASTIC dance. Thus, POPDEATHPOWER is a precisely curated program, representing for us the newest and the coolest. From Norway: Ultra-sharp Inés Belli offers a feminist gaze at the catwalk. The powerful Swedish-Chilean Ofelia Jarl Ortega: A steady drum and an immersion in complicated power dynamics between men. Was 2Pac depressed? The question is posed by English-American star choreographer Malik Nashad Sharpe. And then the two giant superstars Beauty and the Beast aka Argentine-Swedish Amanda Apetrea and Icelandic Halla Ólafsdóttir pop by Edison to present an (in all sorts of ways) intimate performance. The crazy genius Tesla is here, too. If you don’t already know: Edison and Tesla were at war with each other. We have asked the equally genius, Swedish choreographer Stina Nyberg to bring his spirit. Lightning will strike. All this + the fourth edition of New Sh*t curated by Danish/Honduran and streetwise Liva Xamanek Lopez.
We have chosen the performances based on our common predilection for urgent works that affect us regardless of our different preconditions. For this is what dance is capable of: To communicate immediately and directly from one body to another with a universal language that conveys emotions, moods and connects us to something that we remember or recognize on a conscious or unconscious level. Common to the five works in this year’s program is that they clearly draw on popular culture; some of them play with death; all of them negotiate gender, norms and power. They have things at heart and are furthermore created by strong choreographers who have never been presented in Denmark! We complement the performance program with artist talks and top up with DJs and social formats where we share the joy of finally being together - together for great art, pop and party. It’s POPDEATHPOWER. It’s Dansehallerne x Betty. A warm welcome, Elisa Kragerup Artistic director, Betty Nansen Teatret
Danjel Andersson Artistic director, Dansehallerne
PART TIME ROBOT / Foto af Simone Ballan
HE’S DEAD
I am so happy to introduce Malik Nashad Sharpe to you. An extraordinary artist working with choreography. An artist that has given me the greatest gift. The gift of understanding, to me, fundamentally new strategies for existing with other humans. Here “No Hope” and “Melancholia” are key concepts. In this central work from 2020 – He’s Dead – Sharpe rethinks truths surrounding the legendary HipHop artist 2Pac who was shot and killed at the age of 25. While most people have focused on the murder, and the beef between the two icons 2Pac and Biggie, Sharpe turns inwards: Was 2Pac depressed? Sharpe asks. Resting in the fact that we will never ever know. - Director of Dansehallerne, Danjel Andersson about Malik Nashad Sharpe
By Malik Nashad Sharpe 9-10 March / 20.00 at Edison Part of the program POPDEATHPOWER presented by Dansehallerne x Betty
Please also join us for: 25 min artist talk with Malik Nashad Sharpe after the performance 9 March
About He’s Dead: He’s Dead is a dark fantasy choreography that engages with the question ‘Was Tupac depressed?’ This question cannot be answered and so this conceptual group work uses dance, text, live action, and sound, at the juncture of darker schemas, atmospheres, and dramaturgies to shed tears for the things that we cannot unearth. Moving beyond the social framework of hope, He’s Dead works with undercurrent modes of meaning-production, utilising choreography as a tool and formal force for interrogating, in this case, im/possibility. The work proliferates marginal identifications and melancholic subjectivities as both a fantasy framework and as practises against dehumanisation. He’s Dead is created by the British shooting star Malik Nashad Sharpe aka Marikiscrycrycry.
CREDITS Concept, choreography and direction: Dancers: Sound designers: Sound research: Flag designs: Lighting and Technical Design: Dramaturgy: Producer: Photography: Trailer filmmaker and editor: Costumes and styling: Set build:
Marikiscrycrycry Alexander Love, Blue Makwana, Eve Stainton og Marikiscrycrycry JONI, Joanna Pope, ¥ummy Online Dylan Spencer-Davidson, TAAHLIAH Zeinab Saleh Jon Cleveland Martin Hargreaves Ash Bowmott og Laura Sweeney, The Uncultured Elise Rose Kassandra Powell Mia Maxwell James St. Findlay Commissioned by The Marlborough Pub & Theatre for New Queers on the Block; Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts; Theatre in the Mill; Block Universe; and The Yard Further support from Arts Council England, The Place and Institute of Contemporary Arts.
H E’ S D E A D
About Malik Nashad Sharpe: Malik Nashad Sharpe is an artist working with choreography. Creating primarily underneath the alias Marikiscrycrycry, he creates performances that are formally experimental and engaged with the formal construction of atmosphere, affect, and dramaturgy. Their performances often utilise social themes and topics as portals to unveil and unearth ulterior and undercurrent perspectives. They have been especially concerned with the affective and textural qualities of dance and how it can transform, disarm, and critically reflect upon mourning and melancholia.
Malik Nashad Sharpe has made choreography for the English National Opera (UK)/Gate Theatre (UK), Young Vic (UK), Hampstead Theatre (UK), Royal Court (UK), and at National Theatre (UK) as a part of Summer Space to Create, and have been featured in publications including British Vogue, American Vogue, Vogue Polska, Dazed, Dazed Beauty, Crack Magazine, Howlround Theatre Commons, i-D, Nowness, Love Magazine, and others. They were recently named by Attitude Magazine as a Rising Star in Dance. They are an Associate Artist at The Place, Hackney Showroom, and a Studio Resident at Somerset House Studios. He was formerly an Artist-in-Residence at Tate Modern and Tate Britain, and currently artist in-residence at Sadlers Wells. They are a regular contributor to Mission Statement Magazine. They live and makes work from London, UK and Montreal, CAN.
DANSEHALLERNE X BETTY PRESENT
POPDEATHPOWER
CUTTING-EDGE PERFORMANCES, TALKS AND MORE Dansehallerne x Betty is a strategic collaboration between Dansehallerne and Betty Nansen Teatret Curator: Danjel Andersson Producer: Eva Steen Nordhagen Assisting producer: Sofie Pedersen Curator, New Sh*t vol. 4: Liva Xamanek Lopez
When:
5 March – 2 April 2022
Where:
Edison, Edisonvej 10, 1856 Frederiksberg C
More info & tickets:
dansehallerne.dk / bettynansen.dk
Producer, New Sh*t vol. 4: Anne Mette Berg PR/Communication: Eva Steen Nordhagen, Marie Lundgaard, Jette Lin Nielsen , Anne Basse, Simone Staack Hedelund, Kasper Boll, Sebastian Nervil, Anne Mette Berg Graphic design: Karoline Schapiro Production manager: Nils Engelbrecht-Sørensen Technicians: Fabián Carvallo, Mogens Kjempff, Per Lydersen, Carl-Emil Amundsen, Sune Bang, Weronika Andersen, Madelaine Lind Hoppe, Ariellah Winther, Sven Kristoffersen
The program is supported by
POPDEATHPOWER PROGRAM 5 March / Edison
19.00
20.00
21.30
Curated by Liva Xamanek Lopez Duration: 90 min Language: English From 12 years
DJ Billow_40 from UUMPHFF Radio kicks off the evening
New Sh*t vol. 4
DJ Billow_40 from UUMPHFF Radio + celebration until midnight
9-10 March / Edison
20.00
16-17 March / Edison
20.00
25 min artist talk with Ofelia Jarl Ortega after the performance 16 March
Ofelia Jarl Ortega Duration: 90 min From 12 years
DJ NAH CARE + hangout until midnight after the performance 17 March
22-26 March / Siloen Edison
20.00
He’s Dead
25 min artist talk with Malik Nashad Sharpe after the performance 9 March
Malik Nashad Sharpe aka marikiscrycrycry Duration: 50 min Language: English From 12 years
Hegemony
DEAD by Beauty and the Beast
25 min artist talk with Amanda Apetrea & Halla Ólafsdóttir after the performance 23 March
Amanda Apetrea & Halla Ólafsdóttir Duration: 60 min Language: English From 15 years
29-31 March / Siloen Edison
20.00
1-2 April / Edison
20.00
Metasexy
25 min artist talk with Inés Belli after the performance 30 March
Inés Belli Duration: 63 min From 12 years
Thunderstruck
Stina Nyberg Duration: 65 min Language: English From 12 years
DJ Malika Mahmoud + spring celebration until midnight after the performance 1 April 25 min artist talk with Stina Nyberg after the performance 2 April