Aabent Laboratorium – on tour

Photo Nellie de Boer

Andreas Haglund Julienne Doko Keren-or Ben Shachar Peter Scherrebeck Aabent Laboratorium – on tour

January 25 2024

Dansehallerne

Dansekapellet

20:00

Program of the evening Mémoires Perdues / Lost Memories

by Julienne Doko (8 min) A Story of Oppositions

by Keren-or Ben Shachar (17 min) X Gone Wild

by Andreas Haglund (15 min) Intermission (20 min) Welcum to my Wedding

by Peter Scherrebeck (20 min) Artist / Audience talk (20 min)

It is with great pleasure that Dansehallerne presents Open Lab – on tour in Copenhagen.

Open Lab – on tour is a presentation of short new works and works in progress. On the program are four performances created by four talented choreographers based in Denmark. The works are personal, sometimes raw, sometimes humorous and explore everything from indecision to self-love; the importance of remembering; the value of letting go.

Open Lab – on tour is the result of a brilliant collaboration between Dansehallerne, Aaben Dans, Bora Bora, and Teater Momentum. Together the four organisations have programmed, produced and are presenting the format as part of their development of a new national network for dance and choreography supported by Bikubenfonden.

At Dansehallerne, we top up the performances with a drink and a conversation between artists and audiences so that both leave Open Lab – on tour with new inspiration and new perspectives.

Thank you for joining us!

Photo Rodriguez

Julienne Doko Mémoires Perdues / Lost Memories (FR/DK)

For us the choice is made, we are amongst those who refuse to forget. Aimé Césaire Mémoires Perdues questions the notions of collective memory and progress: Do we really learn from the lessons of the past? The piece is an emotional response to this seemingly endless repetition of pain. It is a cry for the urgency of memory for our future. The piece establishes a dialogue between past and future, movement and spoken word. The choreographic vocabulary of the piece is African-contemporary drawing from AfroBrazilian symbolism.

About the artist Julienne Doko is a Copenhagen-based French dance performer, teacher and choreographer. Her movement and dramaturgical line take inspiration from her homelands and the journeys she has taken in between. Julienne Doko has performed internationally in various companies, festivals, TV shows and musicals.

Duration 8 min.

Choreography, performance Julienne Doko

Photo Rudy Carlier

Keren-or Ben Shachar A Story of Oppositions

(IL)

A Story of Oppositions portrays a female character constantly shifting between two poles of decisions, between the doubts fueled by fears and the desires and dreams to move on. Indecisiveness is a strange feeling, it is staying in between possibilities, in a limbo of oppositions. The inspiration to create this solo came from an interest in how people make decisions, what drives us to make a decision and what prevents us from moving on.

About the artist Keren Ben Shachar (IL) is a contemporary dancer and choreographer based in Copenhagen. In her choreographic work, Keren touches relatable themes that bring human experiences to the front through dance, theatricality, and a sense of humor. She is a graduate of ArtEZ Academy (NL) and has collaborated on various projects as a dancer and choreographer within the fields of dance, visual arts and film, and has co-founded Lazy Susan & co. dance company in Rotterdam (NL).

Duration 17 min.

Choreography, performance Keren-or Ben Shachar Music Alex Lentini & STOMP BOXX — Natural Desire, Sebastian Pickering Pedersen Production Lazy Susan & Co.

Photo Julie Nymann

Andreas Haglund X Gone Wild

(SE)

X Gone Wild is a tribute to those who lose themselves in dance and find themselves in the wild. Again and again and again. Drawing inspiration from Jack Halberstam’s work on a queer longing for wilderness, the piece explores how this wilderness manifests in a dancing body. When does dancing become wild? What emerges when the dust from a wild night settles?

About the artist Andreas Haglund works as a dancer, performer, choreographer, and dance maker in and around Denmark and Sweden. Their work explores the intersection of queer and environmental discourse, aesthetics and practice. They are a member of Dance Cooperative, a self-organised studio and collegial context for 14 performing artists. Sometimes they write little poems to hide in the city.

Duration 15 min.

Choreography, performance Andreas Haglund

Photo Natalie Black

Peter Scherrebeck / Misty Superdeluxe Welcum to my Wedding On stage, a hybrid maiden chooses to marry herself in a “sologamist” wedding ritual. Accompanied by a ghost. The figure on stage morphs from act to act, through singing, dancing, and sounding, appearing and disappearing in a sonic choreography of evoking and becoming. The work wishes to reclaim the figure of the bride in a queer and humorous ritual of self-love.

About the artist Peter Scherrebeck, also known as Misty Superdeluxe, is a choreographer based in Denmark and the Netherlands.

Working from a queer feminist perspective Peter has studied sonic somatics, clairvoyant practices, and dance that happens in between the contours of things. Peter holds a BA in choreography from SNDO, Amsterdam University of the Arts.

Duration 20 min.

Choreography, performance Peter Scherrebeck / Misty Superdeluxe Ghost Ida Hørlyck Costume elements Oline Bronée Song writing Peter Scherrebeck / Misty Superdeluxe Music production Ari Merten

Open Lab – on tour is programmed, produced, and presented by: Dansehallerne, Aaben Dans, Bora Bora, Teater Momentum Open Lab – on tour is part of the development of a new national network for dance and choreography initiated by: Dansehallerne, Aaben Dans, Bora Bora, Teater Momentum The development of a new national network for dance and choreography is supported by: Bikubenfonden Calendar for presentations of Open Lab – on tour: 7 December 2023: Aaben Dans / Roskilde 11 January 2024: Teater Momentum / Odense 25 January 2024: Dansehallerne at Dansekapellet / Copenhagen 30 January 2024: Bora Bora / Aarhus

Plan your visit Type Performance

Date 25 January 2024

Duration 120 minutes

Time 20:00

Language English

Accessibility The venue is accessible by wheelchair

Venue Dansekapellet, Bispebjerg Torv 1, 2400 Copenhagen

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