Program
Dansehallerne’s opening August 31, 2024
We’re opening now!
Finally, we open the doors to the national center for dance and choreography: Dansehallerne. Welcome to a meeting place with art in focus. The art of dance. This is a house for the curious and the professionals. Here, dance is produced, performed, and experienced.
We have longed to give dance and choreography a home in central Copenhagen. We have longed to welcome you here. Welcome!
You can experience a wide program for all ages and many different styles. Throughout the house. Today, you can see works that allow you to come and go as you please. Experience the house. And see what dance can do.
We envision the whole day as a celebration, and you are the guest of honor.
Danjel Andersson Director and Artistic Lead at Dansehallerne
Artistic Program
The program loops from 14:00 to 17:30.
As As audience, you are invited to move freely around the house to experience what you wish. Please note: There is a limited number of seats in some performance spaces.
14:00 The house opens
14:00-17:30 Dance Cinema. 6 short films loop all day.
Studio 02 Dance film program curated by Maia Elisabeth Sørensen (DK)
14:00-17:30 Silent Disco with DJ Thomas Tvivleren (DK/HK)
Studio 05 Dance Room for the Audience
14:00-14:12 Sparrow Dance / Se Byen Vertikalt (DK)
The Façade Breathing from the ground up / Vertical Duet
14:00-14:35 MYKA (DK) & Ray Roa Alonso (PI/UK)
Studio 04 Regnbuen / Dancing Installation
14:05-15:00 Malik Nashad Sharpe / Marikiscrycrycry (US/UK)
The Blackbox DARK, HAPPY, to the CORE / Performance
14:15-14:45 Kalliopi Siganou (GR/DK), Karin Bergman (SE) & Studio 01 Amalie Bergstein (DK) / SOMA PLAY STOP / Workshop for children +4 years with parents
14:15-14:35 Dansk Danseteater v. Marina Mascarell (ES) Hallen Bloody Moon / Performance
14:45-15:15 Marie Kaae (DK)
Studio 03 WIRED / Excerpt from Performance
15:00-15:30 Kalliopi Siganou (GR/DK), Karin Bergman (SE) & Outdoor Amalie Bergstein (DK) / SOMA PLAY STOP / Square Workshop for children +4 years with parents
15:10-15:45 MYKA (DK) & Ray Roa Alonso (PI/UK)
Studio 04 Regnbuen / Dancing Installation
15:10-15:22 Sparrow Dance / Se Byen Vertikalt (DK)
The Façade Breathing from the ground up / Dancing Installation
15:20-15:40 Dansk Danseteater v. Marina Mascarell (ES)
Hallen Bloody Moon / Performance
16:00-16:25 Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas (BE)
Hallen Pioverà / Dolo
16:30-17:05 MYKA (DK) & Ray Roa Alonso (PI/UK)
Studio 04 Regnbuen / Dancing Installation
16:30-17:00 Kalliopi Siganou (GR/DK), Karin Bergman (SE) & Outdoor Amalie Bergstein (DK) / SOMA PLAY STOP / Square Workshop for children +4 years with parents
16:35-17:30 Malik Nashad Sharpe / Marikiscrycrycry (US/UK)
The Blackbox DARK, HAPPY, to the CORE / Performance
16:35-17:05 Marie Kaae (DK)
Studio 03 WIRED / Excerpt from Performance
17:00-17:12 Sparrow Dance / Se Byen Vertikalt (DK)
The Façade Breathing from the ground up / Vertical Duet
17:10-17:30 Dansk Danseteater v. Marina Mascarell (ES)
Hallen Bloody Moon / Performance
17:30 Thank you!
We thank you for your visit and look forward to welcoming you to much more dance at the OPENINGS festival September 3-8, 2024. Also, make sure to visit Dansehallerne.dk to explore our autumn program.
NB! The program is subject to change, and time shifts may occur.
Floor 3
Loftet
Reflection lounge
Floor 2
Studio 05
Silent disco
1. floor
The Blackbox
DARK, HAPPY, to the CORE / performance
Hallen
Pioverà / performance
Bloody Moon / performance
Outdoor Square
SOMA PLAY STOP / workshop
The Facade
Breathing from the ground up / vertical duet
Ground Floor
Studio 01
Dance Workshop
Studio 02
Dance Cinema
Studio 03
Wired / performance
Studio 04
Regnbuen / performance
Entré →
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/ Rosas (BE) Pioverà
25 min Hallen
One of the greatest choreographers of our time, Belgian Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, performs herself in the solo ”Pioverà”. Beautifully and complexly, she explores the manifold ways of being out of sync and returns to her roots in this solo. With this piece, she revisits Steve Reich’s early music and the compositional technique of phase shifting, which was key to De Keersmaeker’s early works and which she has developed as a choreographic principle.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is one of the most important and acclaimed dancers and choreographers of our time, serving as an indispensable reference for generations of dancers, choreographers, and audiences. Since 1980, De Keersmaeker has produced an extensive body of work, encompassing more than 70 performances. In 1995, she established P.A.R.T.S.— now one of Europe’s most renowned schools for dance and choreography, where some of Europe’s most groundbreaking and prestigious choreographers have been educated.
Choreography and dance: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. Music: It’s Gonna Rain af Steve Reich, 1965. Sound technician: Antoine Delagoutte. Production: Rosas. Rosas is supported by the Flemish Community and the Flemish Community Commission (VGC). The work was created for and in dialogue with the opening of Ann Veronica Janssens’ exhibition ”Grand Bal” at Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan in 2023.
Photo: Andrea Rossetti
Dansk Danseteater v. Marina Mascarell (ES) Bloody Moon
20 min Hallen
Dansk Danseteater’s artistic director, Marina Mascarell, has created ”Bloody Moon,” inspired by Georges Bataille’s work ”Eroticism.” It is a fabulous celebration of the three forms of eroticism: the eroticism of the body, the eroticism of the heart, and the sacred eroticism, performed by 9 international dancers.
Bloody Moon is Marina Mascarell’s first world premiere created for Dansk Danseteater. Mascarell has created works for some of the world’s leading dance companies, and now the audience can finally experience her and Dansk Danseteater’s dancers in beautiful harmony. The company is one of Northern Europe’s leading dance ensembles, with a permanent base at the Opera House and handpicked dancers from around the world. The repertoire ranges from large stage productions to open-air events like Copenhagen Summer Dance, and the company tours extensively both nationally and internationally with its works.
Director: Marina Mascarell. Choreography: Marina Mascarell in collaboration with Jessica Lyall, Lukas Hartvig-Møller, Merete Hersvik, Bradley Waller, Lúa Mayenco Cardenal, Kristin Bjerkestrand, Leticia Silva, Yi-Shao, Amancio Gonzalez, Wolf Govaerts, Lola Potiron, Luca Tomaselli. Dancers: Jessica Lyall, Lukas HartvigMøller, Bradley Waller, Leticia Silva, Yi-Shao, Amancio Gonzalez, Wolf Govaerts, Lola Potiron, Luca Tomaselli, Nicky Daniels. Set design in collaboration with the company’s dancers. Costumes: Nina Botkay. Costume maker: Maria Ipsen. Music: Yamila Rios. Rehearsal director: Patricia Pawlik. Percussion samples and recordings: Uffe Savery. The performance premiered as part of Copenhagen Summer Dance on August 7–11 at Ofelia Plads in Copenhagen.
Photo: Jasco Bobar
Malik Nashad Sharpe/ Marikiscrycrycry (US/UK)
DARK, HAPPY, to the
55 min The Blackbox
DARK, HAPPY, to the CORE delves into the myth of ecstasy and euphoria. This wild and complex exploration, commissioned by Roskilde Festival 2023, not only examines what makes us human and what binds us together but also manifests a wealth of symbols, archetypes, and structures for dance that create affect and emotion. Seven international dancers take the audience on a breathtaking journey from ritualistic darkness, through happy hardcore, to Caribbean coolness. They strive for the utopian without worrying about ever reaching it.
Malik Nashad Sharpe/ Marikiscrycrycry is an award-winning choreographer and movement director known for his provocative and formally engaging performance works that address themes such as violence, alienation, terror, and melancholy. His work has been commissioned and presented by venues and festivals across Europe, the UK, and North America. In 2022, he was featured on Forbes’ ‘30 under 30’ list for his contribution to the development of dance in Europe.
CORE
Choreography: Malik Nashad Sharpe. Dancers:: Sarah Baugstø, One Bailey, Paolo De Venecia Gile, Robin Dobler, Carl Giacomello Scharnberg, Yasmin Grant, Blue Makwana. Costume Designer: Erik Annerborn. Costume Assistant: Acuarela Beard. Sound: Isla Bane and Protea. Lighting Design: Jacob Bjerregaard, Brian Cord’́homme. Producer: Michael Kitchin. Commissioned for Roskilde Festival, curated by Nina Rasmussen. Co-produced by Dansehallerne. Supported by Horizon Onward Touring Fund.
Photo: Sigrid Ellesøe
Marie Kaae (DK) WIRED
35 min Studio 03
Bass, beats, and softness create the soundscape that envelops the audience in WIRED – a preview of a new work by house queen Marie Kaae. Step into an intimate underground club with modern Afrodiasporic electronic music and dance. The work centers on spirituality, vulnerability, sensuality, play, and community as a rebellion against the all-too-common focus on suffering, anger, and hyper-sexualization as the interesting aspects of black culture. Here, the revolution is joy and love.
Marie Kaae is an artistic director, choreographer, dancer, and wordsmith. A local and global pioneer of house dance with 22 years of experience in performing arts as a dancer and choreographer. The child of a Cameroonian jazz musician, she has an expression characterized by sensuality, grace, and rhythm. Marie Kaae is interested in the healing potential of art.
Body percussion, dance, rap & music: Damon Frost. Dance & music: Jade “Soul” Zuberi / Jay Sound. Vocals, music, & dance: Raffael Bender. Vocals, music & movement: Josephin Bovien. Music & movement: Johan Klinkvort / Shatter Hands. Choreography, spoken word & dance: Marie Kaae. WIRED is developed by BAB ApS and co-produced by Dansehallerne with a premiere in the fall of 2025.
Photo: Helena Fernandez
MYKA (DK) & Ray Roa Alonso (PI/UK) Regnbuen
35 min Studio 04
The whole family can be swept into the universe of “The Rainbow.” A dancing installation that celebrates hope and diversity. With three dancers in fantastic costumes created by Henrik Vibskov, body and space are magically transformed into moving installations and living sculptures in interaction with a soundscape by Cristian Vogel.
MYKA was founded in 2012 by My Grönholdt, a Swedish choreographer, dancer, and performer based in Denmark and a graduate of the Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2011. MYKA produces highly visual and aesthetic performances that unfold socially relevant themes with a magical and poetic approach and with hope for the future.
Ray Roa Alonso is a freelance dance artist with roots in the Philippines, raised in England, and now residing in Copenhagen. Ray Roa Alonso holds a bachelor’s degree from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and has furthered his education at the London Contemporary Dance School and the Danish National School of Performing Arts.
Concept: MYKA, My Grönholdt & Ray Roa Alonso. Choreographer: Ray Roa Alonso in collaboration with the artistic team. Choreographic consultants: My Grönholdt & Malik Nashad Sharpe. Dancers: Ray Roa Alonso, Daniel Jeremiah Persson, Teresa Fogh Schou. Composer: Cristian Vogel. Costume design: Henrik Vibskov. Press photos: Alexis Rodríguez Cancino. Administrator and advisor: Jens Christian Jensen. Creative producer MYKA: Sofia Wickman. ”The Rainbow” is co-produced by Dansehallerne and premiered at SMK, Statens Museum for Kunst, in 2023. Other partners: Betty Nansen Teatret, Holstebro Dansekompagni. Regnbuen is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, A.P. Møller Foundation, William Demant Foundation, and Augustinus Foundation.
Photo: Alexis Rodrìguez Cancino
Sparrow Dance/ Se Byen Vertikalt (DK) Breathing from the ground up
12 min On the Facade
The facade of Dansehallerne’s new building will be brought to life in a very special way for the opening with excerpts from the work ”Breathing from the Ground Up.” The audience is invited to a new perspective as two dancers move from the roof in a fascinating vertical duet, walking, dancing, and flying across the facade of the new dance house. The piece is an excerpt from a performance created for a silo and the industrial, abandoned, and beautiful coastal landscape at Struer Harbour in West Jutland. The sound and sensation of the raw nature that breathes with the vertical dance are transferred here to Dansehallerne’s new house.
Se Byen Vertikalt is an artistic collaboration between dancers Esther Wrobel, Mette Møller Overgaard, and sound artist David Navndrup Black. The trio has been creating extraordinary works together since 2017. Sparrow Dance is an interdisciplinary performing arts association for vertical dance founded by Esther Wrobel. Sparrow Dance aims to promote and explore vertical dance and to develop the use of architecture as an active participant in influencing movement.
Concept & idea: Se Byen Vertikalt.Dance: Mette Møller Overgaard & Esther Wrobel. Sound: David Navndrup Black. Costumes: Inbal Libliech. Produced by See the City Vertically. Co-produced by Sparrow Dance.
Photo: David Navndrup Black
Foto: Jasco Bobar
Kalliopi Siganou (GR/DK), Karin Bergman (SE) & Amalie Bergstein (DK) SOMA PLAY STOP
30 min Studi0 01, Outdoor Square
A family workshop for children aged 4 and up and their adults. SOMA PLAY STOP activates both young and old to see public spaces through playful lenses and to engage with a neighborhood through the body. The day offers three workshops:
1. Mapping: In this workshop, participants will be introduced to creating maps of landscapes and shapes. Along with the dancers, participants are invited to explore different maps with their bodies through movement.
2. Measuring Dance: Participants are introduced to measuring and inventing their own tools for measuring. Together with the dancers, participants use their bodies and body parts to measure distances, objects, and other bodies, thereby creating a collective dance.
3. When I Open My Eyes, I See a Movie: Participants join the dancers in exploring to find hidden stories, collect experiences, and create new memories.
The three dancers and choreographers, Kalliopi Siganou, Karin Bergman, and Amalie Bergstein, are all graduates of the Danish National School of Performing Arts and are based in Copenhagen.
Workshop facilitators: Kalliopi Siganou, Karin Bergman, Amalie Bergstein. Choreographers: Kalliopi Siganou, Karin Bergman. Choreographic consultant: Amalie Bergstein. Dramaturg: Nina Gojic. Graphic designer: Dora Durcesac.
Photo: Steinunn Helga Thorsteinsdottir
Curated by Maia Elisabeth Sørensen (DK) Dance Cinema
Looping throughout the day Studio 02
Maia Elisabeth Sørensen (DK), through dansefilm.dk, has curated a program for the Dance Film Cinema. Dance film is an art genre that blends dance and choreography with film and visual art to create entirely new artistic expressions. The film program is as follows:
Physical Culture (NL, 2022) 7:37
Instruktør: Anna Bogomolova
Choreographer: Connor Schumacher
Vestdalsfoss (IS, 2023) 6:45
Director: Helgi Örn Pétursson
Sit Still (CA, 2021) 4:25
Director: Vincent René-Lortie
Choreographer: Russell “Gutta” Ferguson
The way we… (SN/DK, 2024) 5:01
Director/Choreographer: Julienne Doko, Kyrie Oda
Kretir (SE/JP, 2013) 1:55
Director/Choreographer: Shumpei Nemoto
Magma (FO, 2014) 5:19
Director/Choreographer:: Rammatik
From the film Magma, Director/Choreographer:: Rammatik
The Opening Day
A Celebration for all!
Dansehallerne’s new home is inaugurated with an open house for everyone from 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM. The building is accessible for wheelchair users.
Free entry
On this festive day, visitors can move freely between the performances, which take place simultaneously in different rooms. You can also move your body at the Silent Disco, sponsored by Silent Events, where we invite you to dance all day.
There is ample opportunity to explore the impressive historical building, and, on this special occasion, visitors can also enjoy a carriage ride in Carlsberg Byen with the Carlsberg Brewery Horses, kindly sponsored by Carlsberg.
There will also be an outdoor lounge area, where Carl Hansen & Søn has set up beautiful wooden furniture for a moment of relaxation between all the dance experiences.
Refreshments
For this celebration, we are grateful to have received sponsorship of organic juice from Anton’s, beer from Carlsberg, chips from Taffel Chips, and a Dansehallerne ice cream from Aurora Ismejeri (the first 200 ice creams are free).
More Dance
Look forward to OPENINGS
Following Dansehallerne’s opening ceremony and celebration, we offer much more dance and choreography during the OPENINGS festival from September 3rd to 8th. OPENINGS is Dansehallerne’s new, expansive international festival for dance and choreography. Experience Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Mette Ingvartsen, Iceland Dance Company, and many more. The full program can be found at dansehallerne.dk, where you can also explore the other performances scheduled for the fall.
In the works
It is Dansehallerne’s ambition to offer even more activities for children, young people, and families, including dance performances and workshops. In the future, Dansehallerne will also have initiatives where we invite our neighbors in Carlsberg Byen and Vesterbro to special events.
Newsletter
Keep an eye on the many new initiatives and the performance program on our website and in our newsletter, which you can sign up for at dansehallerne.dk. When you subscribe to the newsletter, you can enter the drawing for tickets to Dansehallerne’s program.
Annual Pass
With an annual pass to Dansehallerne, you share the joy of dance. The pass is structured so that you can always bring a +1 for free to all performances. The annual pass costs 1000 kroner and can be purchased on Dansehallerne’s website.
We look forward to sharing many fantastic dance experiences with you in Dansehallerne’s new house.
About Dansehallerne
Dansehallerne is a national center for dance and choreography. We focus on co-producing and presenting a diverse selection of national and international performances, providing audiences with the opportunity to explore a wide range of expressions within dance and choreography.
As a national gathering point for the local and international industry, we work to ensure the best possible conditions for artistic production and are dedicated to offering solid support to artists, driven by a strong reative urgency, at all stages of their production processes. Every year, Dansehallerne serves as a hub and contact point for hundreds of artists who engage in our professional activities.
Dansehallerne has a strong emphasis on cultivating an efficient and sustainable ecosystem for dance and choreography in Denmark, fueled by and in dynamic, valuable exchange with the organization’s local and global partners.
Through various initiatives, especially for children and young people, we also focus on fostering knowledge and appreciation of dance from an early age.
There is a firmly established commitment at Dansehallerne to building and maintaining an inclusive environment with a zero-tolerance policy towards discrimination, ensuring a healthy and solid community centered around the exploration, experience, and love of dance and choreography.
The Forces Behind
Dansehallerne’s Team
Director & Artistic Lead
Danjel Andersson
Head of Activities Hanne Svejstrup
Financial Manager Susanna Cardemil Iversen
Management Secretary
Else Danielsen
Producers Anne Mette Berg, Caroline Blomqvist, Ulla Gad, Unne Loa Jensen, Sebastian Nervil, Eva Steen Nordhagen, Sofie Pedersen
Technical Coordinator Maiken Bruun-Aamodt
Sound Engineer
Stage and Operations Technician
Johannes Hornberger
Christopher Lundt Warnke
Communications Coordinator Sarah Diallo Bregnhardt
Communications Assistant Louise Bindseil
Graphic Designer Steinunn Thorsteindottir
External Team During the Opening
Production Manager
Technical Team
Perfornance Manager
Assistants
Nils Engelbrecht
Nikolaj Roed Klüver, Per Lydersen, Mogens Kjempff, Sven Deløvenbo, Sóley Williams Gudrúnardóttir, Sune Bang, Emil Vodder, Brian Cord ́homme
Pernille Kabell
Helene Ridderberg, Joel Fritzon
Sponsorships Nomi Simone Forchhammer
Communications Consultant Anne Basse
Communications Coordinator Ditte Blom
Thanks to
Dansehallerne’s sponsors for the occasion of the opening: Carlsberg, Antons Saft, Silent Events DK, Carl Hansen & Søn, Aurora Ismejeri, and Taffel Chips.
Our neighbors in our new building, and especially to the restaurant Sanchez for providing space above the restaurant for the vertical duet Breathing from the Ground Up.
Augustinus Foundation and Jorck’s Foundation for supporting Dansehallerne’s opening day.
Sincere thanks to
Dansehallerne’s renovation and furnishings are supported by: Københavns Kommune, Augustinus Fonden, A.P. Møller Fonden, Realdania, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, Lokale og Anlægsfonden, William Demant Fonden, Knud Højgaards Fond og Beckett-Fonden.
The building is donated by: Udviklingsselskabet Carlsberg Byen P/S.
