Photo Ralf Hersborg
Program Malik Nashad Sharpe Hang Time 21.–22.10.2026
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About the performance Hang Time is a choreographic meditation on hanging out and hanging on. Hanging in the air. Hanging in there. Hanging by a thread. Braids hanging from the nape of the neck. Bodies suspended in time. Lives hanging from one another. Moving between soca and bouyon, séance, ritual and social gathering, choreographer Malik Nashad Sharpe – working under the alias Marikiscrycrycry – creates a charged world where dance, music and haunting collide. Drawing on Black and Caribbean histories and lived experience, Hang Time explores grief, mental health and vulnerability within masculine communities. Cornrows and braids become symbols of protection and connection, while the performers carry one another, lose one another and push their bodies through states of exhaustion, collapse and endurance. At its heart, Hang Time asks what holds a community together in moments of vulnerability and loss – and what remains when someone disappears. Dark, intense and deeply physical, Hang Time brings Marikiscrycrycry’s distinctive collision of contemporary dance, social dance, horror and fantasy to Dansehallerne for its DK premiere.
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Photo Ralf Hersborg
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Credits
Choreography Malik Nashad Sharpe Dancers Alex Moore, Connor Jay, Corlee Haverty, Justin de Luna, Kezi Moustakim, Malik Nashad Sharpe, Robin Dobler Music Direction Tabitha Thorlu-Bangura Composition Luke Blair Music by FATHER, Rezzett, I Jahbar, Leroy Carr, TTB, Title Fight, Valee, African American Sound Recordings, Harry Guts, Splice Rehearsal Direction Blue Makwana Assistant Rehearsal Director Ray Roa Alonso Lighting Design Barnaby Booth Production Management Barnaby Booth and Simon Froud Dramaturgy Jay Miller Outside Eyes Elena Isolini, Max Cookward, Nadine Patel Costume Design Erik Annerborn Costume Assistant Gabriella Danerlöv Casting Ethan Samuel Jacobs Producer Cat Harrison Production Support Polly Cuthbert Promotional Photography and Trailer Ralf Hersborg Supported by The Danish Arts Foundation
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Photo Ralf Hersborg
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About the artist Malik Nashad Sharpe Dancer and choreographer
Photo Oscar May
Malik Nashad Sharpe (UK/US) Malik Nashad Sharpe is a British-American choreographer and performance artist whose work exists at the intersection of dance, music, fashion, and performance. Through an experimental and physically charged practice, Sharpe challenges conventional ideas of choreography and expands the possibilities of movement as an artistic language. Drawing on Black and diasporic experiences, Sharpe explores themes of identity, belonging, masculinity, power, and vulnerability. Through visceral and uncompromising works, Sharpe creates space for both critical reflection and embodied experience, where personal narratives intersect with broader social and cultural structures.
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Practical info Dates and times 21.–22.10.2026, 20:00 Duration and stage 1 hour 15 minutes in Hallen
Accessibility The venue is wheelchair accessible, with an elevator providing access to the stages. All restrooms are gender-
neutral, and an accessible toilet for wheelchair users is available. Dansehallerne’s address Franciska Clausens Plads 27, 1799 Copenhagen V.
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