Program: Amygdala by Spine Fiction

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Program Spine Fiction AMYGDALA 13.–20.6.2026

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About the performance In Amygdala, the very youngest from 3–24 months and their adults are invited into a sensory, bodily universe, where light, sound and movement unfold as a journey back to our first experiences. We travel through flesh, through thought, through memory.

In Amygdala the heartbeats become rhythms, breath becomes music, and dance opens an enveloping space, where the beginning is not only told, but felt.

The audience gets up close to what arises between bodies, sound and light.

Amygdala invites us to step into our common beginnings – and to listen to what lies before language: what we may not remember with our minds, but with our bodies.

Amygdala is a poetic dance performance offering a glimpse of the time we all share before we were born.

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Back to our very first ability to sense.

Before words.

Before meaning.

Feel the walls around you.

The water.

The sounds.

The light.

Travel backward in time.

Through flesh.

Through memory.

Through sensation.

Back to where sensation began.

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Credits Concept & Choreography SPINE FICTION /

Julie Rasmussen & My Marie Nilsson Dancers Julie Rasmussen, My Marie Nilsson, Mette Hersvik Sound Anja Tietze Lahrmann, Emil Vodder Kristensen Scenography & Costume Design Simone Bartholin Lighting Design Rosa Birkedal Research Lars Geer Hammershøj Stage Management Emil Vodder Kristensen Lighting Design Rosa Birkedal Produced by SPINE FICTION Co-producer Dansehallerne Supported by Nordic Council of Ministers and Nordic Council, Knud Højgaards Fond, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden, Københavns Scenekunstudvalg, Michael Hermann Nielsens Mindelegat, Dansk Skuespillerforbunds Produktionsstøttemidler.

Thanks to Elefantteateret (NO) og Regionteater Väst (SE)

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About the dance company SPINE FICTION

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SPINE FICTION is a Copenhagen dance company with a strong Nordic profile, led by choreographers and dancers Julie Rasmussen (Norway/Denmark) and My Marie Nilsson (Sweden/Denmark).

Together they have over 15 years of experience with performing arts for children, young people and adults. The company creates sensual, curious and experimental performances with a focus on movement, body and visual expression.

The audience is actively involved, and children and young people in particular meet at eye level – always with artistic integrity and ambition.

Websites

my-marie-nilsson.com & julie-rasmussen.com

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Practical info Dates and times 13.6.2026, 11:00 13.6.2026, 13:00 15.6.2026, 09:30 15.6.2026, 11:30 16.6.2026, 09:30 16.6.2026, 11:30 17.6.2026, 09:30 17.6.2026, 11:30 18.6.2026, 09:30 18.6.2026, 11:30 19.6.2026, 09:30 19.6.2026, 11:30 20.6.2026, 09:30 20.6.2026, 11:30

Duration and stage 40 minutes in Blackboxen 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.

About Dansehallerne Dansehallerne is a national center for dance and choreography.

Our focus lies in presenting and co-producing Danish and international productions for all ages. We are a gathering point for passionate dance audiences and professionals. From our center, we communicate professional knowledge of the art of dance, and we drive discussions about all aspects of the art of dance, at an intermediate level and in-depth.

Being a national center, as well as a gathering point for the local and international communities, we continuously work to ensure the best possible settings for artistic production and for the audience’s encounter with the art of dance. Every year, people from all around the country can experience the best that dance has to offer. And for several hundred artists, Dansehallerne is the year-round base and interface for professional activities within the field of dance.

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