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Program Sophia Mage The Warmth of Other Suns 6.–9.10.2026
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About the performance The Warmth of Other Suns follows three galactic wanderers as they move through atmosphere, gas, and bone. Thousands of years old and charged by photons from a dying sun, they grapple with their bodies in a state of constant transmutation. The urge to alchemize from dense matter to light rises from within and extends into greater cosmic bodies. Ancient yet tragically naïve, they bounce between events of surrender and defiance, from star to star, memory to moment—repeating, reducing, winding and unwinding. Through the framework of science fiction, the performance imagines the coexistence of a species long after collapse and the eventual transference of sentient intelligence to stardust under The Warmth of Other Suns.
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Credits Concept and Choreography Sophia Mage Dance and Choreography Charlie Petersen, Brittanie Brown, Emilie Gregersen Choreographic assistant Emilie Gregersen Music and sound design Cristián Vogel, SØS Gunver Ryberg Art Direction and Costumes Sofia Stål Light Design Thomas Zamolo Vocal Composition Anja Jakobson Vocal Coaching Mette Nadja Hansen Dramaturgical sparring Quim Bigas, Joana Öhlschläger Artwork Ville Vidø Production Sophia Mage, Charlie Petersen Administration Christina Cibrowski
Supported by Wilhelm Hansens Fonden, Augustinus Fonden, Knud Højgaards Fond, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, Nordisk Kulturfond, Landesbüro NRW (DE), and Kulturamt Stadt Münster (DE) Residencies: Dance and Dramaturgy European Network, Milvus Artistic Research Center - MARC, København Danser Co-productions: Theater im Pumpenhaus, Milvus Artistic Research Center - MARC. Thanks to Rachel Tess, Sanna Blennow
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Photo Erik Linghede
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About the artist
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Sophia Mage Dancer and choreographer Sophia Mage (DK/US) is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher based in Copenhagen. Sophia approaches performance with a world-building mindset. She often works with a fictional sense of being and place in order to gently tilt the atmosphere towards the uncanny. Themes of rage, transcendence, abjection, euphoria, femme sensuality, and dualism permeate her work. By embracing many apparent contradictions, she oversaturates, dissolves, and re-dreams the human experience. Transformation is central to her practice and aesthetic. Her process is influenced by the meeting of intuition, improvisation, and coincidences arising from the mediums she works with. All this with an eye to immediate, broad appeal, so that the finished work appears inviting in itself, with a rich underlying intention. After receiving a BA in political science and working for an NGO in Oakland, California, she relocated to Europe and graduated from the Danish National School for Performing Arts. Over the years, she has collaborated with choreographers, musicians, visual artists, filmmakers, and academics on projects of varying scale and ambition. She gives workshops and teaches for institutions and companies such as The Danish National School for Performing Arts, P.A.R.T.S., Danish Dance Theatre, Ballet De Lorraine, and Cullberg. Additionally, she has produced and created several works, including Vibrant Matter 2020 and Atmosphere of Decay 2023, and is currently developing The Warmth of Other Suns 2026 and Sea Swine 2027 with Sofia Stål and Mia Milovic. In 2025, she received Wilhelm Hansen’s honorary award. She is a member of the Copenhagen-based collective Dance Cooperative.
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Practical info Dates and times 6.–9.10.2026, 20:00 Duration and stage 1 hour 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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