A powerful, physical, and musical performance created in collaboration with 26 young people and Projekt DanseDrømme’s professional team.
A performance created by 26 young people aged 14-22 with diversity in gender, age, and cultural backgrounds, together with a professional team including a choreographer, composer, and costume designer.
7 aspiring designers join the costume design team working on the deconstruction of recycled clothing.
2-4 young musicians participate and play live for the performance.
”ANIMALS is a powerful and physical performance that examines what happens when we peel away the layers of civilization, expectations, and facades – and let the raw human emerge. The performance dives into the inner lives of young people: their instincts, impulses, fear, desire, and need for community.”
The performance mirrors a generation constantly balancing between being “civilized” and “perfect” – while simultaneously feeling strong emotions of unrest and wildness within. Here, the animalistic becomes a metaphor for everything young people often hide: anger, vulnerability, instinct, and a longing for freedom. “ANIMALS” is an intense, high-energy, and visually strong performance that gives young people a new language for their inner lives – and shows that the animal within us is not something dangerous, but a source of strength, authenticity, and community.
The project is developed - by young people from all over the country - from April until the final performances on August 11, 12, and 17 at Takkelloftet/The Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen.
Choreographer Vidar Hansen
Composer Gert Østergaard
Costumes Maja Brix
Choreographer assistants Clara Wärme Otterstrøm, Tim Rushton, and Cæcilia Berquist Costume assistants Nanna Hvingel and Stefanie Jensen
Psychosocial team Elise Haavik and Mai Glahn
PR and marketing Art Attack by Lena Hedegaard
SO-ME Jens Ole Svendsen Video production Torben Skjødt Jensen
Assistenter Laura Liebst and Mie Gyngsø
Administration Anne-Kari Ravn
Artistic director Anette Abildgaard
Projekt DanseDrømme is supported by: The Augustinus Foundation, The A.P. Møller Relief Foundation, The Ole Kirk’s Foundation, The Demant Foundation, The Louis-Hansen Foundation, Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik’s Foundation, The Beckett Foundation, OAK Foundation Denmark.
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