AXIAL FIGURES

Axial Figures takes dance to new heights.

Experience choreography on the vertical axis as five strong female rope artists in a motorized scenography create movements in all directions and altitudes. Like meditative, floating shapes the artists move acrobatically on five moving ropes, kaleidoscopically creating new shapes and contours inspired by the playful lines of architecture. The result is an ever-changing universe of clean lines and chaotic patterns woven with ropes and with bodies as counterweights. This system can only function through everyone’s active participation and it falls apart every time someone breaks it.

Axial Figures premiered in November 2023 at Bora Bora in Aarhus, Denmark, and at Dansehallerne in Copenhagen.

Axial Figures will be re-staged at Bora Bora on May 17-20 2025. Get your tickets here

credits:

Choreographer: Simone Wierød / Performers: Saana Leppänen, Stina Otterström, Moa Karlsson, Sini Saari, Laura Kivistik / Music: M€RCY / Architect: Hugh Diamond, Standard Practice / Light design: Anders Kjems / Costumes: Marie Nørgaard Nielsen / Technician/rigger: Stefan Goldbaum Tarabini / Producer: Art & About / Video: Tim Panduro / Photos: Jens Peter Engedal

Axial Figures is a co-production with Bora Bora and Dansehallerne. The development of Axial Figures has been supported through residencies at Åbne Scene - Godsbanen, DYNAMO and Teater Momentum and through equipment from Wahlberg Motion Design, AFUK, Circus Tværs and DYNAMO.

Further thanks to: Regina Baumann, Anna Emilie Lauge Pedersen, Miriam Swartz, Søren Flor, Cirkus Tværs, Christine Bonnichsen, Sophie Hyrup, Miriam Tianna Jensen Camara, Rita Duri, Anne-Sofie Pi Østergaard, Hannah Margetson, Lucas Kruse Kristiansen