Continuim

“Top-class dance theatre” (SvD)
“An apt depiction of the current world.” (SvD)

In Continuim, choreographers Paul Blackman and Christine Gouzelis explore life’s circularity, rapidity, fears and how we overcome them. Days gone past and memories of other times flash by at a pace that keeps us riveted to our seats.

Paul Blackman and Christine Gouzelis run the Jukstapoz dance company in Athens. The duo’s works are rich in contrast, ranging from serious to playfully absurd. With chaos and harmony as central themes, they astound the audience with new perspectives. Continuim, the duo’s first work for GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, is a fast-moving work that playfully explores the concept of time. Aided by an unusual set design, the dancers weave together different occurrences, allowing us to relive episodes, explore alternative chains of events and rebuild fragmentary memories. Is it possible to create a better history and a better future?

”Continuim evolves around human natures ability to adapt within forever changing circumstances. In honouring beauty, vulnerability and destruction, the dancers are continuously interrupted by the unstoppable force of time. Time is our playground, as we try to re-make or unravel history.”
— Paul Blackman and Christine Gouzelis

Team

CHOREOGRAPHY Paul Blackman & Christine Gouzelis
COMPOSER AND SOUND DESIGNER Christos Parapagidis
SET DESIGN Dimitris Nassiakos
COSTUME DESIGN Malte Luebben
LIGHTING DESIGN Joakim Brink

Information

Dancers 14
Running time approx. 45 min

Spoken dialogue in English.

World premiere 2 October 2020, Göteborg Opera

Created in collaboration with the dancers from GöteborgsOperans Danskompani.