Be swept away by GöteborgsOperans Danskompani. Be floored by spectacular guest performances. Experience a world premiere for young audiences by Mari Carrasco. Enjoy musical experiences that give you goosebumps and move around between conversations, installations and new discoveries.
Dance
The Göteborg Opera Dance Festival
Hammer. BLKDOG. Atlas Song. Guest performance, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani and a world premiere.
Duration
Varies per activity
Stage
Main Stage, Small Stage, foyer
Genre
Dance
Price
TBA
Accessibility
For three days this spring, the opera house will be filled with dance and movement, food, drink, music, bustle and inspiration.
Get a discount with a Festival Pass
To get a 20% discount, buy tickets to 2–4 performances using the link below, from the following: Hammer, Atlas song, BLKDOG and Little Concert.
If you are 28 or younger, you get a further 50% discount!
Programme
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Thursday 8 May ↓
Friday 9 May ↓
Saturday 10 May ↓
Thursday 8 May
World premiere: Little Concert
17:30 Small Stage
Creation by Mari Carrasco
The performance is ca 35 min, no interval.
Little Concert is a creation for young people from 13 and older. It is wild and elegant, passionate and melancholic. Four dancers act as rock stars: a garage band surrounded by the audience, who in turn are enveloped by the music.
Choreographer Mari Carrasco creates energetic and eerily twisted worlds with a strong affinity for the music. The music for Little Concert is composed by Mikael Karlsson, who also composed the music for Alexander Ekman's Hammer. Set design and costumes Jenny Nordberg. Lighting design Karin Wijk.
Hammer
19:00, Main Stage
Creation by Alexander Ekman
The performance is ca 2 h 15 min, incl. 1 interval (35 mins)
”Brilliant” Tanz
”World-class” Aftonbladet
”Genius!” Borås Tidning
”Leaves no-one unmoved” Göteborgs-Posten
Hammer has been GöteborgsOperans Danskompani's biggest audience success ever, with euphoric audiences and sold-out performances both at the GöteborgsOperan and on the dance company's international tours.
Hammer is a full evening of two acts with the entire GöteborgsOperans Danskompani on stage. It is a precise dance piece that takes us from a selfless, offline harmony to self-conscious online egoism and back again. Perhaps it will inspire you to tear down false facades and choose life instead of likes.
Don't miss your chance to experience (or re-experience) Hammer – the dance piece that beats everything.
Hammer, trailer
Friday 9 May
Little Concert
17:30, Small Stage
Creation by Mari Carrasco
35 minutes, no interval. Read more about Little Concert
Post-show talk with Mari Carrasco
18:15–18:45 in the foyer.
Guest Performance: BLKDOG
19:30, Main Stage
Creation by Botis Seva, with the dance company Far from the norm.
Post-show talk with Botis Seva
21:00–21:30 in the foyer. The talk will be conducted in English.
Ca 1 h 10 min, no interval.
Trigger warning: BLKDOG features loud music, gunshot sounds, haze and abstract depictions of rape, violence and depression. Recommended for 12 years and older.
BLKDOG, trailer
BLKDOG is Botis Seva’s beautifully brutal commentary on how the youth of today are coping in a world not built for them. In an emotionally charged hip hop dance performance, BLKDOG reveals the vicious connection of how self-discovery leads to self-destruction.
Through haunting childhood memories and adult life traumas, BLKDOG questions how we fight through our vices to find a sense of peace and reveals a vicious connection of how self-discovery can lead to self-destruction. The music has grown from a long-standing collaboration with Torben Sylvest and includes a mixture of original music and words that adds layers of meaning, highlighting the inner workings of the characters on stage. Tom Visser’s lighting brings a dark smog of disillusion as the choreography delves into the underbelly of life, while the hooded caps and padded costumes by Ryan Laight echo the protection and comfort of childhood.
“BLKDOG is for everyone who has dealt with trauma and grief. For anyone who has had to watch family members go through depression or loss. We live in a society where speaking about our emotions may never be understood; I spent my childhood never speaking about my emotions but now I can finally speak up” — Botis Seva
Press quotes about BLKDOG:
“Botis Seva’s BLKDOG is very black, very street, intensely theatrical and totally entrancing.” Culture Whisper (UK)
“Like Seva’s choreography, the score blends childhood memories with adult prowess. It’s at once unsettling and gorgeous.” The Observer (New York)
“BLKDOG is an abstract maze of memories, and amidst the violence, we also catch glimpse of more innocent childhood thrown into the mix.” Bakchormeeboy (Singapore)
“An original and unforgettable experience.” London Living Large (UK)
About Far From The Norm
Led by Artistic Director Botis Seva, Far From The Norm is an international touring company that strives to make honest, relevant and needed performance work that reflects our generation. We deconstruct street dance vocabulary, challenge perceptions of Hip Hop and create work that empowers ordinary people. Our work is original and fearless and invites debate on social political issues and the contemporary world.
Artistic team and credits
DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER Botis Seva
MUSIC COMPOSER Torben Sylvest
LIGHTING DESIGNER Tom Visser
COSTUME DESIGNER Ryan Dawson-Laight
PERFORMED BY Far From The Norm dance artists
Co-produced by Far From The Norm, Norrlandsoperan and Sadler’s Wells. Supported by Arts Council England, Kingston University, Laban Theatre, Siobhan Davies Dance and UEL Dance: Urban Practice Department
Images from BLKDOG
In photo: Far from the norm|Photographer: Camilla Greenwell
Saturday 10 May
Little Concert
17:30, Small Stage
Creation by Mari Carrasco
35 min, no interval. Read more about Little Concert
Atlas Song
19:00 Main Stage
Creation by Imre and Marne van Opstal. Live music Anna von Hausswolff.
Ca 1 h 10 min, no interval.
”Divine and animalistic” Dagens Nyheter
”Skill and energy all the way through.” Göteborgs-Posten
”Amazing!” Alba
”I think I’ve just seen the decade’s best dance performance at the Göteborg Opera.” Borås tidning, 2024
A fusion of dance and live music. Atlas Song is by the international star choreographers Imre and Marne van Opstal together with the singer, musician and composer Anna von Hausswolff who performs live on stage with the dancers.
The van Opstal siblings are making a success on the world's dance stages with their expressive and imaginative choreographies. Anna von Hausswolff is from Gothenburg, and is known for her uncompromising music, where her soulful voice soars over sound landscapes.
Atlas Song had its world premiere at the Göteborg Opera in 2024, as part of the Gothenburg Dance and Theatre Festival. Experience it here in Gothenburg before it goes on a European tour!
