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REALITY IS ROUND

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REALITY IS ROUND takes its starting point in the unique ability of small children for devoted play and unrestricted interest in their surroundings. Through movement, sound, and meter-long pillow worms, the performance explores human connection and encounters beyond language. We bounce and rest in an echo, make sounds, and roll over a dark sea. The performance assumes that language can never capture reality as it is, as concepts are angular while REALITY IS ROUND.

REALITY IS ROUND is a participatory dance performance for children aged 6 months to 2 years and their adults. Two dancers and a musician invite you into an imaginative space that sparks curiosity and creates space for encounters among everyone participating in the work. The audience enters the space, and the performers follow, support, and develop. Each performance is unique, shaped by what unfolds in the room.


Reality
cannot be captured by language
Reality
is attention everywhere all at once
Reality
both is and is not
Reality
is listening and supporting
Reality
is round

Shows 2025:

Täby culture house, Stockholm, April 1-3rd

Huset på höjden, Järfälla, April 12th

Vänersborg, April 28-29th

Young Dance Market, Malmö, September 4th

Horns Library, Kisa, September 5th

Unga Klara, Stockholm, September 11-17th

​Stjärnkalaset Norra, Sundsvall, October 23rd​

Showbox, Oslo, November 27th

PHOTOGRAPHER: José Figueroa
PERFORMANCE LENGTH: 30 min

TARGET GROUP: 6 months - 2 years

INFORMATION FOR PRESENTERS

Information sheet >

Technical rider 

PRESS

Review in Västerbottens Kuriren 6 september 2024 (swedish) >

Choreography ANNICA STYRKE & KARIN WIKLUND

Dance REBECKA BERCHTOLD & LINNÉA SUNDLING / TEA HARRYSON & KAJSA NILSSON
/NASSIM MEKI, JASMINE ATTIÉ, EMELIE WAHLMAN 

Music (live) CICELY IRVINE / BRENDA EL RAYES
Composition BRENDA EL REYES & CICELY IRVINE

Scenography & costume AGNES ÖSTERGREN & PIA GYLL

Light design MIRA SVANBERG

Co production DANSENS HUS, DANSINITIATIVET & NORRLANDSOPERAN

Thank you to SUZANNE OSTEN, JONNA BORNEMARK, JOHAN LUNDIN KLEBERG, ANNA HAGLUND, DIESELVERKSTADEN, GULA VILLAN & TEATER3

With support of THE SWEDISH ARTS GRANTS COMMITTEE, STOCKHOLM REGION, STOCKHOLM MUNICIPALITY & SWEDISH ARTS COUNCIL

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