Efva Lilja A house, a cow, a woman 13-18 April 2015

Programme

An innovator and leading figure in Swedish dance is back. After eight years as principal at DOCH, choreographer Efva Lilja is back with the world premiere of A house, a cow, a woman: an installation, a lunch date, a performance, a story time for adults and a lunch date.

Feelings of well-being, creativity or passivity are largely determined by the spaces we find ourselves in. Efva Lilja builds spaces that take us into different layers of consciousness - beyond everything defined as reasonable, reasonable, real and true. She does this in dance, image, text and with original music by Per-Henrik Mäenpää. With song, a house and a cow.

Med A house, a cow, a woman Efva Lilja reconsiders both political events and everyday actions, turning what we easily take for granted upside down. "I choreograph spaces of light and scent, ink and pencil figures, moving image and dance in an interactive dialogue with the audience who choose proximity or distance, active participation or observational meditative reflection. Drawn figures act and complement my presence with everything I cannot do myself. I dance, draw myself in, supplement with "ready-made" images and objects, film installations and a radio-controlled house (home) inhabited by a cow." /Efva Lilja

Start the evening with the exhibition "Why Bother to Dance?" by Efva Lilja. in the foyer which opens at 18:00. The Small Foyer and Small Stage also open at 18:00 and you are welcome to socialise in Efva Lilja's installation and social room. Performance at 19:00 and after a short break fairy tales for adults. The storytelling is based on Efva's texts on art, choreography, power and politics, on poems, erotic texts and both previously published and newly written stories.

Book a lunch date with Efva Lilja.
Efva cooks and invites you to an informal meeting with food and conversation about art, choreography or cultural policy. Menu: Hot pasta with prawns in dill sauce and green salad. Meal drink water. Coffee or tea included. If a vegetarian option is desired, this must be notified in connection with the ticket purchase no later than two days before the lunch date. Tickets for the lunch are purchased at the ticket office for SEK 150. Maximum 10 participants per occasion. Dates: 14 and 16 April, 12:00-13:00 in Lilla Foajén. Tickets for the lunch can also be purchased online.

Efva Lilja is a choreographer, artist and cultural activist - a strong and distinctive voice in contemporary art. Her work spans four decades, produced for all kinds of performance spaces and art forums in more than 35 countries. Dansens hus last presented her in 2012 with a major exhibition in the foyer and in 2011 when she made the acclaimed performance "Between men" at the Forsgrenska baths. Don't miss the opportunity to meet her as she dances, tells stories or cooks.