The festival is a celebration of humanity and the senses.
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Duration
90 minutes
23 Apr
14:51
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Perhaps the party is the last refuge where we can embody our longing beyond language and thought. A longing away from the structure, symmetry and measurability that modern life demands of us. Festen is a celebration of humanity and the sensual. To dancing and experiencing all the inherent possibilities of the human body, both collectively and individually. Everyone who participates in Festen is also involved in creating it.
Our resident DJ Cheza takes us on a journey through the world of house music and we are guided by our master of ceremonies Yared. Dancers Joanna, Johanna and Viktor move through the party with us.
Viktor Fröjd
Viktor Fröjd, dance artist, is based in Malmö, Skåne and works in both large and intimate formats in his works. He brings together collaborators, on and off stage, for collective processes that often lead to interactive experiences for the audience. The dramaturgy of the works is often built around the power of improvisation and the understanding of the social. Here, everyone in the room (performers and spectators) is involved in creating the experience. The starting point is the potential of dance to open up each person's own experience through desire and community. Key words in the work are honesty, beginning, time and (not time). Viktor Fröjd is educated at the street dance programme at Åsa folk high school outside Katrineholm and has a bachelor's degree in dance pedagogy with a focus on street from DOCH - Dans och Cirkushögskolan in Stockholm.
Choreography, idea
Viktor Fröjd
Co-creating dancers
Joanna Holewa Chrona, Johanna Fröjd, Yared Tilahun Cederlund, Maele Sabuni, Viktor Fröjd
Master of Ceremony
Yared Tilahun Cederlund
DJ
Maele "Dj Cheza" Sabuni
Lighting design, scenography
Anton Andersson
Costume design
Sarah Nakiito
Dramaturgical support
Bodil Persson
Film
Gustav Ågerstrand
Production
Iver Cultural Association, Nordberg Movement
Co-production
Kulturföreningen Iver, Dansens Hus, NorrlandsOperan, Dansstationen.
With the support of
Swedish Arts Council, City of Malmö, Region Skåne, Konstnärsnämnden.
Photo
Jonath Mathew, Gustav Agerstrand, Futuro Berg Fredes (portrait)