Mette Ingvartsen ^(DNK/BEL) SKATEPARK 10-11 April 2026

Programme

In Skatepark förvandlas scenen till en vibrerande skejtramp, och skateboarding till en säregen koreografi. Plötsligt blir vi alla del av ett frenetiskt universum där skejtare, rullskridskoåkare och dansare testar trick, startar ett band, sjunger, leker och spelar basket. En gemenskap växer fram – inte genom ord, utan genom rörelse.

Scenrummet öppnas upp för det som sker varje dag i parker och på gator: att göra något av inget. I rampen möts olika generationer och grupper. En gemenskap som bygger på lika delar lättsinnighet och stenhårt arbete, lagarbete och tävling.

Mette Ingvartsen låter skejtare och dansare dela rum – inte för att efterlikna varandra, utan för att mötas i det de redan har gemensamt: kroppen, repetitionen, envisheten. Det är inte en uppvisning. Det är en pågående rörelse byggd på närvaro och respekt.

När dörrarna in till scenrummet öppnas möter du inledningsvis lokala skejtare som visar sina tricks i ramperna på scenen.

Själva rampen är framtagen av franska Antidote Skateparks som är specialiserade på att bygga skejtparker i offentlig miljö.

Mette Ingvartsen om SKATEPARK

”A couple of years ago I was sitting in a skatepark in the centre of Brussels. As I watched the activity there, it began to strike me how incredibly performative this site was. I saw that it was both a space of virtuosic physical experimentation, and a shared, public place for cross-cultural encounters between communities. From my seat, I witnessed young people of different ages gliding through the park as they tried again and again to pull off spectacular tricks. I saw boys fly through the air on bikes or pedal quickly forwards with a single wheel touching the ground. I stared at a group of teenage girls rehearsing a dance they were recording on a mobile phone. I was blown away by their sense of rhythm, their total commitment, but also the fun they were having with each other as they perfected their dance before the camera. 

It struck me how extreme the physical activity in this park really was. I was compelled by the persistence of these young people who were working so hard to succeed. It reminded me of practicing dance, and of how bodies can be driven by an insatiable desire to accomplish a specific movement. I was intrigued by their physical energy, but also by their capacity to coordinate themselves, and the respect they showed for the logic of movement needed to prevent accidents in their shared space. 

In the following weeks I returned to the park to confirm the feeling I’d had, and with it the idea that a skatepark would be an incredible space and context for choreography. What I had in mind was an expansive form of dance that would be both physically virtuosic and socially relevant. A determined attempt to understand a place where different cultures thrive alongside one another, even at a time when our society is struggling to overcome all kinds of inequality and discrimination.”

I samarbete med Sveriges Skateboardförbund