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Reality is round

Reality is Round is a participatory dance performance for children aged 1-2 and their adults. Two dancers and a musician invite to an imaginative space that arouses curiosity and makes room for meetings between everyone who participates in the work. The audience enters the room and the actors follow, support and develop. By listening carefully to what is happening in the room, no two performances are the same. But the dance company Johansson's geraniums and dance.

Reality is Round brings us together in the grandiose and irrational, in the extremes of body and voice. The performance is based on young children's unique ability for devoted play and undisguised interest in their surroundings. With movement, light, sound and form, we explore the creation of contact and how we can meet beyond language. We bounce and rest in an echo, sound and roll over a dark sea. The performance is based on the idea that language can never capture reality as it is, because concepts are angular while reality is round.

Reality is not captured by language
Reality is attention everywhere all the time
Reality both is and is not
Reality is listening and supportive
Reality is round

 

Reality is Round

An immersive here-and-now experience for children aged one to two.

Reality is Round is a participatory dance performance for children aged 1-2 years and their accompanying adults. Two dancers and a musician invite participants into an imaginative space that sparks curiosity and creates opportunities for interaction among all those involved in the performance.

 

Company: Johansson's geraniums and dance
Choreography: Annica Styrke and Karin Wiklund
Dance: Linnéa Sundling and Rebecka Berchtold
Composer: Brenda El Rayes
Musician: Cicely Irvine
Stage design/costumes: Agnes Östergren and Pia Gyll
Lighting design: Mira Svanberg
Co-production: Dansen Hus, Norrlandsoperan and Dansinitiativet
In collaboration with: Dieselverkstaden and Gula villan
Supported by: Swedish Arts Council, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, City of Stockholm and Region Stockholm.
Opening night: Norrlandsoperan, September 6, 2024

 

With Company Johansson's pelagons and dance

Time & place

Monday, September 9 at 12.00 & 15.00, Stage 3, Sara Kulturhus

Price

Free admission, but ticket required

Length of performance

about 40 min

Age

Children 1-2 years. (NB: Error in autumn program only 1-2 years, not 3 years.)

Accessibility

The language is dance. Everyone is included regardless of language.