2017

Invisible threads binding the many to the one.
As we listen to the hum of the group, the weight of its leader,
we watch the shapes they take: hero, tyrant, martyr, lover…

Each, a question in motion.

Why do we follow?
Power flickers…a pull. A need. A mirror.

Icons emerge, glowing and distant.
We look to them—for belonging, for aspiration, for shape.
Anchors or illusions?
To follow them is to flirt with self-loss;
to surpass one is to step into an unknown self.
Whether is to lead, to follow,
or to stand alone.

Choreography, set design and concept: Pascal Marty

Costume design: Jérôme Delbey

Lighting design: Joachim Brink

Music: DJ Koze

Performers: Elias Bäckebjörk - Mira Jägemar - Elin Ryman - Daniel Vängelin

Commisionned by Katrín Hall for Nudans by Göteborgs Operans Danskompani

With the students of the Royal Swedish Ballet School and Ballet Akademin Stockholm

Photos (c) Mats Bäcker