Ananke

2017

People in red skirts and nude tops outside a foggy glass door.

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

A theatrical performance featuring five shirtless male actors with painted red streaks on their faces and wearing red fringed skirts. Three actors are standing and facing each other, while two actors are positioned above, standing on the shoulders of the actors below. The scene is set against a dark background with empty chairs visible in the back.
A group of dancers dressed in red skirts, performing on a dark stage. One dancer is lifting another in a dance pose, while others stand and observe.
Two shirtless men wearing red fringe skirts and red tassel eye patches stand close together, holding hands and looking down in a dark room.

Photos (c) Mats Bäcker