LOKI

2020 / 2023

A nude man lying on smooth rocks by a body of water, with a chain loosely draped around his torso and hips, and a chain around his forehead.

“Why does one try to fit in? How can one choose to fit in?
Not you and I of course, we don’t have that luxury.

We are unpredictable...

How can we fit what we outgrow as soon as we acknowledge it?

Some of us are misfits
We don’t want to be defined
We don’t want to be reduced or contained
Limited, disempowered...
But we want to be remembered
We wanna be called out,
Called for…
We want someone to scream our name for the divine it contains

For the moment it is heard, it makes our existence ...

Undeniable

Oh Loki...
What’s in that name?
Something to remember
To then be forgotten
Some names seem harder to say
For the fear we have of saying them

What’s in a name?
To be denied a name is to be destined to be forgotten.”

Choreography, script and concept: Pascal Marty and Jim de Block

Costume design: Jérôme Delbey

Costume making: Sandra Tilhammar
Lighting design: Tomas Lindén (2020)
Fernando Feres (2023)

Props: Sabin Marty

Commissioned by Marie Larsson Sturdy for Dans I Nord (2020)

Commissioned by Juan Ayala Mendez for the Festival El Aleph (2023)

Performers: Pascal Marty and Jim de Block - 2020

                     Pascal Marty and Renato González - 2023

With the support of Dans I Nord, Piteå kommun, Skrädderi Til Hammar, Kulturrådet, Region Norrbotten, Cutura U.N.A.M., Danza U.N.A.M. and Festival El Aleph

A performer executing a ballet move on stage in front of an audience, with a man sitting on a chair in the shadow.
A collage-style artwork of a person with a painted face, wearing a beige bodysuit, standing against a white background. The person's face has red paint dripping from the eyes, resembling blood. The handwriting on the image reads "Pascal Marty" at the top right and the date "05/2020" at the bottom right.

Press:

“This is about liberation, but also about lost becoming and heartbreaking sadness. It’s devastatingly beautiful, and perhaps the best thing I’ve seen Dans I Nord do.”

Norrbotten Kuriren, Simon Olofsson

"Loki […] a being portrayed as a villain and trickster, but who is simply trying to assert his existence under the scrutiny of a society that doesn't know what to do with him."

Gaceta UNAM, Cultura UNAM

Jérôme Delbey

A theatrical performance featuring two actors on stage; one seated in a chair and the other standing and singing passionately.
A dancer in a beige costume with cutouts performs a dance move on stage, with arms extended and fists clenched.
A man with short hair and a beard lies on the ground with metallic, copper-colored tubing wrapped around his head and body, appearing unconscious or lifeless.
Two dancers performing a passionate dance in a dimly lit room with a wooden wall background.

Photos (c) Jim de Block