shivr | Ar Utke Ács
Schedule
Sat Apr 26 2025 at 05:00 pm to 06:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Franciska Clausens Plads 27, 1799 Copenhagen, Denmark | Frederiksberg, SF
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shivr is a being of the twilight. Neither nor. Both and. Living between the realms of the ill and the well. shivr is undying ongoingly. A crack in your porcelain politics.shivr [gyse, gåsehud] is a body horror dance solo by choreographer Ar Utke Ács. The performance centers experiences of chronic illness and queer embodiment through the fictional character, shivr. shivr claims the monstrous body as a form of non-binary resistance and invites the audience into a portrait of a non-conforming being.
The performance is created in collaboration with artist Sofie Winther/Puer Parasitus and photographer and visual artist Fryd Frydendahl with textual conspiracies developed with poet Yolanda Aurora Bohm Ramirez.
shivr is the first performance of the unapparent trilogy which portrays non-binary positions from the queer and chronically ill body. Each performance represents a character, an archetype, and each proposes another body-mind and thus another worlding.
Choreographer and performer Ar Utke Ács
Ar Utke Ács is working as an artist within contemporary dance and an expanded understanding of choreography. They work with the poetics and politics of the body in the seams of performance, dramaturgy, text, installation, social choreographies and the imaginary. In particular, they are busy with counter-hegemonic strategies and organising from queer and crip writing and lived experience.
They are based in Copenhagen and Stockholm, hold a BA in Dance Performance from Stockholm University of the Arts and are a part of the studio cooperatives Dance Cooperative and höjden studios (SE).
Ar has co-produced works in collaboration with Dansehallerne, MDT (SE) and BIT Teatergarasjen (NO) and presented their work at contexts such as BalticCircle (FI), Open Out/Tromsø Kunstforening (NO), Index Art Foundation (SE) and Charlottenborg.
More info https://woundedgutfeeling.wordpress.com/
Credits
Choreography, concept and performance: Ar Utke Ács
Co-creation, sculpture and styling: Sofie Winther / Puer Parasitus
Co-creation, video and editing: Fryd Frydendahl
Light design and space consultancy: Sofia Staal
Light design and technician: Will Zawistowski
Sound design: Per Buhl Ács and Ar Utke Ács
Producer and access worker: Mariana Suikkanen Gomes
Video production assistance: Nûno Godfredsen
Video post production assistance: Felix Emmanuel
Textual co-conspirator: Yolanda Bohm Ramirez
Administration: Astrid Gravsholt
Co-production: Dansehallerne and MDT (SE)
Residencies: Dansehallerne, MDT (SE), Danscentrum Stockholm/Dansens Hus (SE), Linha de Fuga (PT)
Financial support: Danish Arts Council and Copenhagen Municipality.
Thank you to Mariana Suikkanen Gomes, Rasmus Eo Clarke and Mmabatho Thobejane for outside eyeing and your generous feedback.
Thanks to Ejvind Spence for driving us to Vesterhavet and to his grandparents for having us.
Photo by Fryd Frydendahl
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Where is it happening?
Franciska Clausens Plads 27, 1799 Copenhagen, Denmark, Franciska Clausen Plads 27, 1799 København V, Danmark,Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, DenmarkEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
