REALLY by Andreas Haglund – Qlab artistic development
During this residency, Andreas Haglund will be exploring social dances that originate in the club and result in identity formation. Through an insistence of both groove and abstraction, we’re studying the performative nature of relational dynamics. When does conflict arise? How does desire between bodies flow?
All the dance material is inspired by the choreographer and the individual dancers embodied archives of club dances. Memories of being wrapped up in a dance floor for hours become the foundation for a choreographic exploration of the social. Transformation takes place both aesthetically and somatically as we explore the construction of characters through costume, make up and dance. It’s a light-hearted yet sincere celebration of the culture of queer nightlife, its performances, its dances, its music and most of all, its people.
REALLY is a part of Qlab – Warehouse9’s lab for artistic development.
The premiere of this piece is at Dansehallerne in Hallen in May 2027.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Andreas Haglund (b. 1996 in Stockholm) works as a freelance dancer, performer and choreographer in and around Stockholm, Copenhagen and Malmö.
Their artistic practice centers explorations of the somatic, material and aesthetic coherences between queer lived experience and the cultural conception of nature. On stage, in dance practice and in text.
He is an active member of Dance Cooperative; a platform, dance studio and venue for leftist dance practice and performance organised by 12 professional artists in Copenhagen. Through this framework he has facilitated several performance events, presenting both his own works and collaborations as well as hosting other artists and their works.
CREDITS
Choreography: Andreas Haglund
Dance, Performance and co-creators: Pierre Piton, Bee Brown, Emilie Gregersen, and Bjørk-Mynte Paulse
Costume and Styling: Alectra Rothschild
Sound Design: Vee Espasandín
Dramaturgy: Lydia Östberg Diakité
Light Design and Space: Sofia Stål and Will Zawistowski
REALLY is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, Knud Højgaards Fond, William Demant Fonden og Augustinus Fonden
Warehouse9 is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation and The City of Copenhagen
Photo by Alexis Rodríguez Cancino
Graphics by Alix Smed Dawids
