GöteborgsOperans Danskompani - Popup

Come and experience dance up close – and in unexpected places

The event has free admission. The pop-ups take place throughout the hour, in different locations around the building, and you choose when and what you want to experience. Registration is only required for Little stories we tell ourselves in the Event Hall.

For one day only, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani takes over World of Volvo with a series of pop-up performances throughout the building. The pop-up concepts are created by the dancers of GöteborgsOperans Danskompani. After the pop-up experience, everything concludes with the performance Little Stories We Tell Ourselves in the Event Hall, created by Paxton Ricketts, Nederlands Dans Theatre.

The event is free of charge, but registration is required by selecting one of the available time slots for the day.

Schedule

13:00–14:00 Pop-up performances throughout World of Volvo*

14:00–14:30 Little Stories We Tell Ourselves by Paxton Ricketts

14:30–15:30 Pop-up performances throughout World of Volvo*

15:30–16:00 Little Stories We Tell Ourselves by Paxton Ricketts

16:00–16:30 Meet the dancers

*Six different pieces will be performed continuously throughout each hour, in various locations around the building.

Little Stories We Tell Ourselves
By Paxton Ricketts; Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT)

Location: Eventhall

A narrator who is afraid of his own stories. Afraid of the lessons forced upon him. Afraid of the dark. Afraid of what might be. His imagination is his gift, allowing him to weave tales that enthral and spin worlds into being. But it is also his undoing. He questions what is lurking in the shadows. He convinces himself of his most terrifying fantasies. His imagination is both what he must escape from and what he must escape into. This is a work in progress created in collaboration with the following dancers in GöteborgsOperans Danskompani: Janine Koertge, Valērija Kuzmiča, Viola Esmeralda Grappiolo, and Miguel Duarte, rehearsal director Pascale Mosselmans, and Emily Lavebäck.

Zero point
By Filippo Buonamassa*

Location: Dawn, entrance level

It all starts from zero, but it can always restart whenever we want it to. "Zero point” is an attempt to research about our own zero, or more than one… It’s about finding always a new awareness, a point or something to hold on to until we decide to restart again.

*In collaboration with the dancers Ivo Mateus and Giovanni D’Agati

And Together We Cry
By Hiroki Ichinose

Location: Conference room Streams, floor 5

An immersive, time-limited experience exploring how emotion is performed, consumed, and aestheticized in the digital age. The work questions whether public digital expressions of vulnerability foster authentic connection or merely transforms emotion into aesthetic content in pursuit of visibility and validation.Dancers: Valentin Durand, Da Young Kim, Iris Telting

Seagulls
By Rachel McNamee

Plats: Ceno Brasserie, floor 2

Girls. A bit like birds, no?

Dancers: Josephine Weise, Olivia Blanch

Lift
By Sabine Groenendijk

Location: The elevator

Are we really in control of the narratives that shape our life, or is it chance that defines those. Dancers: Sabine Groenendijk, Zachary Enquist

You Who
By Josephine Weise

Location: Gradängen

Who are you? Are you the body of your thoughts? Are you your dreams? A thought has no body, but you do. Everybody. A collective consciousness. What are you waiting for and what is the point of all of this?

Dancer: Zander Constant

We´re hiring
By Duncan C Schultz, Victor Ketelslegers-Polster

Plats: Conference Room Fields, floor 5

We’re glad you have expressed your interest in this position. We’re looking for someone who can represent a human. No prior experience necessary. Perhaps you can enlighten us. What is unique about you?

Dancer:: Victor Ketelslegers-Pols