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Soft Machines / du står utanför med en penna
by Stina Ehn and Oda Brekke
photo by Emma Annell
Soft Machines / du står utanför med en penna is a choreographic work consisting of cyclical dance phrases in which sensitive gestures and interactive expressions have been detached from their initial context. The work juxtaposes the mechanic with the sensuous in an exploration of the both tender and violent aspects of sharing a form.
Six dancers are stuck in an already given structure that duplicates and repeats itself. Nothing really develops here, but the choreography is not sealed; outside leaks in and the other way around. Details spill over as what is already determined gets exposed to random and incalculable meetings.
Stina Ehn and Oda Brekke’s choreographic collaboration departs from a set of methodical procedures where dancing and writing closes in on the relationship between body and place.
The music in the piece is a new composition by the composer Saga Fagerström taking off from the same choreographic method as used to produce the dance material in the work.
Performances
23 + 24 May 2026 - premiere at Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus, Stockholm
28 May 2026 - Haninge konsthall, Stockholm
Credits
Choreography Stina Ehn and Oda Brekke
Dance Oda Brekke, Ottavia Catenacci, Ewemande Ehiwe, Stina Ehn, Elise Nohr, Lisa Schåman, Sunniva Vikør Egenes, Adriano Wilfert Jensen
Performed by Oda Brekke, Ottavia Catenacci, Ewemande Ehiwe, Stina Ehn, Lisa Schåman, Sunniva Vikør Egenes
Music Saga Fagerström
Kostume and objects Elise Nohr
Light Jonathan Winbo
Dramaturgical advice Adriano Wilfert Jensen
Administration Interim kultur -an employment cooperative owned by artists
Made in collaboration with Haninge konsthall och Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus
Made in recidency at Bergen Kunsthall Live Studio, Bergen Dansesenter -Kompetansesenter for dans i Vestland, ccap, Danscentrum Syd, höjden studios, PAF -Performing Arts Forum, MDT -Moderna dansteatern, SITE and Ställbergs gruva
Supported by Nordisk Kulturfond, Nordisk kulturkontakt, Konstnärsnämndens internationella dansprogram, Region Stockholm
Special thanks to Elias Kautsky at Haninge konsthall and Elise Brewer på Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus for dialogue and suggestions in the production