Ways on ways

What happens when a seemingly simple movement offers infinite ways of being placed in context? In the dance work Ways on ways, choreographer Björn Säfsten turns his attention to two of dance’s most fundamental elements: walking and repetition.

Together with an ensemble of eight dancers, the stage is transformed into a place where the eye is deceived and patterns constantly change shape. They create a tapestry of movement, like a collective ritual in which the group and the whole take precedence over the individual.

By isolating the parameters of walking – its weight, direction and precise rhythm – the work explores how small shifts can break up an established structure and create an entirely new logic. Seemingly simple spatial geometries are combined with different walking patterns, creating elusive effects from one of the most basic human movements.

How many times can we repeat an action before it loses its original meaning? And when does repetition itself become a map of new interpretations? Through close interplay between the eight bodies, walking becomes the starting point for a bodily, mathematical choral song in which every step holds another possible path.

Ways on ways marks the first encounter between Björn Säfsten’s choreographic work and Mötesplats Mariatorget.

Date and time

25 September at 19.00

26 September at 16.00

26 September at 19.00

Venue

Mötesplats Mariatorget

Credits

Choreography: Björn Säfsten

Dancers: Pär Andersson, Sophie Augot, Salka Ardal Rosengren, David Lagerqvist, Madeleine Lindh and Jennifer Wallen

Dancer, intern from Balettakademien: Andrea Cardenas Hedenberg

Dancer, intern from Svenska Balettskolan: Isabella Gonzalez Rendon

Music: Hans Appelqvist

Lighting: Vilhelm Montan-Lindberg

Costume: Björn Säfsten together with the ensemble

Production: Säfsten Produktion and Nordberg Movement

With support from Kulturrådet, Stockholms stad, Region Stockholm and Konstnärsnämnden.