Jan 17, 19, 20, 21. Spiritus / Lisen Pousette (SE) & Olivia Rivière (SE/DK)

Spiritus is a work engaging with ideas of ‘resonance’, where resonance is understood as an acoustic phenomenon as well as something describing a relationship. In the performance, the choreographers and dancers Olivia Rivière and Lisen Pousette enter un-set performative situations with body and voice that oscillates, stay responsive and spin off of eachother.

Their practices of resonance originate from whatever voices; the small cries, wet, dry, high pitched forms of “screams” and melodies. While exploring the specific timbre and force, the sounds invoke a variety of textures and gestalts. “Spiritus” is a play with this as the work taps into the word’s meanings and derivations: breathing, mood, geist as well as alcohol and intoxication.

In Spiritus, states of listening, observing and responding are practiced through their sensing selves. They therefore invite the audience to listen to the subtle nuances in their song, the small exchanges, those that we rarely notice, even though they are so crucial in the approach of a discernible change.


Wednesday January 17 at 8pm
Friday January 19 at 8pm
Saturday January 20 at 8pm
Sunday January 21 at 5pm

Weld
Norrtullsgatan 7

Book at: book.weld.se


By and with: Olivia Rivière and Lisen Pousette
Music and sound design: Kristian Alexander
Light scenography: Anna Moderato
Dramaturgy: Ida Larsen
Costume: Olivia Rivière and Lisen Pousette
Lights: Olivia Rivière and Lisen Pousette in conversation with Erik Molberg Hansen
Technician: Mali Dönmez
Photo: Kristian Alexander

With support by: Holstebro Dansekompagni, Det Danske Institut Athen, Ufer_Studios, Konstnärsnämndens internationella program för dans, SITE, William Demant Fonden

Co-production: Weld and Dansehallerne


Lisen Pousette (SE) and Olivia Rivière (SE/DK) share a background in classical choir singing and choreography and have made work since 2017 departing from extended vocal techniques. While exploring the materiality of the female-identified voice and its reach, they enter ambiguous states that can tip over into the absurd as much as the vulnerable. Together they have created the duet Ever losing (2019) and the group piece DUNKEL (2022), which have been presented at venues such as Norberg festival, MDT, CinemaQueer and Inkonst (SE) Dansehallerne (DK), Østre (NO), Les Urbaines (CH) and Ufer_Studios (DE).


Weld is supported by Stockholms stad, the Swedish Arts Council and Region Stockholm