Nov 3+4. fictions, stitched / Max Wallmeier & Maia Means
In fictions, stitched, Max Wallmeier and Maia Means explore the intersections of choreography and fiction with text, dry descriptions, fantasies and lots of paper.
From an interest in how words shape the way we perceive physical realities, the work takes a questioning look at everyday experiences: the weather, the date and how the walls sometimes change meaning. The work has been made in the studio, by digital proximity and via messengers that carried dances across different cities.
It’s about the intimacy and proximity of reading, about giving a dance and telling a story. And always present are the sounds of paper, crumpled.
November 3 at 7pm
November 4 at 5pm
Weld
Norrtullsgatan 7
Book at: book.weld.se
Choreographers and performers: Maia Means and Max Wallmeier
Time, space and trust for work: Weld
Folded papers in a pocket, then in a studio in Copenhagen: Karen Eide Bøen
References, a map of a dance and caring attention: Litó Walkey
Folded knees and open (then clenched) palms, laughing while falling to the floor: Tuuli Vahtola
Editing support: Jack Ohlsson
Co-production: Weld
Space, landscape and curiousity: MARC
Space for folding and testing: DC syd
Installation of the blanket: Åben Scene/Godsbanen
Sonic feedback: Dansk Komponistforening
Travels: Konstnärsnämnden
Support for dance messaging: Nordisk Kulturfond
Initiating thoughts and methods: Asaf Aharonsson, Gretchen Blegen and Litó Walkey
MAX WALLMEIER (DE/DK)
is a freelance choreographer and dancer based in Copenhagen. In his work, time perceptions and different states of attentiveness play a central role. In his research project ”In the Wake”, he uses reversibility as a movement principle and choreographic strategy. He danced in the works of choreographers such as Yvonne Rainer, Luísa Saraiva and Lisa Bysheim
MAIA MEANS (NO/DK)
is a Stockholm-based freelance dancer who spends time between performance, text and organisational practices, all with a strong base in dance. She has worked with choreographers such as Sindri Runudde, Björn Säfsten, Oda Brekke, Ellard/Lech and Mette Ingvartsen, and was part of starting up the artist-run space höjden.
The two choreographers met during their dance studies at Uniarts Stockholm. In 2019, they started collaborating under the umbrella of Litó Walkey, Asaf Aharonsson and Gretchen Blegen’s Circulating Book Project and created two books together. They have continued collaborating over distance by sending dances, books, voice recordings and texts via dancers/messengers, postcards, letters, and trains.
Weld is supported by Stockholms stad, the Swedish Arts Council and Region Stockholm