Tearing up as we move through
Moving from a place of friction with the stream of tears
9.2.25
9.2.25
2pm-4pm
Black Box, Thoravej 29, 2400 copenhagen Nw
Participation in the event is FREE, but please reserve a ticket as space is limited. You can book your ticket here:
the artistic research
From a place of crying, an emotional state that embodies both friction and the potential for release, the group will research the somatic experience of tears.
They will delve into the duration, intensity, and intention of this vulnerable state.
Digging into the scattered and the moments in-between each movement, they seek to observe every hiccup and tension that emerges in a crying session. Within this, they are curious to engage wording and voicing. By placing words on paper and outloud, they hope to transform the physicality of crying in a poetic and fictional scape.
Falling into crying is falling into care, in this research the artists want to find ways of holding space for friction to exist and unfold. Creating a nest of references, memories and elements of comfort.
the artists
The desire to collaborate comes from a place of shared interest in writing and choreography.
Hanna A. Lokoy
Hanna A. Lokøy (she/her) is a Norwegian dance artist and choreographer based in Copenhagen. As a recent graduate of the Danish School of Performing Arts, Lokøy is currently busy with her existing work on crochet. Her debut “Å hekle ved” premiered at Tou Scene in September 2023 and has later performed the forerunner “HÆKLET” in 2024 at Huset KBH and at Aaben Dans. Alongside this, Lokøy actively works with choreographic scoring in her processes. From her undergraduate project, she began researching Crying and Cunting, from a feminist interest in emotion that lets both dramaturgy and somatic experiences bleed into one another.
Aikaterini Dimitrelli
Aikaterini Dimitrelli is a Greek dance artist and performer based in Copenhagen/Denmark. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in dance and choreography from The National School of Performing Arts in 2024. Her artistic practice revolves around live composition between music and dance as a living, frequent wave of constant listening. She is curious about the relationship between body, thought and sound. She experiments from a place that unfolds fictional narratives in space to create a poetic landscape. Improvisational scores, embodied words and metaphors are some of the elements she uses to explore the boundaries between realism and dream.
This group of artists have been invited into residency through the open call IN PROCESS - FRICTION, whose focus was to give space for an investigation of resistance. The open call was curated in collaboration with Cath Borch.