28/07/2026
Our former resident Roger Assar Johansson has composed the music for the world premiere of the dance performance ”Ellen’s Five Eternally Graceful Dances”. Gothenburg Art Museum, August, 26, 6 pm.
In dialogue with the exhibition ”Body: Ideals, Gaze, Freedom” at the Gothenburg Museum of Art , the living body emerges in real time. Accompanied by newly composed live music for vibraphone, glockenspiel, and piano, the dancer becomes a resonating space where the body is not represented—it happens.
This dance performance explores the dynamic between the static and the ephemeral. In the museum, where the body is presented through paintings and sculpture, a living body instead appears in real time—breathing, responding, and constantly changing. ”Ellen’s Five Eternally Graceful Dances” frees both dance and music from traditional dramatic structures, allowing them to unfold ”eternally” through open pathways. Within these, the ensemble moves freely, and each performance follows its own unique course. Here, ”graceful” becomes something living and fluid—a state of being rather than a fixed form. Set to newly composed live music, the performance creates an intense encounter in which the body is not represented—it happens.
Producer: Stagebird
Dance: Ellen Abrahamson
Choreography: Monica Milocco
Vibraphone and glockenspiel: Hans Hernqvist
Composition and piano: Roger Assar Johansson
Admission: Included with museum admission. Day ticket: SEK 75. Museum card: SEK 130/150. Free admission for students (with valid student ID) and visitors under 20.
Venue: Sculpture Hall.
Photo: Richard Bloom.
Field recordings from Borneo: Mattias Klum AB.
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