Malin Elgán

Läst till hälften

Five people lying on grass with arms out or in circle

Photo: Erik Textorius

We 15.6.2022, 20:00-00:00, MDT

Th 16.6.2022, 20:00-00:00, MDT

Fr 17.6.2022, 20:00-00:00, MDT

Sa 18.6.2022, 20:00-00:00, MDT

Su 19.6.2022, 20:00-00:00, MDT

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"Läst till hälften" takes place outdoors, in Picassoparken by Moderna Museet/ArkDes, from early evening until night. A number of dancers participate through simple or more complex dances and the like, in a relatively arbitrary order. Without specification, but among trees, bushes, gravel and possibly some fences, what we see, hear or otherwise experience becomes part of an experience where things are both similar to what we know and not. A crossing between far and near, visible and invisible, light and darkness makes room for the divided and the indefinite at the same time. It’s about how dance is created and takes place in relation to the commons.

The performance is 4 hours long without a break, but the doors will be open. One can come on different days with the same ticket. MDT is providing coffee and tea for free and sandwiches for sale. There will be pillows and blankets.

Malin Elgán

Malin Elgán is a choreographer and artist, based in Stockholm and active internationally. Elgán takes an interest in art beyond the genre-specific and operates through an expanded choreographic practice – through various expressions, formats and media. She does not let dance be limited to certain movements and places. Rather she takes dance out of its usual contexts to enable new meanings.

At MDT, her most recent works include "Läst till hälften" [“Half Read”] (2022) and ["The Child Shape"] (2021).

Her ongoing series “Delar” has been shown at Ställbergs gruva in Bergslagen, Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus and Hallen in Farsta.

Previously, her work has been presented on stages such as Dansens Hus and Kulturhuset in Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Nationalmuseum and Bonniers Konsthall, as well as at Göteborgs Konsthall, Nasjonalmuseet and Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo, Poppositions in Brussels, Ausland in Berlin and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb.

Elgán has also been a guest editor for a special edition of the art magazine Paletten, which was temporarily renamed Baletten, and her choreographic practice has been awarded the Birgit Cullberg grant.

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