Delirious Night

Nighttime turns into a delirious celebration. It can be a delightful and enjoyable zone, but sometimes also a bewildering and dangerous one. What does the night bring when daily duties and rules are temporarily suspended? 

A group of nine performers surrender their bodies to a delirious night of dance and music. Inspired by the freedom of masquerade balls, dancing manias, estranged carnivals or derailed festivities, their bodies are propelled by contagious outbreaks of unstoppable and rebellious dance. They experiment with how to create alternative architectures of affect and resonance, while their bodies are submerged in an ocean of uncontrollable sensations. Sometimes they struggle against strong currents, other times they simply enjoy riding the wild waves. 

Oscillating between hedonism and exorcism, joy and sadness, these bodies thrive in an intoxicating mood of collectivity. How can a state of de-control and excess drive the crowd to act? 

• Mette Ingvartsen (she/her) is a Danish choreographer and dancer who graduated from PARTS in 2004. Her work is characterised by being hybrid and concerned with expanding choreographic practices by combining dance and movement with other fields, such as the visual arts, technology, language and theory. In 2003, Ingvartsen founded her own company and since then her work has been shown across Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia and Asia. Between 2012 and 2016, she was artist-in-residence at Kaaitheater.