Dance Performance: SEEMS TO BE

‘Seems to be is a collage of dances, drawings and music. In the piece images of commodities, technologies and everyday objects are distributed and dispersed. The work juxtaposes the ordinary with the magical in a play between cultural production and domestic life.
Balancing on a thin line, Seems to be disturbs the image of the female body. A commodified body, a revolting body, a body at work. Flat images tune the algorithm and collapse distinction -the radical has been sold. It allows you to rest your gaze but it also looks back.’

Seems to be is a collaboration by and with Denise Lim and Stina Ehn. The two have been dancing together and making works since they met in Copenhagen 2017. The piece premiered at the festival Vector#3 by Dance Nucleus in Singapore February 2023.

Dance and choreography: Denise Lim and Stina Ehn
Dramaturgy: Oda Brekke
Scenography: Alva Roselius
Sound design: Maria Kremeti
Light design: Adrián de Alfonso
Graphic design: Edith Ekström
Photo and video: Nadja Voorham, Maja Wilhite-Hannisdal and Eunice Maurice
Administration: The employment cooperative Interim kultur
Co-production: Weld, Stockholm
Residency support: Dance Nucleus Singapore ARTEFACT creation residency, Tårnby Park Studio Copenhagen, höjden studios Stockholm, Altes Finanzamt e.V. Berlin.
Developed with support from: Swedish Arts Council, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Danish Arts Foundation, Palaces and Culture Agency Denmark, Nordic Culture Fund, National Arts Council Singapore and Goethe Institute Singapore.

With special thanks to Ruth Vicente Garcia, Gregor von Glinski, Ursula Böckler and Georg Graw