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Anybody With Any Body

Foreningen for Integreret Moderne Dans i Danmark (FIMD)’s dance performance Anybody With Any Body is aimed at young people and focuses on a diverse expression in movement with a different body on stage.

 

Anybody With Any Body invites you to experience a dancer who challenges normality and questions the idea of the aesthetically perfect body.

 

Where are the fat bodies? The slow bodies? The scarred bodies? …

…Who fits in? What is normal?

 

Anybody with Any Body was created out of a need to highlight all bodies as valuable and to show that bodies are different.

 

The audience gets an insight into, and perhaps a new perspective on, which movements are valuable and which bodies have the right to be shown on stage… and maybe even a newfound acceptance of their own body?

 

One of FIMD’s goals is to demystify taboos around different bodies, thus helping to break down the distance between people.

 

The following talk touches on topics such as; doubt, fear, vulnerability, shame, norms, prejudice and lust for life – in a world of constant editing and striving for perfectionism.

 

Lars Tagensbo School:
“What courage Sandi has to be so open and vulnerable in front of her audience”

Dorte Østergaard
“It’s the most beautiful show FIMD has created so far”

Janne Weidinger Artistic Director
“As an artist and citizen of Denmark, I miss diversity. Integrated dance initiates change that can inspire our society collectively. We can help break the current normative and give the audience ‘a new leg to dance with’”

 

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“WHO AM I? WHO ARE YOU? -WITHOUT ME…”

-is a dance event and an artistic exploration of who we are as people and what we initiate and mirror, how we act and react when we encounter each other’s differences and similarities. The event focuses on the integration and joy of diverse expression in movement, with differently functioning bodies.

On stage there are 4 dancers with different abilities, a walker, a wheelchair and a prosthetic hand. ….

On August 23, 2019, FIMD performed at the Culture Night in Kolding, and it was a great experience for us Koldingers.
A few minutes into the performance, I thought that the group deserves both attention and great recognition for what they can do.

A dance performance consists of many elements: the choreography – the dancers’ skills – the music – the stage – the audience’s participation. For me, it all came together in a beautiful and higher unity.

The 4 performers each filled their own space on stage, and they performed with the calmness and confidence that characterizes very well-crafted performances. The performance has a fine choreography that kept our attention. The fact that the audience was invited onto the stage and briefly given the opportunity to dance themselves was received with enthusiasm.

FIMD dancers have different abilities. The performance immediately convinced us that you can perform dance even if you have a disability. But…

The show is much more: It is an aesthetically beautiful performance with a high artistic level.

And – yes. Our boundaries and expectations are being pushed. We’re not used to seeing a prosthesis being taken on and off and a wheelchair user being out of the wheelchair for periods of time, but here it seems natural and in no way awkward. Nor should we underestimate the courage it took for the dancers to put themselves at the center of everyone’s attention – perhaps especially in the beginning.

As I said: A great performance with a high level.

If you get the chance, I would recommend everyone to see FIMD’s performance.

“Who am I? Who are you? – Without me…”

You will have a great experience.

Henning Laursen, Kolding

 

 

Performances of “Who am I?” in 2019:

 

December; Frederiksberg City Hall’s Volunteering Award on International Disability Day

Tagensbo school

Sydhavns Compagniet

BLU for TV2

Strandparkskolen

 

November; Utterslev school Kbh. Nv.

 

October; Hjernesagen conference; Move the brain

Nyager school; Theme weeks Total Normal

Haslev Sports Efterskole

Egmont Folk High School in Hou

 

September; “Sct. Hans race” in Roskilde

The Compass/IF Giants

Christianshavns Torv

HF Aftermath

Geelsgårdskolen

 

August; Kolding Culture Night

 

June; “Store Torv” in Rønne, Bornholm

 

May; Grundtvig Church’s Parish Council party, Bispebjerg

 

April; “Friday Night Sharing” in Dansekapellet

 

February; Bispebjerg Hjemmet

 

Performances with “Who am I” in 2018:

 

December; On International Disability Day, Rentemestervej Library

 

September; Copenhagen Fusion Festival

 

August; Christianshavns Torv, for Christianshavns Library

 

July; Bispebjerg Torv

 

June; In Emaljehaven & at Utterslev Torv

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