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A house artist project in collaboration with Egmonthøjskolen

– Is FIMD’s 3. House artist project, which took place in the summer of 2022, at Egmont Højskolen.

The classes consisted of dance/movement, body-work, choreography, dance and music theory.

In collaboration with musician Anja Tietze Lahrmann and Consultant Nicky Visser, we explored 2 different forms of listening:

The listening, where we experience sounds. The listening that is an auditory activity. Sound waves cross the three smallest bones of the body in the middle ear and vibrate the cochlear coil. -What is the farthest sound you can hear? -What is the closest? We used microphones and stethoscopes to explore this.

Listening as sensing – it is an open state of awareness. We practice listening through our body, through our skin… -listening through touch.

…Both these ways of listening lead us into movement and dance.

We listen to our own body, we listen to our partners and we listen to the group when we dance.

We listen to the room…

Video by Alexander Håkansson:

Line, dancing in week 29: “It has been an incredibly rewarding and inspiring week. It was wonderful to move so much and in all sorts of new ways, and to let myself lead and trust that my body knows how it wants to move. Listening in and out, and the co-created safety in the group was an enriching experience. I have again been confirmed in how meaningful it is when we are together in diversity. The dance and music is a great way to feel the community and all that connects us.”

Erica, Dancing participant: “I have always been very fond of dancing, but it surprised me how much I liked and how relaxing I found free dance. The theory was a bit heavy at times, but everything else was spot on. I liked all the dance exercises.”

Mulle & Cliff, audience and married couple, one of whom has a disability, attend the family college with their children: “It was a really nice performance. It wasn’t like wheelchair dancing. Here you had the disabled as equals. It was aesthetic. It was art!”

Rasmus, teacher at Egmont Højskolen: “It went well. This year it was easier to see the dance and movements because we were so close to the performers.”

Charles (music teacher) & Michael (father of 2 of the young performers): “It was really good music played at the show, for old jazz enthusiasts like us! ”

This year’s house artist project reached 250 people through performance, installation and lecture + documentary.

LISTEN-IN video from Egmonthøjskolen: https://youtu.be/ilMI_1_EeWY

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A house artist project in collaboration with Egmonthøjskolen

– Is the title of two teaching weeks that took place in weeks 28 and 29, summer 2021, at Egmont Højskolen.

The classes consisted of dance/movement, body-work, choreography, dance theory and a trip to Norsminde Apple Farm, where we explored dance, movement and sensuality, in and with nature.

The participants, who were aged 13-75, were given the task of noticing what was their favorite thing about the summer, the course and the dance lessons – to focus on how we see, experience and receive impressions.

At the end of each week, the dancers put on a performance where the other course participants were the audience. The audience was eventually invited to dance. We were privileged to have live music for both performances.

In collaboration with Nicola Visser, the Association for Integrated Modern Dance in Denmark (FIMD) developed “Min Øjesten”, our first House Artist project. It was a wonderful and intense experience that we are happy to have spread to around 400 people who now know that there is an art form in Denmark as integrated dance!

Rasmus Schmidt, teacher at Egmont Højskolen:
“Very touching and inclusive performance that got all students participating. You were left with chills and the conviction that dance is for everyone.”

Line, mother of a boy with special needs, has attended Family Week several summers in a row:
“I stood watching the beautiful and mesmerizing dance performance as the dancers moved from the walkway onto the beach and suddenly tears streamed down my cheeks. They spoke words along with the music and the dance was the epitome of beauty, sensuality, connection and love. What life is all about. Interpersonal contact, reciprocity and connectedness. For me, it was so life-affirming how people can move through dance on many levels, regardless of different levels of functioning.”