Skimmed Words

Skimmed Words is a choreographic piece in the making. The piece works with poetics as a means to practice qualitative sensibilities by tending to fiction. Feeling into the meaningfolds of words. Calling the ball a bitter butterfly, just to blow it at the river flowing down the wall. Letting subversive practices of signification raise the roof into a sky that is raining down insidious frogs on a stage stretching its way out to the foyer. 



Skimmed Words is set to premiere fall 2023 at Dansehallerne, Copenhagen. 



Through touching and wording, the performers trace objects and the interior of the theater. Skimmed Words is a mode of scanning that responds to shapes, temperatures and textures. It’s a worldbuilding activity that calls imaginary scenarios into action, pointing towards the fictions that can be found in ordinary objects, the theater space and the performance situation.

During the performance, the audience is invited to notice what’s already in the space but also to follow how poetry and drama takes shape on the stage when the performers interact with the room and one another. Skimmed Words moves on a scale of this in-between space; from concrete observations to theater magic.

Choreography, Performance and Project Management: Stina Ehn, Denise Lim, Antonia Harke & Andreas Haglund

Skimmed Words started as a playful residency in 2020, moved its way through a research project and now making its way to be a full fledged stage production. In October 2021, a pilot of Skimmed Words was presented at the works-in-process festival at HAUT/Theater Zeppelin, Copenhagen. The previous research was funded by Statens Kunstfond (DK), HAUT, Konstnärsnämnden (SE) and National Arts Council Singapore. Developed in residencies at Dance Cooperative and HAUT (Copenhagen) and höjden studios (Stockholm).