VANITAS

Flowers wither, fruit rot and glass break. Nothing is forever. The title VANITAS refers to baroque still life paintings where the things around us are staged to symbolize both impermanence and vanity. The performance VANITAS will take you into a dark and dreamy world of queer bodies and symbols ruled by change. Here you will meet the precariousness of finding intimacy and meaning in a landscapes dictated by binaries.

VANITAS is performed by professional dancers, performers and singers to a poetic sound collage of popmusic. The performance is filled with ambivalence and everything is in a constant state of transformation.

This performance is a tribute to queer and trans communities everywhere and to those who most be in flux to be whole.

Concept & choreography: Jules Fischer

Latest Live Iteration:

Developed and performed in collaboration with: Kai Merke, Andreas Haglund, Sall Lam Toro, Ani Bigum Kampe and Julienne Doko.

Early research and performance: Paolo de Venecia Gile & Phyllis Akynyi

Sound: Jules Fischer

Technical support: Hannibal Andersen

Untitled (Stilleben) aka Film Version:

Performers: Julienne Doko, Andreas Haglund, Kai Merke & Ani Bigum Kampe

Cinematography: Loui Ladegaard

Edit: William Andreas Wivel

Costume & Styling: Camilla Lind

Producers: Jules Fischer & William Andreas Wivel

S.P.I.T Festival - Tanzquartier Vienna - June 2023

Fuchsbau Festival - Hannover - August 2022

Premiere Den Frie Udstillningsbygning - Copenhagen - June 2022


Work-in progress showings
Det Frie Felts Festival - Copenhagen - January 2021
Bikubenfonden’s Open Studio - September 2020