Ogum, Oxum, Oxóssi and Iansã – inspired by four gods from Afro-Brazilian mythology. All of them strong characters with complicated relationships. In this performance we get to meet them in a remix version. The performance premiered in 2007 and was re-worked in 2009. It is around 40 minutes long and in two versions; one with live music and the other with recorded music. You can watch the trailer on YouTube.

Performance produced with support from: The Swedish Arts Council, The Gothenburg Culture Committee, West Sweden Dance Centre, The Längmanska Culture Foundation, Dansbyrån, Sensus

Performance information:
Concept and choreography: Paula de Hollanda
Dance: Matilda Lidberg, Meire Oliveira, & Paula de Hollanda
Music: Yohanna Eek, Carl af Ekenstam, Christian Velasquez, & Nils Dahl
Scenography: Johan Engström and Carolina Falkholt
Lighting design: Anna Lindkvist
Costumes: Karin Lidberg and Hege Hådell
Photo: Per Hanstorp and Emelie Lager

“Sometimes it seems like we will play golf for all eternity and then kind of just disappear.”
This quote from oncologist Carl-Johan Fürst clearly describes our uncomfortable relationship to sickness and death. After Rain does not attempt to look away from the truth and pretend that all is well, but rather seeks to arouse disquiet. It takes its inspiration from Omolu, a god from Afro-Brazilian mythology who rules over earth and death, and who both spreads and cures diseases. His strange gestures and patterns of movement reflect a life characterized by sickness and suffering.
Performance produced with support from: The Gothenburg Culture Committee, Danscentrum Väst, Dansbyrån

Performance information
Concept, choreography and dance: Paula de Hollanda
Music: Carolina Falkholt
Costumes: Hege Hådell
Photo: Emelie Lager

The energy kick of the century – a glittering samba show with swinging rhythms and effervescent dancing! Samba Saravá is a dance troupe with Brazilian dances as its speciality; samba, samba-reggae, maracatu and Afro-Brazilian dance in several styles. We dance at a professional level to captivating music and brilliantly coloured Brazilian carnival costumes.

We present shows in formats large and small that can be adapted to customer wishes from short, surprise features at parties to full evening events with ten or more dancers and live music. Performances can also be combined with a dance lesson in which guests get to try dancing the samba themselves.

Dance theatre by Marika Hedemyr. A lecturer is about to begin. Just before the overhead is switched on she has a vision and we are taken along on a journey through internal and external realities. On scene: an overhead, a folder, a graph and dancing across the stage and off the wall. A performance for everyone who has ever listened to, or held a presentation. Everything that happens below the surface in circumstances like these are portrayed with humour and dance. Once again choreographer Marika Hedemyr has taken and everyday situation, put it under the microscope and created a theatrical moment replete with humour and reflection. We get to see an overhead used like no overhead has ever been used before. Dancer Maria Mebius Schröder powerfully portrays a strict individual with a vivid imagination who is torn between her work and private life.

Everything is performed to suggestive music composed by Mike Lloyd. For further info about Crowd Company and Marika Hedemyr, please visit www.crowdcompany.com   

Information:
Choreography: Marika Hedemyr
Dancer: Maria Mebius Schröder
Composer: Mike Lloyd
Lighting designer: Anna Wemmert
Costumes: Hannah Christensson
Production Coach: Rolf Sossna
Musician: Mike Lloyd (trumpet etc.)
Karin Johansson (accordion)
Patrick Ehrnborg (guitar)
Technicians: Jan Destner, Martin Perman