SILA

The northern lights are broken by an enormous fishing net dividing the stage in two. Despite the transparency of the net, a physical barrier is created, a demarcation that both captures and gathers the three dancers’ movements into an organic whole. To stand strong in solitude and in community. Light against darkness. Twilight.
The net is functioning as safety and protection against fall and at the same time as a trapping mechanism that entangles and limits. The web can keep us stuck in our loneliness followed by a sense of community. The feeling of loneliness can be intense or floating. It is a basic condition for humanity, and we must accept it instead of rejecting and pushing it away.
SILA is inspired by the Greenlandic myth of Sassuma Arnaa (Mother of the Sea), which reminds us that humans are not made to handle all their problems alone.

SILA is co-produced by Dansehallerne.