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A unique combination of Marcos Morau's acclaimed performance Folkå and Christos Papadopoulos' Ties Unseen, which has been nominated for this year's Zwaan Award for the most impressive dance production.

Marcos Morau – Folkå
The return of Folkå (2021), created in collaboration with the dancers of NDT 2, gives us a new opportunity to experience Marcos Morau's striking narrative and aesthetics. The work, which revolves around rituals, tells a vivid story about communities and their customs and traditions. To move forward together, we play a game of cooperation and connection, spinning, singing and dancing to achieve our common goals.

In a pulsating visual and auditory landscape, Folkå takes us on a journey through human sounds, singing and field drums in which our feet set the ground in motion. It offers us a contemporary ritual, in which a glance at the past reminds us of our place in the endless cycle of life, and we celebrate humanity's relationship with nature.

‘Under a starry sky, on an evening in a random year in history, a group of beings come together to celebrate life and discuss the questions that have preoccupied us since the beginning of time.’ - Marcos Morau

Ties Unseen | Christos Papadopoulos
Christos Papadopoulos' new work explores our subtle, everyday social connections, highlighting the beauty of the most profound connections that often go unnoticed. He draws on the raw material of human experience and illustrates the simplicity of shared moments: the unspoken mutual understanding between friends, silent nods of solidarity between strangers, and the quiet resilience found in collective struggle.

The Greek-born choreographer is a new voice for NDT with a penchant for minimalist and precise movement language. Through small but intense physical gestures, Papadopoulos pays tribute to the power of the invisible and transports the audience to a mysterious environment where there is no beginning or end.

‘My starting point is usually a single moment. A fleeting impression, something small and probably insignificant that, whether it existed or I imagined it, has stuck with me. During rehearsals, the struggle begins: trusting that small thing and daring to call it important.’ - Christos Papadopoulos