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BENCHED

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FROM 10 YEARS

DURATION: 45 min
 
AVAILABLE LANGUAGE:
Nonverbal

TAKE A SEAT! SIT DOWN! YOU ARE ON THE BENCH! TIME OUT! ALL IN GOOD TIME! ARE YOU IN THE RIGHT PLACE? 

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BENCHED is a brutally honest bodily tale about life's big and very small questions. About settling down. About daring to sit in opposition, about sitting cross legged, about being sat, put off or benched. About taking, creating, and giving space, and preferably remembering to do so before falling on your ass where the bench ends.

  â˜…★★★★

"It's just a matter of getting out and experiencing this unique company before they jump even further onto the world stage, where they rightfully belong."

ISCENE

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  â˜…★★★★

"'Benched' exudes energy, and in the end you are almost struggling to stay seated, because the infectious physicality of the five dancers spreads to the entire theatre: Uppercut Dance Theater - at its most playful and at ease."

CPH Culture

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★★★★

"'Wow, how the five dancers toss themselves around a long back bench, in a fusion of street and modern dance, as if it were a bouncy, launch pad. A playful and cool symbiosis between men and bench."

Politiken

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PERFORMERS:

Mark Philip / Patrick Afuale Eirup

Adam Tocuyo

Jens Scyth Brøndum

Mahamat Fofana

Kriss Mensa

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CHOREOGRAPHER:

Stephanie Thomasen in

collaboration with dancers

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SET DESIGN:

Johan Kølkjær

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LIGHT DESIGN:

Peter Løkke

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IDEA & CONCEPT DESIGN:

Stephanie Thomasen

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MUSIC:

35th Parallel

René Aubry

Estas Tonne

Rodrigo y Gabriela

 

BUILDER:

Andrew Mathews 

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PRODUCTION & TOURING:

Maja Bonde Holtze

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PHOTOS BY:

Raphael Solholm

Bahadir Berber

CREDITS

Uppercut
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UPPERCUT
DANSE

TEATER

Uppercut Dance Theater is a diverse and international dance company.

The company offers a fresh fusion of different dance styles, which is illustrated by the individual dancers' different backgrounds in capoeira, break dance, acrobatics and contemporary dance.

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For more info see www.uppercutdanseteater.dk

c/o Teatret Gruppe 38
Irma Pedersens Gade 222
DK-8000 Aarhus C

Tel: +45 8613 5311

info@danishplus.dk

© 2023 by Teatret Gruppe 38

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