NB THE SALE OPENS AUGUST 14
A co-production between The Royal Danish Theatre and Danish Dance Theatre.
Witness Esben Smed embody the dreamer and deceiver Peer Gynt in Henrik Ibsen’s iconic exploration of self-deception, existence and the dread of mortality.
Dance and words go hand in hand when choreography meets acting in theatre maker Anja Behrens’ staging of Ibsen’s wildly imaginative classic. Peer Gynt wanders the world, driven by a relentless thirst for acknowledgment and the urge to escape his childhood. Subjected to his mother’s deprivation and sorrow over the traumatic dissolution of his family and home, he has spent his life evading truth and reality, escaping into delusions, fantasies and grandiose lies. This serves as both his salvation and his curse. When he finally returns home, he is confronted with his profound fear of death.
Peer Gynt tells the story of a man with a vast ego, perpetually in search of his true self. Throughout his existence, he has shifted paths, running from the repercussions of his actions without a thought for anyone but himself. The question that haunts him as he confronts death and the impending judgment on his life: Has he ever genuinely lived as his true self?
With a poetic and choreographically powerful expression the dancers and actors reflect and amplify the delirium unfolding in Peer Gynt’s labyrinthine and shattered mind.
Ticket sales start August 14 at 9.00AM
Company and dancers: Danish Dance Theatre
Choreography: Anja Behrens with Lukas Hartvig-Moller,
Merete Hersvik, Jessica Lyall, Kristin Bjerkestrand
Playwright: Henrik Ibsen
Director: Anja Behrens
Set- and Costume Design: Karin Gille
Lighting Design: Súni Joensen
Music: Emil Assing Høyer
Translation and text: Søren R. Fauth
