THEATER FOREVER: FRESH MOVES 2025

A night with some fresh new talent from across Europe! In 'Power of Recall', Elise Richards & Aleyna Demir explore friendship, play and miscommunication through raw, expressive movement. Majeko’s 'Chasing Butterflies' delves into the struggle between striving and simply being, in a world that demands constant motion. In 'Mirar', Iron Skulls Co unravel how perception shapes reality — how what we see is always colored by who we are. And in 'Jogo de Dentro', Kaê Brown Carvalho & Jerson Diasonama fuse hip hop and capoeira in a journey through their shared cultural roots.

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Elise Richards & Aleyna Demir: Power of Recall

A raw and playful duet exploring friendship, miscommunication, and the rhythms that hold us together. Rooted in hiphop, the piece blends various styles into a language of repetition and transformation. 'Power of Recall' moves between frustration and laughter, vulnerability and connection.

Credits:
Choreography & performance: Elise Richards & Aleyna Demir
Music producer: Klimbié
Music: De La Soul - MF DOOM. 9th Wonder, TwizzdaWind
Styling: Gogo Lupin

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Majeko: Chasing Butterflies

This performance explores the tension between being and striving. In a world that glorifies productivity, the dancers navigate the space between ambition and presence. Through movement, they embody familiar struggles — self-doubt, pressure, and comparison — and pose a central question: Where is the balance between becoming and simply being? Co-created by the performers, this piece mirrors the human experience, inviting reflection, connection, and the reminder that we’re not alone in this journey.

Credits:
Choreography & performance: Kaide Gonzalez, Marcus Larsson, Fredrika Burvall
Music: Giorgi Kuiper
Lighting designer: Joshua Paul
Co-produced by: Norrlandsoperan, Dansnät Sverige and Attitudes
Co-funded by: the European Union

Iron Skulls Co: Mirar

'Mirar' is a duet that explores the relationship between the observer and the observed, questioning how our perception of others shapes the way we see - and exist in - the world. A gaze is never neutral; it weaves meanings, projects stories, and reshapes reality. It is not a passive act, but one that builds and modifies, a constant transformation in which perception becomes creation. What we see is filtered through experience, emotion, and context - revealing as much about ourselves as about what’s right before us.

Credits:
Direction and Choreography: Luis Muñoz
Conceptualization: Héctor Plaza “Buba”
Performers: Deku Rojas & Nia Torres
Music: Hris Stef
Lighting designer: Joshua Paul
Co-production: Festival Hop, Iron Skulls Co, and Attitudes
Co-financed by the European Union.
With the support of: Department of Culture | Generalitat de Catalunya

Kaê Brown Carvalho & Jerson Diasonama: Jogo de Dentro

'Jogo de Dentro', literally translated as “the inner game”, tells the story of two individuals bound by a sense of predestined connection. Inspired by an Angolan capoeira game, the piece traces an internal journey from innocence to deeper self-awareness. Rooted in Black Lusophone culture from Brazil and Angola, the duo’s artistic expression explores their shared heritage, transporting us into a sensory, dreamlike universe. Memories resurface and color the present moment, as personal narratives and shared legacies intertwine on stage.

Credits:
Choreography and performance: Kaê Brown Carvalho, Jerson Diasonama
Music Composer: Mackenzy BergileLight
Design: Anna GenesteImage: Manolo Nikau
Stylism: Lorenzo Priotto
Graphic design: XLV studio
With the support of the City of Rennes within the framework of the Appel à projet Accueil en résidence artistique, the DRAC Bretagne within the framework of the aide à la création 2024, Attitudes.
Co-founded by the European Union.
Thanks to: Théâtre de l’Arsenic (Lausanne), Auditorium de Seynod

Attitudes

The performances by Iron Skulls, Majeko and Kaê Brown Carvalho & Jerson Diasonama are part of Attitudes, a three-year capacity building and co-creation project in the field of hip hop dance, that will result in six co-productions for stage and alternative spaces, gathering audiences at twenty-five different touring locations in six countries. Attitudes is run by CCNRB (FR), Dansekapellet (DK), HOP Festival (ES), Kampnagel (DE), Norrlandsoperan (SE) and Summer Dance Forever (NL).

Attitudes is co-funded by the European Union 🇪🇺. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.