DANISH DANCE THEATRE’S Summer Dance
Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense, Mors
World-class contemporary dance under the open sky. Free admission.
Danish Dance Theatre is excited to bring the company’s popular outdoor event, Danish Dance Theatre’s Summer Dance, to Mors, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg, where audiences can look forward to experiencing Denmark’s National Company for Contemporary Dance under the open sky.
This year’s program features the world premiere of SURVIVE, created by Tehran-born artist and choreographer Roza Moshtaghi, performed by Danish Dance Theatre’s 10 dancers.
Danish Dance Theatre’s Summer Dance in Copenhagen will return in 2026 at an exciting new location – more information follows.
SUPPORTED BY Spar Nord Foundation, Augustinus Fonden, Aarhus Kommune (Aarhus Summer Dance).
TOUR PLAN
Aarhus – August 17, Musikhusparken. 1 pm and 6 pm, Free admission. More info HER
Mors – August 21 and 22, Kulturmødet Mors, Folkescenen. Free admission.
Odense – August 23, 11:30 – 12:30 / 14:30 – 15:30 – H.C. Andersen Festival. Free admission. More info HER
Aalborg – September 6, 16:00 – 17:00 / September 7, 15:00 – 16:00 – Dansekraft, Aalborg, Free admission. More info HER
WORKSHOPS TOUR PLAN
AARHUS
Date and time: Saturday 16 August, 12:00 – 12:45
Age: Workshop for kids and parents (Kids 6-10 years)
Registration: No registration needed, you just turn up
Date and time: Sunday 17 August, 17:00 – 17:45
Age: Workshop for youth/adults (11+)
Registration: No registration needed, you just turn up
ODENSE
Date and time: Saturday 23 August, 11:30 – 12.30 / 14:30 – 15:30
Age: Workshop for youth/adults (11+)
Registration: Workshop med Dansk Danseteater
AALBORG
Date and time: Friday 5 Septembe, 16:30 -19:00 / Saturday 6 September, 10:00 – 12:30 + screening 12:30 – 13:00
Age: Workshop for 11+ (intermediate/advanced dancers)
Registration: DanseKraft Workshop 2025 | Aalborg Kulturskole
PARTNERS Musikhuset Aarhus, Bora Bora, Kulturmødet, H.C. Andersen Festival, Teater Nordkraft, Dansekraft
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
SURVIVE – as if for the first time is a choreographic ode to the ongoing faces of resistance
Roza Moshtaghi is a Tehran-born artist and choreographer based in Oslo. She draws inspiration from everyday situations transforming them into surreal humor-infused encounters. In her work, fiction is not just a creative choice – it is a tool for discovering what comes after we survive.
In this performance Roza blends the ordinary, the vulgar, and the exaggerated, where cartoonish battle scenes and pulsating rhythms transform into moments of gentle poetry. For Roza, it is urgent to listen deeply and speak up. And yes, we are allowed to scream. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,0! Everyone is revisiting their surviving self where they live on the sharp edge of urgency.
For those of us who were imprinted with fear, for all of us!
Audre Lorde
We can’t wait to invite you in for this wild ride through the different aspects of survival scattered with glimpses of light, blooming flowers and moments of theatrical magic set to the original score by the band Taco Bitch.
CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY Roza Moshtaghi
DANCERS Jessica Lyall, Lukas Hartvig-Møller, Kristin Bjerkestrand, Leticia Silva, Carlos Luis Blanco Ramos, Shi-Ping Lin, Yi-Shao Li, Amancio Gonzalez, Wolf Govaerts, Lola Potiron
SET DESIGN Ronak Moshtaghi
COSTUME Maria Ipsen, Ronak Moshtaghi
DRAMATURGY Roza Moshtaghi, Ronak Moshtaghi
MUSIC Tacobitch
THANKS TO Trine Lise Moe
ICON IMAGE Bradley Waller
VIDEO Jubal Battisti
