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.
A conflict arises at a dinner party when one refuses to taste the persimmon dessert as the guest wants to keep the stringent taste of the fruit unknown. The episode escalates into an existential conflict about the pros and cons of therapy.
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.
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.
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.
SURVIVE is a collaboration between Dansehallerne and Danish Dance Theatre.
WITH SUPPORT FROM Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansen Fonden Augustinus Fonden, William Demant Fonden.
CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY Roza Moshtaghi
DANCERS Jessica Lyall, Lukas Hartvig-Møller, Bradley Waller, Leticia Silva, Yi-Shao Li, Amancio Gonzalez, Wolf Govaerts, Lola Potiron, Shih-Ping Lin, Carlos Luis Blanco Ramos
SET DESIGN Ronak Moshtaghi
COSTUME Marie Ipsen, Ronak Moshtaghi
DRAMATURGY Roza Moshtaghi, Ronak moshtaghi
MUSIC Tacobitch
THANKS TO Trine Lise Moe
PHOTO Bradley Waller
TEASER Jubal Battisti
