Location
Den Frie Udstillingsbygning
Time
24/10 2024
Genre
Artificial Optimism performance program
ANTAGONIST
by
Thjerza Balaj
Performance happens together with 'HARD PLAY' by Miriam Kongstad
Thjerza Balaj (*1995, NO/DK)
ANTAGONIST, 2024, Performance
ABOUT THJERZA BALAJ (NO/DK)
Thjerza Balaj (b. 1995) is a trained dancer and choreographer from The Danish National School of Performing Arts and The Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, currently residing and working in Copenhagen, Denmark. Immediacy and intimacy are important elements in her works. Her choreographic practice deals with the female gaze, power dynamics and the uncanny. Playing with shifting intensities is a consistent approach in her seemingly hard-core yet ephemeral practice. She has previously presented and performed her works in Vulkan Arena Oslo, Bergen International Theater, Sardegna Teatro Cagliari, L’Abri – Genève, Dansehallerne, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning Copenhagen, among others. In 2022, Thjerza received the prestigious danceWEB scholarship at Europe’s biggest dance festival, ImpulsTanz in Vienna.
ARTIFICIAL OPTIMISM PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
Artificial Optimism is an exhibition about the resonances of futurism in contemporary art, which can be experienced at Den Frie Udstillingsbygning from Aug. 24th – Oct. 27th 2024. During the exhibition period, performances and concerts by the exhibiting artists will be regularly held. Performance was central to futurism and the program is inspired by the evenings and afternoons that the futurists held between 1909 and 1914, where they presented combinations of readings, sound art, happenings, etc. Participation in the performance program is free when the ticket to the exhibition has been paid.
The exhibition’s performance program has been developed under the auspices of Toaster, a collaboration between Husets Teater and Den Frie.
Photo
Betty Krag
