In the sea of emotions sorrow, desire, anger and joy coexist. It is difficult to approach the sea because never knowing what it might bring is frightening and uncomfortable. Beck Heiberg asks the question if it is not more scary not to?

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE (DK)

Moan for me. Take care of me. Fuck me. Use my tears as lubricant and let the swallows’ cries swallow up the sorrow.

Blue Swallowings is a performance that exists in the swallow’s early summer and the sultry melancholy that occurs when the seasons change. Or where you have lost a loved one while the sun shines on your body releasing endorphins. Or where it all feels so good it hurts the chest. It lies at the crossroads between grief and the sensual and examines the encounter between the two immediate opposites. It suggests a place where these two can coexist, where the sad can turn you on, or where an orgasm turns into tears. Both grief and desire enable a connection to the raw, unedited and overwhelming emotions in the body.

In the performance, the body becomes a tool that can translate emotions into movements and by moving with the two opposing entities, it becomes the meeting place for their fusion. It screams with pleasure and lets the pain take over. It contracts in convulsive crying and in orgasm. It moves slowly in weight and sensuality. It stands alone on stage and contains the wistful tones of the music and the carnality of the words as it tries to find someone to share its feelings with.

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ABOUT BECK HEIBERG (DK)

Beck Heiberg is a choreographer and performer with a BA in Theatre and Performance Studies from Copenhagen University. He is furthermore educated at Hotstepper in Copenhagen, Denmark and Juste Debout School in Paris, France. Between 2014 and 2019 he lived and worked In New York City. Beck Heiberg is investigating queer- and transpolitical aesthetics as both an explicit and implicit part of his praxis. He works in a broad field of theatre and performance, but his own original work derives from building concepts up around movement and is often related to personal experiences. Beck is a member of Dance Cooperative – a platform and workspace for intersectional feminist and artistic choreographic practices in Copenhagen. He is part of the performance duo Cocktail – in collaboration with Sigrid Stigsdatter. His recent work includes ‘Digging a Glittery Grave’ – a collaboration with Charlie Laban Trier, ‘PRIDE – a performance by Falk Richter’ and the youth theatre play ‘Jeg er Silas’, which was awarded with an Reumert. Beck has received stipends from both Dansk Artist Forbund, Dansk Skuespillerforbund and the Danish Arts Foundation in support of his artistic practice.

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MANAGING DISCOMFORT PERFORMANCEFESTIVAL

In the spring of 2024, Toaster and Live Art Denmark present the performance festival MANAGING DISCOMFORT, which includes a number of Danish and international artists whose works have the common denominator that they all deal with discomfort, but process it with care and humor.

The festival stretches over seven weeks and each week two new performances are presented, which are staged as a double-bill at Husets Teater. This means that one ticket gives access to both performances, which are separated by a short break.