Location: Skånes Dansteater Östra Varvsgatan 13a, Malmö
Date: December 9
Time: 7.30 pm
Date: December 10
Time: 6.00 pm
Price: 200 :-
Supporting members: 150 :-
Student/Senior/u 26 years: 100 :-
The sound volume in the performance is intended for people over 12 years.
Disclaimer: This is the story of the working creatures of the mythology. Not the gods.
In Norse mythology, Skinfaxi pulls Dagr’s (day’s) chariot across the sky, its radiant mane lighting up the heavens and earth. Hrímfaxi draws Nótt’s (night’s) chariot, scattering “froth” from its bite, which falls as dew. Bound in an eternal cycle, they gallop through shifting shades of light. In the fleeting twilight between dawn and dusk, a moment of exchange occurs – the start of a new journey.
Dawn by Adam Seid Tahir is the first performance in a series reinterpreting Norse mythology and the Elder Futhark runic alphabet through a queer Afro-Nordic lens. Rooted in the rune Dagaz – symbolizing day, dawn, and awakening – the piece explores the power of day and night, light and dark, often falsely confined to a moral binary of good and evil. At once a continuation of mythmaking and a political gesture, the work inserts a Black queer body into Nordic mythology.
Adam Seid Tahir is a choreographer whose practice employs speculative imagination as a tool of resistance. Their work centers on crafting immersive, unapologetically Black queer fiction, engaging with mythological figures, daydreaming as a portal for inspiration, and interrogating belonging in the Nordic context.
Credits
Choreography & performer: Adam Seid Tahir
Sound Design: Tati au Miel
Lighting Design: Jonatan Winbo
Costume Design: Isabelle Edi
Dramaturgy: Lydia Östberg Diakité
Producers: Johnson & Bergsmark
Co-produced by: Centrale Fies, Dansens Hus, MDT, Sophiensæle, Tou Scene, Slingan Tre Scener (Atalante, Dansstationen, MDT)
Supported by: Swedish Arts Council, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, The City of Stockholm, Nordic Culture Point, Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse
This co-production is part of Life Long Burning – Futures lost and found project (2023-2026) supported by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union