RIPE BODY: RIP IT

RIPE BODY and RIPE BODY: RIP IT is a cross-genre, solo dance performance in two parts, that seeks to deconstruct and redefine our understanding of femininity. Originating in one body and two universes, RIPE BODY delves into the battle of being seen both as subject and object - willingly and not. In a transparent box with a mirror-clad floor and ceiling, the scenography lifts the dancer up, like on a pedestal. A space that constantly bounces the gaze of performer and audience back and forth between the two, and where the question of whose gaze is being catered to repeats itself by the approach of an answer.

In the second part of the piece, RIPE BODY: RIP IT shifts gear into a hypnotic and explosive performance. Ruth Rebekka Hansen is joined on stage by composer and musician Lauge Heebøll. With a voice that encapsules both melancholic darkness and inviting lightness, Lauge sets the tone of this evening performance.

RIPE BODY: RIP IT invites the audience members to celebrate a landscape of femininity with more space for everything.

RIPE BODY is dedicated to everyone and anyone who connects to the feminine universe in any degree, shape or form.

Choreographer and performer: Ruth Rebekka Hansen 

Composer and live-musician: Lauge Heebøll

Set design and build: Anders Toft Pedersen

Costume design: Benedikte Beate Hansen

Dramaturg: Luna Stage

Touring light design and technician: Brian Cord’homme

Original light-concept: Elke Laleman

Administrator, KOMMA Performance Productions: Astrid Gravsholt

RIPE BODY is co-produced by Roskilde Festival, Aaben Dans, Bora Bora, Teater Momentum and Dansehallerne, and is administrated by KOMMA Performance Productions.

Thank you to Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, William Demant Fonden and Dansk Skuespillerforbund for supporting the development and production of RIPE BODY.