What happens to our sense of time if we stretch it to meet my body’s needs?

The dance performance trembl suspends time as we know it. The time of the able-bodied is over. The performance depicts the dancing, chronically ill avatar, trembl, and its surrounding world. We allow ourselves to sink into its suspended hibernation, where contradictions are the norm. trembl’s body breaks down and rebuilds itself in new ways. The audience is invited to witness this self-healing ritual and expand their imagination to a world that meets the needs of those living with chronic illness. Through contemporary choreography, sculptural light installation and circulating soundscapes, the performance creates a polyphony of pulsations and possibilities.

tremble has its world premiere as part of KSelekt. It is the second production in the series “the unapparent trilogy”, created by choreographer Ar Utke Ács. The trilogy explores choreographic possibilities from the perspective of living with a chronic illness and seeks to build worlds based on these bodies. The first performance, shivr, premiered in April 2025 and will be restaged during the Toaster Biennale on 2–3 May 2026.

Choreographer and artistic director: Ar Utke Ács

Close collaborator and artistic research: jœëllâ kálâlã

Performer: jœëllâ kálâlã

Composer: Mayara Baptista

Light design: Sofia Stål and Will Zawistowski

Costume design: Serena Coelho

Stage design: Sofia Stål

Programmer and light technician: Will Zawistowski

Sound design: Per Buhl Acs and Mayara Baptista

Artistic Facilitation and Caretaking: jœëllâ kálâlã & Mmabatho Thobejane

Outside Eye: Mmabatho Thobejane

Production assistant: Frida Andrea Keita

Production: Dance Cooperative

Administration: Kamma Siegumfeldt

With thanks to: André Taylor & Adam Seid Tahir

Artwork: Artistic Direction by jœëllâ kálâlã and Ville Vidø, CGI by Ville Vidø based on photographies by Adam Sato

trembl is premiering as a part of KSelekt, a collaboration between The Royal Danish Theatre and Statens Kunstfond produced by Udviklingsplatformen

Co-production: MDT

Residencies: Dance Cooperative, höjden studios and KSelekt, Lille Scene, Skuespilshuset

The project is supported by Statens Kunstfond, Københavns Kommune, Culture Moves Europe (implemented by the Goethe Institute)