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INTERSECTIONS

Intersections explores the invisible forces shaping human encounters using 5 distinct contemporary dancer and innovative lighting design, 

Through encounters, distance, and dialogues movement as a system of perception rather than representation, focusing on how spatial structures around the globe shape human behaviour and emotional resonance

The piece structured around a luminous cross-shaped grid. Within this environment, light operates as an active choreographic force, a metaphor of destiny generating pathways, interruptions, and encounters. The performers' trajectories intersect continuously,

forming temporary constellations that appear and dissolve the same way souls meet in life.

Building on my interest in invisible structures and relational dynamics, Intersections investigates how

encounters are formed, repeated, and transformed over time.

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CAST AND CREATIVES

CHOREOGRAPHER : Manon Servage
DANCERS : Manon Servage, Coralie Calfond, Felicity Chadwick + 2 tbc
MUSIC : Philip Daniel
COSTUME : tbc
LIGHTING : Manon Servage

DESCRIPTION

POSSIBLE VENUE COLLABORATION : 


 

  • Dansehallerne (Copenhagen)

  • Bora Bora – Dance and Visual Theatre (Aarhus)

  • Dansens Hus (Stockholm)

  • SITE (Stockholm / Farsta)

  • Rum för Dans (Halland region)

  • Dansens Hus (Oslo)

  • Dansearena Nord (Hammerfest)

  • R.E.D. Residency Eina Danz (Vestre Toten, near Oslo)

  • Zodiak – Center for Contemporary Dance (Helsinki)

  • Ehkä Production / Contemporary Art Space Kutomo(Turku)

  • Performing Arts Centre Iceland (Reykjavík)

  • Phase 1: Decision & Onboarding :

Confirmation of grant outcomes and formalizing partner agreements.

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  • Phase 2: Initial International Online & Hybrid Collaboration

Remote exchange & digital conceptual planning.

Focus: Virtual sessions between choreography, lighting design, and international partners (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Faroe Islands, or Greenland) to refine spatial concepts, movement systems, and sound/visual mapping.

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  • Phase 3: In-Person Studio R&D & Residency Block (February 2027)

Format: 2-Week Intensive In-Person Studio Residency.

Focus:

Week 1: Testing the interaction between the physical movement systems and the active lighting grid in a dedicated dance/tech studio environment.

Week 2: Collaborative choreographic development, mentoring, and technical integration with international guest artists/creatives.

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  • Phase 4: Work-in-Progress Sharing & Feedback 

Format: Work-in-Progress Showing & Community Exchange (at the end of the 2-week residency).

Focus: A public testing session, open rehearsal, or informal feedback workshop presenting the initial R&D findings to local artists, peers, and international creative networks.

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