Antigone
A Dance-Theatre Exploration of Power, Defiance, and Humanity
Antigone is a radical reimagining of Sophocles´ timeless tragedy, merging the physical poetry of dance with spoken word and original text. This production seeks to rediscover the ideas within the play — not just the words — through a deeply human, visceral performance that highlights the unresolved dilemmas of duty, morality, and power that still resonate today.
We do not simply re-stage Antigone. We rediscover it. Not just the words, but the weight of them. Not just the conflict, but the cost.
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Photo: Alan Lucien Øyen
In a fractured society, the lines between power and tyranny blur.
Antigone speaks to a world where power is exercised through control, where laws dictate not just actions, but identities. Justice is often a tool of the powerful rather than a shield for the weak. Those who resist do so at great cost, and every stand taken is a risk.
The production highlights the tension of our time, where ideological divides deepen and dialogue collapses. Through movement, we explore the weight of conviction, the strain of authority, and the human cost of standing alone.
Through movement, spoken word, and evocative imagery, we build a world where bodies tell the story as much as language does. Drawing inspiration from early rehearsals in Wuppertal, one of the defining images of our process emerged when a dancer carefully reassembled the petals of a broken flower - a poetic attempt to repair the irreparable. The act captures the futility and beauty of resistance: the desire to put things back together, even when we know the damage is done.