CANCER DANCE

Choreographer Nadja Hjorton has created a solo that moves from the intimate to the grand. CANCER DANCE is her own story - when she turned 40, she became a theatre director and was diagnosed with breast cancer at the same time. The performance begins with that period: a changing body, fear, loss of control, and cells running wild.

But also with everything that continued to exist: her children, friends, TikTok dances in the living room, and unexpected moments of joy amid the chaos. CANCER DANCE is neither a tearful tale nor a heroic saga - it is the performance Nadja herself would have wanted to see when she was ill. A solo with dark humour, physicality, and warmth.

Music: Britta Persson. Costume and mask: Daniel Åkerström Steen. Lighting design and scenography: Chrisander Brun, created to portray the body's inner world in a playful and surrealist way. Dance dramaturgy: Maryam Nikandish. Producer: Riksteatern.

Performance length: 1 hour.