CANCER DANCE

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

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

Music by artist and composer Britta Persson. Costume and mask by Daniel Åkerström Steen, scenography by Chrisander Brun - created to portray the body's inner world in a playful and surrealist way. Dance dramaturg: Maryam Nikandish. Performance length: 1 hour.

Producer: Riksteatern.