Alive is a site-specific vertical dance performance that explores the human entanglement with and relationship to the tree. A contemporary circus performance, a living sculpture, an immersive experience, opening our human imagination to the both mythic and scientific idea of the tree being alive.
Lying underneath the canopy of a large tree, immersed in a soundscape of deep voices, you are invited to dream with the tree again, as bodies of aerial circus artists grow out of the branching canopy and a relational journey between human and tree begins.
The majestic sculpture of the tree in the center, and through vertical dancers in the tree’s canopy, ‘relational costumes’ that stretch between the tree and the dancers, and a supporting soundscape, Alive re-imagines site-specific performing arts in a way that situates the tree at the centre of our world.
Performances – Danish tour 2026:
Passage festival: Helsingør Kirkegård at Kapellet. July 30 – August 1.
Thursday July 30 — 12:00 (pre-show) and 16:00 (pre-show)
Friday July 31 — 12:00 (premiere) and 16:00
Saturday August 1 — 12:00 and 16:00
Kulturmødet Mors: Østre Anlæg, Nykøbing Mors. August 20 – August 22.
Thursday August 20 — 12.00 and 16.30
Friday August 21 — 12.00 and 18.00
Saturday August 22 — 10.00 and 12.30
AFUK Scene: Vestre Kirkegård at Østre Kapel, København (Copenhagen). August 26 – August 29.
Wednesday August 26 – 18:00
Thursday August 27 – 17:15 (The Story Behind Alive)
Thursday August 27 – 18:00
Friday August 28 – 18:00
Saturday August 29 – 18:00
Dynamo Festival: Ansgar Anlæg, Odense. September 2 – September 5
Wednesday September 2 – 17:00
Friday September 4 — 17.00
Saturday September 5 – 15:00
VERTICAL DANCE & CHOREOGRAPHY: Heidi Miikki & Michiel Tange Van Leeuwen
MUSIC, Composer: Louise Alenius, Cello: Nicole Hogstrand / Vocal: Samuel
COSTUME: Charlotte Østergaard
ARBORIST RIGGING: Peter Hjelmqvist
SPATIAL SOUND DESIGN: Mikkel Peter Larsen
MAKEUP: Michiel Tange Van Leeuwen
ASSOCIATED DIRECTOR: Benjamin Skop
SOUND TECHNICIAN: Barbara Nussbaum
PA & GRAPHIC DESIGN: Nanna M. Bugge
TRAILER: Matias Valling