MAISON OUVERTE #7
Maison de la Danse X Skånes Konstförening
Over the course of two days, choreographers Manuel Pelmuș and Rachel Tess delve into personal stories and explore the conditions of choreography.
The art space at Skånes konstförening will be filled with gestures and language that renegotiate established relationships between choreographer and dancer, between audience and stage.
Price: Completely free of charge thanks to the support of Malmö stad, Region Skåne and Kulturrådet
PROGRAMME – DAY 1 [ Sept. 5 ]
At Skånes Konstförening, Bragegatan 15, Malmö
19.00 – 20.00 · Borderlines (performance lecture by Manuel Pelmuș)
In Borderlines, Manuel Pelmuș revisits past performances and personal histories and aggregates notions of visibility and invisibility in connection to history and politics of representation. The performance lecture, which will be performed in complete darkness, moves back and forth in time and space, reflecting on the notion of boundaries, whether they are boundaries between states or boundaries between artistic disciplines.
20.00 – 21.00 · Artist Talk (with Manuel Pelmuș & Rachel Tess)
A conversation with artists Manuel Pelmuș and Rachell Tess.
PROGRAMME – DAY 2 [ Sept. 6 ]
At Skånes Konstförening, Bragegatan 15, Malmö
16.00 – 19.00 · Flip Side (performance by Rachel Tess)
Flip Side is an ongoing series of solos being created with and for dancer Rachel Tess between 2025–2027 by ten contemporary choreographers. Commissioned by Tess as a dance anthology, the title refers to the “flip side” or lesser-known “B-side” of a record. At Skånes konstförening, three works by Frédéric Gies, Sophia Mage, and Ulrich Ruchlinski are presented as a continuous dance of lived experience.
Manuel Pelmuș
Rachel Tess