H A U T

Humming scape

- into the collective action

Format: WORKSHARING
Genre: Dance / performance art

Date: October 5th 2024
Time: 14:00-16:00
Place: Åbne Scene,
Karen Wegeners Gade 8
8000 Aarhus

Participation in the event is FREE, but please reserve your spot as seats are limited – you can book a ticket right here:

Research picture: by Susan Virtanen

The artistic research

Humming scape is a research project facilitated and choreographed by Roosa Törmä, where the act of humming serves as the central practice from which movement and interaction with the scenography will emerge.

 In this research, the working group delves into movement through the act of humming. There is a desire to explore the imaginations and emotions associated with humming when it intersects with dance. In addition to humming and moving, the working space will be filled with fishing nets and other materials that emerge through the research process. Textiles will be examined to understand how they can interact with the moving body and how they can be used to bring people together—for example, by having everyone, including the audience, hold the same net. The project is curious about the associations between community and the act of humming. Throughout the week, a sparring partner, the social anthropologist Thea Skaanes, will be involved, contributing insights to the process.

About the artists

The group of artists all graduated from The Danish National School of Performing Arts (2021-2022) and has a history of researching short projects collectively. This is the first time one of them is inviting others into her own research. The group is excited to see what will emerge when their experience of working together meets Törmäs research.

Roosa Törmä (FI) is a choreographer and dancer with an interest in exploring the relationship between movement, imagination and emotions in her artistic practice. In her research Humming scape, she invites three other artists to join this practice, incorporating the concrete sound element of humming. There is an interest in researching what humming will add to the practice and what associations will arise when it is explored within the group, and potentially as a participatory element involving the audience.

Aleksandra Lewon (PL) is an artist working with space, a scenographer, a landscape moderator. She is inspired by textures and colours, sustainability movements and moods.

Teresa Fogh Schou (DK) is dance performer and creator who is interested in being part of creating immersive dance experiences using humor, body and otherness as the main vessels to connect, inspire and engage with the receiver. 

Madeleine Cole (UK) is a dance artist who injects enthusiasm and curiosity into collaboration and exploration with other dancers, choreographers, artist, teachers and communities. 

Sparring partner

Thea Skaanes, Ph.D., is a social anthropologist and works as a curator responsible for African cultural heritage at the National Museums of World Culture in Sweden. At the museums, she engages with exhibitions, research, and collections. Over the past 12 years, she has studied religion among the Hadza, one of the last hunter-gatherer groups in the world. Thea’s research focuses on cosmology, rituals, and objects imbued with power, but she has also written about human-animal relationships and sharing economies among hunter-gatherers.

About IN PROCESS

IN PROCESS is HAUT’s 1-2 week long residency format that makes space for physical brainstorms supporting the investigation and the development of new ideas for the stage.

This group of artists have been invited into residency through the open call "IN PROCESS - Injections #3", whose focus was to support artists working in the performing arts who are interested in inviting in new perspectives, knowledge and experience from people they do not know, to influence their artistic process. The open call was curated in collaboration with Trine Sørensen from Åbne Scene.

The residency is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, The Bikuben Foundation and The Municipality of Copenhagen.