Hold On (an expression that means both to wait and to hold tight, in terms of physical or mental endurance) is based on the Swedish avant-garde poet Åke Hodell’s 1963 work igevär, which is at once a poem, a musical score, an installation and a sound work. A choreographic exploration of Hodell’s method, Fiksdal’s performance looks at various practices for disciplining the body and then examines how these can be unlocked to create a displacement of meaning.

The performance is a part of the exhibition Holding Pattern, on view from November 25, 2022 until January 15, 2023 and supported by the Goethe Institut. Learn more about the exhibition.

Concept and choreography: Ingri Fiksdal

Dancers: Rannei Grenne og Louis Schou-Hansen/Ornilia Ubisse

Costumes: Margaret Abebe Abeshu