“Forever” is a 45 minute dance piece in two parts (no intermission) by Mari Carrasco.
It premiered September 27 2024 at the Royal Swedish Opera (the Rotundan stage) with a cast of 8 dancers.
Who hasn’t felt alone at a party at some point, despite being among people? In the dance performance Forever, the audience takes part in an ongoing party in the Opera’s Rotunda and moves during the performance from being an observer from a distance to getting up close. The show revolves around life and death, grief and hope, and being part of a flow and a continuation. How can one be an individual and part of a group at the same time?
From the Royal Swedish Opera website
CHOREOGRAPHY, CONCEPT: Mari Carrasco
MUSIC: Mikael Karlsson
LIGHTING DESIGN: Mira Svanberg
SET DESIGN, COSTUME DESIGN: Jenny Nordberg
SOUND DESIGN: Andrea Rea
The score was recorded with the Royal Swedish Orchestra (the in-house opera orchestra) with David Björkman conducting and Marion Schwebel producing the recording session and Andrea Rea engineering the recording.
WORLD PREMIERE CAST (fall 2024)
Stacey Aung
Tiemen Stemerding
Joseba Yerro Izaguirre
Javier Perez
Carla Mardones Ekberg
Bianca Traum
Amalie Kjeldmann Bach
Victor Lans
“In Mari Carrasco’s dance piece ‘Forever’ […] the audience participates in an ongoing party. A sensation of both euphoria and discomfort is created” … “An elevated sense of sense of being alive.” (Dagens Nyheter)
“Carrasco captures what it is to be alive at close range” (Svenska Dagbladet)
“Mikael Karlsson’s repetitive music shapes a club atmosphere” (Aftonbladet)
I haven’t had time to mix this music for an album, but it’s coming. /Mika
