House Programme - Bloody Moon

1. Free Seating.
2. The performance runs approximately 60 minutes without intermission.
3. Registered participants are required to arrive and be seated at least 15 minutes before the scheduled programme start time. Seats will be held until the scheduled start time; any unoccupied seats at that time will be released to standby attendees.
4. Please switch off mobile phones and any other sound and light emitting devices.
5. Photography, audio, and video recording are not permitted during the performance.
6. Eating and drinking are strictly prohibited during the performance.
7. The programme contains loud sound effect. Individuals with sensitivities to loud sound are advised to proceed with care.
8. Programmes are subject to change without prior notice. HKPAX reserves the right to final decision regarding programme arrangements.

Company: Danish Dance Theatre

Director: Marina Mascarell

Choreography: Marina Mascarell in collaboration with Jessica Lyall, Lukas Hartvig Møller, Merete Hersvik, Bradley Waller, Lúa Mayenco Cardenal, Kristin Bjerkestrand, Leticia Silva, Yi Shao, Amancio Gonzalez, Wolf Govaerts, Lola Potiron, Luca Tomaselli

Dancers: Jessica Lyall, Lukas Hartvig Møller, Bradley Waller, Yi Shao Li, Wolf Govaerts, Carlos Luis Blanco Ramos, Lola Potiron, Matilde Stefanini, Reiko Ohta, Shih-Ping Lin

Scenography: In collaboration with the company dancers

Costume Design: Nina Botkay

Costumier: Maria Ipsen

Music: Yamila Ríos

Lighting Design: Leticia Skrycky

Percussion Samples and Recordings: Uffe Savery

Rehearsal Director: Patricia Seron Pawlik

Tour Manager: Peter William Friborg Larsen

Technical Manager: Karl Heding

Light Technician: Tormod Bertelsen

 

Danish Dance Theatre / Administration:

Artistic Director: Marina Mascarell

COO & Business Manager: Trine Rindsig Laursen

Producer: Peter William Friborg Larsen

Head of Communication: Julie Schlytter

PR and Video: Josefine Mørch

Producer for Outreach, Kids and Youth (Maternity Leave): Natalie Sloth Richter

Producer for Outreach, Kids and Youth (Maternity Cover): Merete Hersvik

Project Developer (Maternity Cover): Lene Bang Henningsen

Project Developer (Maternity Leave): Anne Sophie Gertz

Technical Producer: Karl Heding

Technician: Tormod Bertelsen

Rehearsal Director: Patricia Seron Pawlik

Volunteer: Bodil Castot

Marina Mascarell is a Spanish choreographer and Artistic Director of Danish Dance Theatre. Her practice is rooted in craft and in the body as a site of knowledge. She is interested in the precision and skills developed by dancers over years of practice, and in how this embodied knowledge can become material for choreographic thinking.

Her choreographic processes are built through continuous exchange with dancers who carry distinct physical histories, cultures and ways of understanding movement. Mascarell establishes principles and frameworks that give the work a strong direction, almost a set of temporary dogmas, while allowing the particular knowledge of each dancer to transform what the work can become. Rather than homogenising these differences, she creates conditions for them to coexist, collide and complement one another. Choreography is carved collectively over time.

This relationship with dancers has led her repeatedly towards questions of community: how a group forms, how individuals negotiate belonging and difference, and how bodies organise themselves in relation to one another. Space is equally active in her work. Architecture and context are not neutral containers for choreography; they affect the behaviour of bodies, organise relationships and compel movement to adapt. This has led her practice across theatre stages, museums and public spaces, continuously reconsidering the relationship between body, environment and spectator.

Before taking on the artistic direction of Danish Dance Theatre, Mascarell spent more than a decade developing an international practice that moved between independent creation, working with co-producers across different countries, and commissions for major dance institutions. Her work has been commissioned by Nederlands Dans Theater, Sydney Dance Company, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon, Skånes Dansteater and Dance Forum Taipei. She was Resident Choreographer at Korzo Theatre in The Hague from 2011 to 2021 and Associated Artist at Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona from 2018 to 2022.

Since 2023, she has been Artistic Director of Danish Dance Theatre, where she combines her choreographic practice with the development of the company’s artistic programme and international repertoire. Her experience across independent and institutional contexts informs a broader interest in breaking down the invisible borders between artistic circuits and creating stronger exchanges between them.

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Danish Dance Theatre (founded in 1981) is Denmark’s National Company for Contemporary Dance, featuring ten full-time dancers. Led by Artistic Director Marina Mascarell and based at the Opera House at the Royal Danish Theatre, the company delivers performances of international caliber, with a strong focus on original productions for audiences of all ages. Danish Dance Theatre is driven by artistic urgency, fearlessness, and integrity, and dares to reflect the world we live in with honesty and emotional depth—inviting reflection and dialogue.

The company is celebrated for its vibrant and versatile repertoire, spanning large-scale productions at the Royal Danish Theatre, open-air festivals and public events, as well as intimate performances that challenge conventions and spark inspiration.