BENCHED

BENCHED is a brutally honest bodily tale about life's big and very small questions. About settling down. About daring to sit in opposition, about sitting cross legged, about being sat, put off or benched. About taking, creating, and giving space, and preferably remembering to do so before falling on your ass where the bench ends.

A crudehonest story about life's big and small questions. About settling down. About daring to sit askew, about sitting cross-legged, about being put down, put off or benched. About taking, creating, and giving space, and preferably remembering to do so before you fall on your ass where the bench ends.

BENCHED fall tour2024

August 13th Randers Festuge Denmark

August 17 Islands Brygge Copenhagen, Denmark

August 18 Middelfart & Fredericia Denmark

August 22 KULTURMØDET Mors, Denmark

September 3 DYNAMO Odense, Denmark

September 4 DYNAMO Odense, Denmark

September 5 DYNAMO Odense, Denmark

September 7 Dansekraft dance festival Nordkraft, Aalborg, Denmark

September 8 Silkeborg Denmark

September 11 Vejle Denmark

September 12 Viborg Denmark (+ PILGRIM!)

September 16 Roskilde Denmark (+ PILGRIM)

October 15 Hong Kong Performing Arts EXPO

Spring tour 2025

March 10 Baltoppen LIVE Ballerup, Denmark

March 11 Baltoppen LIVE Ballerup, Denmark

March 12 Herlev Denmark

March 13 Rødovre Denmark

March 14 Hvidovre Denmark

March 17 Nykøbing Denmark

March 18 Aabenraa Denmark

March 19 South Schleswig Germany

March 21 Theater V Copenhagen, Denmark

March 22, Theater V Copenhagen, Denmark

March 24 Bornholm Denmark

March 26 Nakskov Denmark

March 28 Gribskov Denmark

"...[In Benched] Stephanie Thomasen proves that she is not only an inventive, humorous and vividly narrative choreographer, but also an excellent director. There is space, balance and drama in her images, making it a consummate dance performance."

- Morten Hede, Jyllands-Posten

"Holy shit, these five could throw themselves around a long black bench, in a fusion of street and modern dance, as if it were a springy launch pad. (...) Playfully cool symbiosis between men and bench."

- Monna Dithmer, Politiken

"Stephanie Thomasen's choreographic talent is simply undeniable"

- Majbritt Hjelmsbo, Weekendavisen

"It's time to get out there and experience this unique company before they leap even further onto the world stage where they rightfully belong."

- Dorthe Grannov Balslev, ISCENE

"Superb dancers: supremely muscular and agile, totally fearless and disciplined at the same time. (...) It is these five dancers from Uppercut Dance Theater who manage to turn the performance 'Benched' into an eminent dance experience at international level."

- Anne Middelboe Christensen, Teateravisen.dk

"BENCHED exudes energy, and by the end you'll be fighting to stay seated as the infectious physicality of the five dancers spreads to the entire audience: Uppercut Dance Theater - at its most playful and light."

- Michael Søby, CPH Culture

"It's hard not to get carried away from start to finish."

- Michael Svennevig, Desert Dreams

Credits

IDEA, CONCEPT & CHOREOGRAPHY
Stephanie Thomasen

SCENOGRAPHY
Johan Kølkjær

LYSDESIGN
Peter Løkke

MUSIC
35th Parallel, René Aubry, Estas Tonne and Rodrigo y Gabriela

DANCERS
Mahamat Fofana, Adam Tocuyo, Jens Schyth Brøndum, Kristián Mensa and Mark Philip/Patrick Afuale Eirup

The performance is supported by