PAS DE DIEU
PREMIERE MARCH 11, 2026
Two people clash in a constant battle for position in a world without rules. It is a couple's dance of invitations and rejections. An experiment where genres meet, break apart, and forge new paths.
PAS DE DIEU is a study in power and powerlessness. The title is a play on the French term Pas de deux, which refers to a dance for two. This often refers to iconic love dances in large-scale ballets, but when Uppercut Dance Theater fix+foxy join forces to create a new performance, it is with the desire to explore the boundaries between verbal and physical violence, hatred and love, power and submission.
Experience dancer Mark Philip and actor Morten Burian, who together have approximately 50 years of experience as performing artists in their respective fields, when they meet under the direction of award-winning choreographer Stephanie Thomasen and playwright Tue Biering, in a set design created by Johan Kølkjær.
PAS DE DIEU premieres on March 11, 2026, at Dansekapellet and runs until March 13!
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ABOUT THE SHOW
PAS DE DIEU is a play on the French term used to describe a dance for two. These are often iconic love dances in large-scale action ballets, but when Uppercut Dance Theater and fix+foxy join forces to create a new performance, it is with the desire to rethink both hate and love.
In PAS DE DIEU we explore what happens when a dancer and an actor meet in a duet. We wonder and admire how two men relate to each other in a world where they only have each other. Where friendship, love, violence and sex are given free rein to unfold through words and movement, in a constant interaction between brutality, tenderness, selfishness and care. Where two people are confronted with their inherent divinity and inevitable transience.
Experience dancer Mark Philip and actor Morten Burian, who together have about 50 years of experience as performing artists in their respective fields, when they meet under the direction of award-winning choreographer Stephanie Thomasen and playwright Tue Beiring, in a scenography created by Johan Kølkjær.
DANCER
Mark Philip
ACTOR
Morten Burian
CHOREOGRAPHER
Stephanie Thomasen
DIRECTOR
TUE BIERING
TEXT
Tue Biering in collaboration with Morten Burian
SCENOGRAPHER
Johan Kølkjær
COMPOSER
Daniel Fogh
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Raphael Frisenvænge Solholm
COSTUME DESIGNER
Maria Ipsen
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Ædske Jolie
A co-production by Uppercut Dance Theater fix+foxy.
The performance was made possible with support from the Danish Arts Foundation, the Augustinus Foundation, the Bikuben Foundation, the William Demant Foundation, the Louis Hansen Foundation, the Beckett Foundation, the Knud Højgaard Foundation, the Wilhelm Hansen Foundation, the Hoffmann and Husman Foundation, and the City of Copenhagen.
See the full schedule for PAS DE DIEU on tour!