Fight Club is a new piece for a diverse cast of queer, female, male, black, white and Asian dance artists to inhabit the stage. The representation of this diverse society is important for the work, as together the group explore the violence that is part of everyday life, in the family and in society. We are democratic, in that violence is part of all of us.

Fight Club draws upon street fights and riots to form choreographic frameworks, hyper violent landscapes where community and group divisions emerge with chaotic spontaneity, where the mob and violent masculinity stands supreme. The piece is inspired by martial arts gyms, where violence is made aesthetic, into form and sequences, where its chaos can become order, control and discipline. Fight Club wants to emulate the rhythm, repetition and gestures of boxing and video games, such as Street Fighter and X-Men, where violence becomes play, entertainment, childhood memories and escape.

credits

RESEARCH FASE

Choreography: Tony Tran
Performers: Trine Lise Moe, Lin Van Kaam, Jonathan Ibsen, Ornilia Percia Ubisse, Judith Arupa, Tormod Tora Skår Midtbø and Victor Amel Olivares Pedersen
Dramaturgy: Thomas Schaupp
Music: Espen Reinertsen
Funded by Art Council Norway
Residency SPACE & PLACE is supported by Dalateatern, Ludvika Teaterförening, Riksteatern Dalarna and Riksteatern Sweden
Photo: Victoria Champion

tour dates

Premiere in Fall 2026.