"Seductive dance monsters in the horror-erotic Blessika"

Review, Dagens Nyheter, DN 3/3-2025

Blessika is a horror-inspired performance full of dance and auditory illusions.
Dances and sounds with cold temperatures and moist textures sneak up, drag along, whisper in your neck, and twitch. Ghosts and myths about things that happen when the sun isn’t shining are invited in, and moods and states related to folklore, the Middle Ages, and the night are depicted. A world steeped in mythology and ballet history unfolds. The four dancers in Blessika stir through historical echoes that are distorted and exaggerated.

Choreography Ellen Söderhult

Dancers Nathalie Wiberg, Cajsa Godée, Catarina Zarazua Mujo, Ellen Söderhult

Composer Kajsa Blom / KABLAM

Scenography & Costume Amanda Hedman Hägerström

Light Design Michael Forsberg

Mythology author and voice Liv Hargne Granath

Photography Fredrika Eriksson

Video Karl-Oskar Gustafsson

Administration Interim Kultur
Co-Production Weld och Scenkonst Sörmland With Support from: Kulturrådet, Region Stockholm, Nordisk Kulturkontakt, Stockholms Stad

Review from DN https://www.dn.se/kultur/forforiska-dansmonster-i-skrackerotiska-blessika/

Premiered 28/2 2025 at Weld, Stockholm (SE)
Presented at following arenas
Weld, Stockholm
Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus, Stockholm
Gottsunda dans och teater, Uppsala

Upcoming
Copenhagen, Denmark. AFUK Stage(Akadmiet for Utaemmet Kreativitet) 28/10 20.00, 29/10 17.00

Stavanger Norway, RAS (Regional arena for Samtidsdans)
Autumn 2026