Benedikte Beate Hansen, scenograf og kostumedesigner

Premiere   July 2024 at Roskilde Festival
Idea and concept   Ruth Rebekka Hansen

Choreographer and performer   Ruth Rebekka Hansen
Composer and live musician Lauge Heebøll
Costumes and tailor Benedikte Beate Hansen
Scenography and builder Anders Toft Pedersen
Dramaturg Luna Stage
RF-team hands Christoffer Brændgaard Kristensen og Lasse Bruun Poulsen
RF-team foto/video Jens-Christian Akerø og Therese Lærke

Curator, Roskilde Festival Nina Rasmussen

RIPE BODY ia a co-production between Roskilde Festival, Aaben Dans, Bora Bora, Teater Momentum and Dansehallerne and is administrated by KOMMA Performance Productions.

Special thanks to Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, William Demant Fonden, Dansk Skuespillerforbunds Projektstøtte for supporting the development and creation of RIPE BODY.
Special thanks to Statens Kunstfond for supporting Lauge Heebøll's work as a composer in relation to RIPE BODY.
Speacial thanks to Pia Petersen and the costume department at The Danish National School of Performing Arts.

Photo/videographer, teaser and PR Morten Arnfred
Photo, Roskilde Festival Jacob Stage, Daniel Urhøj

RIPE BODY was nominated and awarded as "Årets Særforestilling '25" by the Reumert jury with the following motivation (Danish):

"Råstyrke, krop og fetich-stiletter. Sensuelle og skulpturelle bevægelser til inciterende toner med tunge beats. Denne medrivende dansesolo blev opført i en glasboks. Alt kunne ses, spejles og bedømmes. Følelser og reaktioner blev sat til debat. Hvem har magten? Performer eller publikum? Begavet, bevægende og dybt dragende i sin helt egen form."

From Roskilde Festival 2024 program:

"‘RIPE BODY’ IS A TWO-PART SOLO DANCE PERFORMANCE – DURING THE DAY, AN INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION, AT NIGHT, A MESMERIZING CELEBRATION

The Copenhagen-based dancer and choreographer, Ruth Rebekka Hansen, is the creative force behind the performance ‘RIPE BODY’, premiering at Roskilde Festival. A work dedicated to anyone who feels a connection to a feminine universe, regardless of the degree or form.
In two segments—an interactive installation during the day and a captivating performance at night—Ruth Rebekka Hansen explores gender and sexuality as fluid, seductive, and festive.

‘RIPE BODY’ unfolds within a three-meter-high transparent box with mirrored ceiling and floor, transforming the body into a living sculpture that explores and challenges various physical forms and power structures. In the panopticon of the mirrored room, the gaze of the dancer and the audience is constantly thrown back and forth, raising the question of who is truly observing whom.
The music, created by Lauge Heebøll, contributes an ambiguous soundscape to the installation. At night, it transforms into a sparkling and entrancing live backdrop with heavy beats."