Premiere May 2026 at Performing Landscapes 2026, Refshaleøen, Copenhagen
Idea and concept AVA / Astrid Kjær Jensen
Performer Astrid Kjær Jensen
Scenography Benedikte Beate Hansen
Sound design Felia Gram-Hanssen
Puppets AVA/Paul Arne Kring
Directing consultant Tora Balslev
Mask Magnhild Kennedy
Idea and concept AVA / Astrid Kjær Jensen
Performer Astrid Kjær Jensen
Scenography Benedikte Beate Hansen
Sound design Felia Gram-Hanssen
Puppets AVA/Paul Arne Kring
Directing consultant Tora Balslev
Mask Magnhild Kennedy
Photo Anders Nydam
Symbiotic is a cross-aesthetic work. A sensory puppet performance exploring symbioses and fusions.
Come close – into the finest details – when life emerges and disappears again.
Symbiotic invites us into a speculative microworld where humans and nature merge – a sensory landscape in which the boundaries between the man-made and the natural begin to dissolve.
We often think of humans and nature as opposites: the industrialised human versus the original nature. Human intervention disrupting the natural. But what happens if humans surrender and allow themselves to be absorbed by nature?
Come close – into the finest details – when life emerges and disappears again.
Symbiotic invites us into a speculative microworld where humans and nature merge – a sensory landscape in which the boundaries between the man-made and the natural begin to dissolve.
We often think of humans and nature as opposites: the industrialised human versus the original nature. Human intervention disrupting the natural. But what happens if humans surrender and allow themselves to be absorbed by nature?
In animation performances, it is usually the human who brings figures and materials to life.
But can nature also animate the human?
Experience a sensory experiment where what we know as puppet theatre takes on new meaning, as the human steps back and lets something else take over.
But can nature also animate the human?
Experience a sensory experiment where what we know as puppet theatre takes on new meaning, as the human steps back and lets something else take over.
In 2026 Symbiotic premiered at the performance festival Performing Landscapes and then at Kulturmødet Mors.
Photo: Anders Nydam
Photo: Anders Nydam
Photo: Anders Nydam
Photo: Anders Nydam
Photo: Anders Nydam
Photo: Anders Nydam
Photo: Anders Nydam
Photo: Anders Nydam
Photo: Anders Nydam
Video teaser for Symbiotic by AVA
Documentation of the scenography, Refshaleøen May 2026
Photo: Benedikte Beate Hansen
Photo: Benedikte Beate Hansen
Photo: Benedikte Beate Hansen
Photo: Benedikte Beate Hansen
Photo: Benedikte Beate Hansen
Photo: Benedikte Beate Hansen
Photo: Benedikte Beate Hansen