What can it do – and what should it do?

A sparklingly fresh physical fantasy about surviving in the civilized world – with wildness intact.
It’s fun and great to have a body.
It has muscles and arms and feet and head and hair and heart and lungs and nails and everything.
It can balance and run and bend into strange positions.
And it can lift and kick and move things around in the world.
But what should it do? It should sit properly, that´s what it should!
A performance full of questions and wonder:
Why do we do the things we do?
Why are we allowed cetain things?
Why are we not allowed other things?
Now we are turning what we have learned upside down!

The children sit on benches on all four sides of the dance floor. They clearly turn on the dance. … ‘What can it do – and what should it do?’ is an original and rebellious dance performance that hits right into the common goals of the primary school with a twinkle in the eye and a desire to play. And lots with infectious curiosity. Anne Middelboe,  Teateravisen here

The team behind

Concept + choreography + staging Kamilla Wargo Brekling, Thomas Eisenhardt

Dancers and choreography Alvilda Faber Striim/or Ella Östlund, Nanna Hanfgarn Jensen /or Cecilie Schyth Kjær and Ole Birger Hansen

Set design and costumes KASPERSOPHIE

Composer and music Fredrik Lundin

Production Manager Madeleine Lind Hoppe

Trailer Adam Laver Film and Monokel studio

Photo Ditte Valente

Produced by Aaben Dans

Premiere September 20

TOURING 2025/26 + 26/27

Info

45
Min.
5-11
years

Tour specifications

The performance has 2 tour sizes and prices. Both versions have audiences on four sides.

Size 1:
Dimensions: 11mx9mx3.5m (WxDxH)
Institutions – 100 audiences (incl. teachers)
Families/private – 80 audiences (incl. adults)
Price: 14.800 kr
Please note that from July 1st 2026 the price will increase to 15.500 kr.

Size 2:
Dimensions: 9,5mx9mx3.5m (WxDxH).
Institutions – 80 audiences (incl. teachers)
Families/private – 60 audiences (incl. adults)
Price: 12.800 kr
Please note that from July 1st 2026 the price will increase to 13.500 kr.

Aaben Dans can bring audience benches. They will then be included in the scene dimensions of both of the above sizes.

Duration of the performance: Approx. 45 min.

Technical requirements: Blackout, springy wooden floor, step-free access to the stage

Power: 380 V , 3 x 16 A.

Get-in: including warm up 2,5 hours
Get-out: 1 hour

Contact: Aaben Dans on 3582 0610 or mail@aabendans.dk