Common Ground, trailer (2025)

‘Common Ground’ centers around two dancers who together explore the balance of power that makes up all human interaction. Two dancers perform an intricate encounter where dance becomes a game of chess, where every move, every movement is based on power, contrast and antithesis, but also surprising countermoves and strategic loss. In this work choreographer Anouk van Dijk explores the concept of a duet both as a utopian ideal and a display of the inherent complexity that partnerships bring.

‘Common Ground’ is a breathtaking duet, in spring 2025 premiered by two dancers from Skånes Dansteater. A poetic study in similarity, equality, defining territory and shifting grounds, testing the tension between the support we need and the limitations of co-dependency. Duet can be seen as a celebration, a utopian ideal of togetherness. The axis to lean on needs a reciprocal axis in return and together they keep each other in an ever-changing equilibrium.