With oversized shapes, sensuous materials, saturated colors, and alluring creatures, VOMP questions the society we live in. What are we exposing our bodies and minds to? And who holds the power? The works blend elements of dance performance, music video, and art installation, referencing to pop culture - from internet aesthetics and comics to high fashion and MTV. Movements and genres are shuffled and sampled into a physical language that draws from contemporary dance, physical theatre, catwalks, and video games.
The dancers' bodies and movements are either exaggerated or constrained by the wild, beautiful, and grotesque costumes that transform them. Music plays a central role - both as a generator of movement and as a key to immersing the audience in the new world they are drawn into, a world that it feels almost unbearable not to be able to touch - just for a moment! VOMP aims to make dance accessible to everyone by performing on stages that do not usually present dance performances. VOMP's performances are for everyone - even those who have never experienced dance before. The company was founded in 2016 by choreographer and artistic director Gunilla Lind, along with creative producer Shuli Nordbek. The company debuted with the successful dance performance VANITY OF MODERN PANIC - V.O.M.P. Since then, the company has created four works and has toured internationally at Kampnagel (Germany), Skånes Dansteater (Sweden), Plartforma Festival (Lithuania), and at The Royal Theatre, Skuespilhuset (Denmark) among other places. In 2024, the company was awarded 'Dance Performance of the Year' at the prestigious National Danish Theatre Awards, Reumert, for IT'S SO CUTE I'M GONNA DIE. VOMP is also accepted to the Danish Arts Foundation's career program, The Young Artistic Elite.Dansernes kroppe og bevægelser bliver udvidede eller begrænsede af de vilde, smukke og groteske kostumer, der transformerer dem. Musikken spiller en omsluttende rolle - både som bevægelsesgenerator, og som medvirkende til publikums fornemmelse af den nye verden, man bliver en del af, og som det føles næsten uudholdeligt ikke at måtte røre ved - bare et øjeblik. VOMP ønsker at gøre dansen tilgængelig for alle ved også at producere på de scener, der ikke normalt præsenterer dans. VOMP’s forestillinger er for alle – også dem, der aldrig har mødt dansen før. Kompagniet blev stiftet i 2016 af koreograf og kunstnerisk leder, Gunilla Lind og kreativ producent Shuli Nordbek. I kernen af VOMP er også danser og dramaturg, Josefine Ibsen. Kompagniet debuterede med succesforestillingen VANITY OF MODERN PANIC –V.O.M.P., der undersøgte vores samfunds ekstreme skønhedsdyrkelse. Siden har kompagniet skabt 4 værker og har bl.a. turneret på Kampnagel (DE), Skånes Dansteater (SE), Plartforma Festival (LT) og på Det Kongelige Teater, Skuespilhuset (DK). I 2024 modtog kompagniet en Reumert for IT’S SO CUTE I’M GONNA DIE i kategorien Årets Danseforestilling. VOMP er optaget i Statens Kunstfonds karriereprogram, Den unge kunstneriske elite.This is some text inside of a div block.