SPORT is a project composed of a number of solos by the artist, choreographer, and performer Erik Valentin Berg. SPORT takes its starting point in the incredible phenomenon of sports: in ways we can hardly imagine, sports have become part of our psyches, bodies, and relationships through its ideas of talent, competition, and training. The individual solos work through the sociology, psychology and choreography of the athlete – how both athletes and performers produce particular types of bodies, movements, and habits through their work.

Perfekt, performed by Nadja Voorham ventures into the intricacies of competing with oneself. The burdens of living up to your own high standards creates a tension where we both witness and experience a struggle of inner and outer realities. 

Il Genio, performed by Andrius Mulokas is an ongoing negotiation of space and attention, where the temperament of the performer creates a volatile situation. In a whirlwind of energy, explosiveness and skill, a certain the rifts of doubt becomes voids that challenges our visions of possible outcomes. 

Concept, choreography, music: Erik Valentin Berg

Performance: Nadja Voorham, Andrius Mulokas

Co-production: Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Turteatern

Residency support: MDT, ccap, Nordic Culture Point

Financial support: Swedish Arts Grants Comitté

Photo: Anita Kremm