Price
Pay what you can 80kr - 280kr
Location
Rosendal Teater - Sal 1
Duration
60 min

Immediately after the performance, Nicolai Allessandro Mancilla Amador will lead an artist talk lasting about 30 minutes.

Recommended age from 12 years and up.

Tuesday 21. April 2026 - kl.18:00 Billetter

Which traces and bodily memories do we carry from a time and culture we don’t know?

An exploration of complexity, transformation and ways of being intermediary between worlds. Dance artists of Filipino heritage dive into pre-colonial Filipino history and traditions to reimagine alternative structures and challenge binary thinking.

In the performance SIYA, binary understandings of gender stereotypes are challenged. Mysterious yet familiar figures and movements emerge through constant change and distortion. SIYA is a bodily exploration of complexity, where transformation becomes a strategy to resist simplification, categorization, and heteronormative ideals.

The Filipino language is gender-neutral, and the word “siya” is used for all living beings. In SIYA, a dance collective from the Filipino diaspora dives into ideas from pre-colonial Filipino history, focusing on challenging binary and heteronormative thinking by creating a space where performers claim ownership of their complex identities.

Audiences encounter bodies in continuous transformation. In one moment, they resemble a harmless bird; in the next, a ravenous ghost with an intense gaze fixed on the viewer. Both friendly and hostile, playful and serious, charming and repulsive—all at once. Individual expressions weave in and out of shifting constellations, forming a multidimensional space.

The landscape slowly morphs into unexpected and uncertain terrains, generating a hypnotic disorientation where dogmas are questioned and new truths emerge. Acts of longing and denial, ambiguous gestures of resistance and surrender, and a humming hope. SIYA seeks to uncover echoes from the past—the good, the evil—and everything in between.


The performance is part of the Multiplié Dance Festival 2026 presented by DansiT.

Credits

Choreography and performer: Carl Aquilizan
Co-creating performers: Putli Hellesen, Hanna Mjåvatn, Ian Ancheta, Carlisle Sienes/Patrick Magpantay
Composers: Susanne Xin og Nora Klungresæter
Scenography: Liam Alzafari
Light Design: Benjamin Fjellmann
Dramaturgical guidance: Deise Faria Nunes

Co-production: Dansens Hus, DansiT – koreografisk senter Trondheim (Multiplié Dansefestival)
Supported by: Kulturrådet Fri Scenekunst – prosjekt (dans), Fond for lyd og bilde, Fond for utøvende kunstnere (FFUK)