The creator and performers of Dark Field Analysis attempt to conjure up an intensified experience by relating human life to other forms of life. Blood is the red thread in this encounter between the organic and the synthetic, the human and the animal, the physical and the immaterial. The production is named after a branch of alternative medicine in which dark field microscopy is used to analyze blood and diagnose bodily conditions. Blood also functions here as a metaphor for the gaze we direct inwards as well as outwards beyond ourselves.

Jefta van Dinther is one of the most highly respected Swedish choreographers and dancers of recent years. In his performances he investigates movement within himself. The dancers dance and work their way through various environments, and their processes are visible onstage. Van Dinther’s work frequently deals with illusion and the contrast between the visible and the invisible.

Choreography and direction: Jefta van Dinther
Created with and performed by: Juan Pablo Cámara and Roger Sala Reyner
Lighting design: Minna Tiikkainen
Scenography: Cristina Nyffeler
Sound design: David Kiers
Songs: Based on the tracks ”The Slow Drug” and ”Horses in my Dreams” by PJ Harvey
Text: Jefta van Dinther, Juan Pablo Camara and Roger Sala Reyner
Assistant choreographer: Thiago Granato
Artistic advice: Gabriel Smeets and Felix Bethge
Technical coordination: Bennert Vancottem
Art Direction: Martin Falck

Dark Field Analysis is a production by Jefta van Dinther
Manager: Emelie Bergbohm
Production management: Annie Schachtel and Ellika Lindström
Distribution: Key Performance
Administration: Interim kultur AB (svb)
Co-production: Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Tanzquartier Vienna, Sadler’s Wells London, PACT Zollverein Essen, Centro Cultural Vila Flor Guimaraes and Dansens Hus Oslo

Funded by: Swedish Arts Council, City of Stockholm and NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ (NPN) Co-production Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag

Supported by: O Espaço do Tempo Montemor-o-Novo, BUDA Kortrijk and The Swedish National Touring Theatre