SPIRITUS

Olivia Rivière & Lisen Pousette
SPIRITUS

Performance dates will come soon / Spring 2026

Spiritus is a work engaging with ideas of ‘resonance’, where resonance is understood as an acoustic phenomenon as well as something describing a relationship. In the performance, Olivia Rivière and Lisen Pousette enter un-set performative situations with body and voice that oscillates, stay responsive and spin off of eachother.

Their practices of resonance originate from whatever voices; the small cries, wet, dry, high-pitched forms of “screams” and melodies. While exploring the specific timbre and force, the sounds invoke a variety of textures and gestalts. “Spiritus” is a play with this as the work taps into the word’s meanings and derivations: breathing, mood, geist as well as alcohol and intoxication.

In Spiritus, states of listening, observing and responding are practiced through their sensing selves. They therefore invite the audience to listen to the subtle nuances in their song, the small exchanges, those that we rarely notice, even though they are so crucial in the approach of a discernible change.

Artist

Olivia Rivière & Lisen Pousette

Title

SPIRITUS

Type

Performance

Date

  • 1.3.2026, 17:00
  • 9.3.2026, 20:00

Duration

1 hour

Venue

Dansehallerne, Franciska Clausens Plads 27, 1799 Copenhagen V

Credits

By and with: Olivia Rivière and Lisen Pousette, Music and sound design: Kristian Alexander, Light scenography: Anna Moderato, Dramaturgy: Ida Larsen, Costume: Olivia Rivière and Lisen Pousette, Lights: Olivia Rivière and Lisen Pousette in conversation with Erik Molberg Hansen, Photo: Kristian Alexander

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