High Tide is a performance that explores the paradox of desire as a state of suspension — of holding on while simultaneously wanting to let go, of lingering at the threshold of what is not yet graspable. The title refers to both the cyclical rise of sea levels and moments of heightened emotional intensity, when energy peaks on the verge of transformation.
Situated between the real and the imagined, the intimate and the theatrical, the work unfolds as a practice of listening within a dreamlike, raw, and tender universe. Through movement and voice, the performer invites the audience into a sensorial trip of emotional and physical intensities, where desire emerges as a force holding both pleasure and pain. Tracing fractures and continuities, High Tide is shaped by heartbreaks, longing and new beginnings.
High Tide is a solo created and performed by Emilie Gregersen, developed in collaboration with composer Karis Zidore, lighting designer Veslemøy Rustad Holseter, and dramaturg Lydia Östberg Diakité.
About Emilie Gregersen
Emilie Gregersen’s choreographic work is departing from speculative fiction as a way to depict new worlds, through a curiosity of questioning and transforming meaning. Working with themes of intimacy, erotic ambivalence, the uncanny and the understandings of power dynamics Gregersen works with physical practices to create staged performances that evoke the senses.
