Tim Matiakis

Tim Matakis (@timmatiakis ) artistic director of KINISI (@kinisi_cph ), has been working on Methoding - an investigation into how existing works can be revisited to extract and clarify the methods that shaped them. This Friday’s showing will be both a sharing and an opening. Tim will briefly introduce his process with Methoding and share the starting point of a new project that attempts to live-negotiate some of these materials. The aim is to explore what it means for something to be truly live, and how already existing, vibrating materials can continue to unfold, shift, and reveal new potentials rather than being closed or resolved. // Come for the OPEN STUDIO SHOWING tomorrow from 16.00-17.00 and get a live glimpse into the artistic process — no sign-up or tickets needed. Just swing by Nygårdsvej 5A 🤍

Us Us / Us Else / Else Us / Else Else @dansehallerne 📸 @kajsarolfsson An incredible experience to have presented this work at Hallen at Dansehallerne 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 Thank you to the stellar team for your incredible work 🤟🏼🎸💃🕺🪩📢 @racheltess9699 @poplinski @kajsarolfsson @drshiningglory @fuzzyriot @zamolo_art And a big thank you to the whole Dansehallerne team and especially @dansehallernedanjel and @pedsof for your unwavering commitment of making it possible. Thank you to all the audiences that came, the ones that stayed for the full 4 hours, the ones that came, took a brake and returned, the ones that stayed for some of it and the ones that just popped their head in. And what a joy and privilege to perform this work under Kulturnatten with over 1.000 people passing by…. 🎉🎉🎉 Thank you to all the foundations that supported this iteration of Us Us / Us Else / Else Us / Else Else @statenskunstfond @augustinusfonden William Demant Fonden, Beckett Fonden og @koebenhavnskommune And to all the residency centers that supported the creation of it - @milvusart @forsoegs.stationen @dansstationen Created with and by: Choreography and dance: Tim Matiakis and Rachel Tess Musical composition and live performance: Ulrich Ruchlinski Light design: Thomas Zamolo Clothes provided by: Henrik Vibskov Producer: Kajsa Rolfsson Technical coordination and operating technicians: Kasper Riisberg, Tanya Johansson Light ring: Jacob Bjerregaard Concept: Tim Matiak s in collaboration with the artistic team Administration: Astrid Gravsholt Production: KINISI

This Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday @dansehallerne 💥💥💥 Tickets in link 👆🏼 Us Us / Us Else / Else Us / Else Else will be shown in Dansehallernes Hallen, where the rotating stage, the 15 meter in diameter light ring, the 12 speakers and the three performers - @racheltess9699 , @poplinski and @timmatiakis create a total experience where dance, sound and space merge – from the almost imperceptible to the ecstatic. Us Us / Us Else / Else Us / Else Else is honored to be included in Dansehallernes program for this years Copenhagen Culture Night on Friday the 10th of October. Us Us / Us Else / Else Us / Else Else has been developed through residencies at MARC (Milvus Artistic Research Center), Forsøgsstationen and Dansstationen. The premiere was at ARoS Kunstmuseum (Aarhus) in 2023 and the work has since been presented at Dansens Hus (Stockholm), Dansstationen (Malmö) and Teater Momentum (Odense). Us Us / Us Else / Else Us / Else Else, is co-produced by Dansehallerne. The development and tour of Us Us / Us Else / Else Us / Else Else has been supported by Statens Kunstfond, Augustinus Fonden, William Demant Fonden, Beckett Fonden, Knud Højgaards Fonden, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden, Letterstedtska Foreningen, Københavns kommune and Fondet for Dansk-Svensk Samarbejde. Trailer by ✨ @mathiasbroe

🐾MØD HUNDEHOLDET🐾 KOREOGRAF Tim Matiakis @timmatiakis Tim er danser og koreograf og er optaget af, hvordan kroppen i bevægelse skaber mening og leder til kunstneriske opdagelser. Tim er kunstnerisk leder af KINISI, et samtidsdans- og koreografikompagni. Tim har tidligere været med til at udvikle tværæstetiske værker med fokus på sammenvævningen mellem nyskrevet musik og koreografi. Tim bestræber sig på, igennem sin eksperimenterende tilgang til dansen, at nedbryde grænsen mellem performer, værk og publikum. 𝐓𝐈𝐌 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐓Æ𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑 ❝I HUNDELIV har jeg arbejdet med at udvikle koreografi, der er inspireret af - og samtidig forsøger at spejle - den interne proces af at opleve, bearbejde eller skubbe traumer væk. Dette skaber koreografiske situationer, der lader performernes kroppe skabe et oplevelsesrum, der overgår ord og handling❞ HUNDELIV spiller på: @teaterfaar302 29. april - 03. maj - Billetter via link i bio Foto: Mathias Broe

Ｎｅｖｅｒ ｔｈｅ Ｓａｍｅ Ｓｅｌｖｅｓ Are you my memory? Are you your memory? Are you memory? A big thanks to everyone who joined us for the premiere of our show at @teaterfaar302 last night <3 We are playing Monday through Saturday next week — Photos by @majse_v

✨How do the stories we carry shape who we are? What is the link between memory and our identity? Never the Same Selves is an immersive dance performance exploring memory as a living, resonant space, playing at @teaterfaar302 from the 25th of January to the 1st of February 🌟🕺💃🎻🎭 Through the choreography of @timmatiakis and the compositions of @katrinegrarupelbo , the performance asks: “What happens when we release the life story our memories have built? What new truths might emerge?” This intimate collaboration invites you into a shifting, dreamlike world where past and present are continuously reassembled. Step closer and explore the first flickers of self-awareness, unraveling the threads that bind identity and memory in ways you’ve never experienced before. Tickets in link💥 Never the Same Selves is supported by: @augustinusfonden @koebenhavnskommune William Demant Foundation Beckett Foundation Knud Højgaards Foundation Louis-Hansens Foundation and with support from @kodakultur and Koda Dramatik. @milvusart , @dansstationen , @forsoegs.stationen , @udviklingsplatformen and Annekset/Trevor Davies have supported with residencies.  By and with: Choreographer and dancer: @timmatiakis Composer and musician: @katrinegrarupelbo Light designer: @fuzzyriot Dramaturg: @racheltess9699 Artistic consultant: @signemlykke Memory consultants: @katrin_heimann , @niklasthrane , Andrea Moreno, @helenenymann , and Klaus Mølmer Trailer: @mathiasbroe and @majse_v Photos: @mark__philip__ Graphic design: @b.robin.graahede Administration: @astridgravsholt Concept: Tim Matiakis Production: KINISI #dance #choreograohy #music #composition ##memory #performance #identity #time #artisticreseatch

Never the Same Selves imagines remembering as a resonant space, fantasizing about an alternative relationship between memory and identity. The work poses the question: “If our memories exist here and now, can we, for a moment, release the autobiographical life story they have created for us? What then appears?” Tim Matiakis (choreographer / dancer) and Katrine Grarup Elbo (composer / musician) delve into the experience of the first time we remember ourselves as subjects in a world, to unfold artistic and performative potentials of remembrance, studying the nuances of a lived memory. Never the Same Selves invites you to intimately examine the connections between memory, identity, and time in an episodic world of ever-shifting character — where things are remembered, reimagined, and reassembled. Premiere January 25 2025 at @teaterfaar302 in Copenhagen ➰ Never the Same Selves is supported by Augustinus Foundation, William Demant Foundation, Beckett Foundation, Knud Højgaards Foundation, Louis-Hansens Foundation, Copenhagen Commune and with support from Koda Culture. Teaterøen, Milvus Artistic Research Center, Dansstationen, Forsøgsstationen and Udviklingsplatformen have supported with residencies. Credits Choreographer and dancer: Tim Matiakis Composer and musician: Katrine Grarup Elbo Light designer: Tanya Johansson Dramaturg: Rachel Tess Artistic consultant: Signe Lykke Memory consultants: Katrin Heimann, Niklas Thrane, Andrea Moreno, Helene Nymann, Klaus Mølmer Trailer: Mathias Broe Graphic design: Benjamin Graahede Concept: Tim Matiakis Production: KINISI

Never the Same Selves - a new performance by 🕺🏽☺️ and @katrinegrarupelbo , priemiering at @teaterfaar302 on the 25th of January 2025. See link for more info and tickets. Never the Same Selves imagines remembering as a resonant space, fantasizing about an alternative relationship between memory and identity.  The work poses the question:  “If our memories exist here and now, can we, for a moment, release the autobiographical life story they have created for us? What then appears?” Tim Matiakis (choreographer/dancer) and Katrine Grarup Elbo (composer/musician) delve into the experience of the first time we remember ourselves as subjects in a world, to unfold artistic and performative potentials of remembrance, studying the nuances of a lived memory. Never the Same Selves invites you to intimately examine the connections between memory, identity, and time in an episodic world of ever-shifting character—where things are remembered, reimagined, and reassembled. Never the Same Selves is supported by @augustinusfonden , William Demant Foundation, Beckett Foundation, Knud Højgaards Foundation, Louis-Hansens Foundation, Copenhagen Commune and with support from Koda Culture. Teaterøen, Milvus Artistic Research Center, Dansstationen, Forsøgsstationen and Udviklingsplatformen have supported with residencies.  Credits Choreographer and dancer: Tim Matiakis Composer and musician: Katrine Grarup Elbo Light designer: Tanya Johansson Dramaturg: Rachel Tess Artistic consultant: Signe Lykke Memory consultants: Katrin Heimann, Niklas Thrane, Andrea Moreno, Helene Nymann, Klaus Mølmer Trailer: Mathias Broe Photos: Mark Philip  Graphic design: Benjamin Graahede Concept: Tim Matiakis Production: KINISI

Photos by @zamolo_art from our two shows in Stockholm performing at @hallen_farsta , presented by @dansenshusstockholm . Thank you to @dansenshusstockholm for inviting us. A pleasure to collaborate with you - we had a blast! Thank you to @hallen_farsta as well for their generosity and care around our stay. And thank you to the Us Us / Us Else / Else Us / Else Else Stockholm tour team - Rachel Tess, Ulrich Ruchlinski, Tim Matiakis, Kajsa Rolfsson, Kasper Riisberg and Thomas Zamolo. A big thank you to @milvusart for the rehearsal residency and to @statenskunstfond , Beckett Fonden, Letterstedtska Föreningen, Dansk-Svensk fond for the support. With and by: Choreography and dance: @timmatiakis and @racheltess9699 Musical composition and live performance: @poplinski Light design: @zamolo_art Producer: @kajsarolfsson Operating technician: @drshiningglory Clothes provided by: @henrikvibskov Fundraising: @maria_schultz Concept: Tim Matiakis in collaboration with the artistic team. Administration: Astrid Gravsholt Production: KINISI

This past week, together with composer and musician Katrine Grarup Elbo, we have had a residency at Forsøgsstationen, working on what will become a new work titled, Never the same selves. It’s been a hell of a week diving into the human condition of memory, translated into artistic research that both informs the work but also the structure around it. Never the same selves will premiere on the 25th of Janurary 2025, at Teater Får 302. More info soon 🙃 By and with: Dance and choreography: Tim Matiakis Musical composition and live performance: Katrine Grarup Elbo Light design: Tanya Johansson Dramaturg: Rachel Tess Artistic consultant: Signe Lykke Research team: Niklas Thrane, Andrea Moreno, Helene Nymann, Katrin Heimann , Klaus Mølmer. Never the same selves is supported with residencies by Udviklingsplatformen for Scenekunst, Teaterøen, Forsøgsstationen, Milvus Artistic Research Center and Dansstationen. Never the same selves is supported by Augustinus Fonden, William Demant Fonden, Beckkett Fonden, Knud Højgaards Fonden, Louis Hansen Fonden, Københavns Scenekunstudvalg and with support from Koda Culture. ##danskkomponistforening #kodakultur

This week i have been teaching at Scenekunstskolen in Holstebro, both the 1st and 2nd year students in TOOLBOX, the choreographic method I developed in 2023. It has been a true privilege to engage with such dedicated, articulated (both body and mind) able, reflective, insightful, daring, coolabrotative and engaging students. Seeing TOOLBOX unfold in their bodies and in their perception has been such a wonderful experience. True moments of dance magic happened in amongst the explorations. Thank you to all the students for your investment, great questions, reflections and logic making bodies and to Tiziana Fracchiolla for inviting me and for the great conversations. Also thank you to Toke Broni Strandby and Tina Albertsen for your great company and help. And keep up the great work - wonderful dance artists in the making!!! TOOLBOX was created through the support of Bikubenfonden, Forsøgsstationen, consultans Karen Vedel and Rachel Tess, and dancers/choreographers Anna Pehrsson and Brittanie Brown. More about TOOLBOX - link in bio.

Tomorrow (12th) and on the 17th of September are the two last possibilities to experience, Kun stemmen bliver tilbage, by the art collective Motherboard, as part of the Golden Days Festival. Kun stemmen bliver tilbage is the second opera in a trilogy by the interdisciplinary art collective Motherboard, consisting of composer Signe Lykke, soprano and performer Katinka Fogh Vinderlev, choreographer Tim Matiakis and filmmakers Cille Hannibal and Frigge Fri. Motherboard wishes to rethink how opera is created and showcased, working with co-creation across the artistic disciplines, creating site specific works. Motherboard does not work with narratives, but explores sensory abstractions of existence, describing relatable aspects such as: loneliness, anger, pleasure, powerlessness and affection. The title and primary text of the work are fragments of Iranian Forugh Farrokhzad’s poems and come from the anthology: Kun stemmen bliver tilbage, which contains an uncensored translation of Forugh’s most important works translated into Danish by Shadi Angelina Bazeghi and published via. Gyldendal in 2013. In addition, Motherboard’s own texts are used, which branch out into a registering, documentary language. Kun stemmen bliver tilbage, is performed and created with live performer & soprano Katinka Fogh Vindelev, live performer & contratenor Morten Grove Frandsen, live performer & accordionist Andreas Borregaard, live performer & dancer Brittanie Brown and live performer & dancer Max Wallmeier. The work premiered at BLOOM Festival in Frederiksberg in May 2024, followed by a tour to the festivals, Heartland Festival, Rued Langgaard Festival, KUNSTEN/Aalborg Opera Festival. Golden Days is the last stop for this work. Thank you to Trevor Davies and Teaterøen for supporting this work with space in the creative process.