
Passing Portrait
Photo by Eduardo Scaramuzza
​Passing Portrait is a solo dance performance that elevates and examines one transmasculine body.
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To be a cis-passing male body means that the world recognises you as a man without further questions.
Passing Portrait is about this trans body — a body that is young enough, grown enough, large enough, discreet enough, attractive enough, white enough, whole enough, masculine enough.
A body that meticulously steps within the frame of the allowed and does not challenge the norms of male and female. A body that is not doubted for its gender identity and is therefore allowed to be.
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Passing Portrait invites reflection on the politicisation of this body: what defines the rules of gender and body, why does one conform to these rules, and who contributes to upholding them?
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Performed at TOU 28th and 29th of January 2025.
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Choreography: Viljar Irtun Moe

Sound design: Anna Klungre

Light design: Karl Oskar Sørdal
Dramaturgy: Runa Norheim
Producer: Madelaine Gordon Graadahl
Photo and video: Eduardo Scaramuzza
Video: Henriette Heimdal
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Co-produced by TOU and RAS Regional arena for samtidsdans.
Supported by Norsk Kulturråd, Rogaland Fylkeskommune, Stavanger Kommune, BIRCA Bornholm, Q&A Studios Aarhus, Velferden scene for samtidskunst.​​



Dossier/PDF for guesting performances.