Emilie Gregersen

High Tide is new solo work premiering 3rd of March 2026 at Dansehallerne, Copenhagen. High Tide portrays what it feels like to be caught in the paradox of desire — of being in that place of holding on while wanting to let go, standing on the verge of grasping something not yet graspable. In the piece, Emilie Gregersen, lets emotional and physical forces guide the journey through this terrain of mixed feelings where desire holds both pleasure and pain. The work plays with the imagination that emerges in the space between the known, the unknown, and the desire to understand.

Drawing on the mythical trickster — a being of mischief and transformation — Gregersen uses disruptions and distortions as portals into unfamiliar terrain through movement and voice. Somewhere between the real and the imagined, the intimate and the theatrical, High Tide unfolds in a dreamlike and surreal universe where dances reveal masking and unmasking.

High Tide is a choreographic work created and performed by Emilie Gregersen, developed in collaboration with composer Karis Zidore, light designer Veslemøy Rustad Holseter, and dramaturg Lydia Östberg Diakité. 

Show dates: 
March 3, 5, 6 & 7: Dansehallerne, Copenhagen (DK) 
May 19, 20 & 21: Heizhaus at Uferstudios, Berlin (DE) 
November 27 & 28: Aaben Dans, Roskilde (DK) 

Credits:
Choreography and performance: Emilie Gregersen
Composition and sound design: Karis Zidore
Light design: Veslemøy Rustad Holseter
Dramaturgy: Lydia Östberg Diakité
Costume design: Alectra Rothschild
Vocal coach: Simin Stine Ramezanali 

Photos and trailer: Ville Vidø
Producer: Carlos Calvo
Produced by Sweat Productions 
Administration: Kamma Siegumfeldt, Dance Cooperative 

Co-production: Dansehallerne
Residency: Milvus Artistic Research Center and HAUT

Supported by The Danish Arts Foundation, Knud Højgaards Fond, HAUT, William Demant Fonden, Dansk Skuespillerforbund, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden, Dansk Danseteater, Københavns Kommune: Københavns Scenekunstudvalg and Vesterbro Lokaludvalg.