Ripe Body

RIPE BODY is a cross-genre solo dance performance in two parts, RIPE BODY:INSTALLATION and RIPE BODY: RIP IT. An interactive installation followed by a mesmerizing party with live music.

In an almost four meter high, transparent box with a mirrored ceiling and floor, the audience is invited into a feminine universe that is as sparkling as it is carnal. Through the body, choreographer and performer Ruth Rebekka Hansen seeks to put a kaleidoscopic filter on gender that both deconstructs and redefines the feminine.

RIPE BODY:INSTALLATION
In the first installation part of the show, the body is exhibited as a living flesh sculpture that moves in and out of recognizable forms, awkward angers and a gaze that imitates connection. As the name suggests, RIPE BODY delves into how attention, morality and ownership have followed the feminine body, artifacts and qualities. On the pedestal of the mirror room, the audience is invited to scrutinize the shaping of something feminine and their own reactions to the unfolding of the body.

Iscene.dk describes the experience:
“The soundscape is deep, sluggish, almost reminiscent of monk chanting, while she infinitely slowly raises her arms and stares intensely into the mirrored floor’s vanishing doublings. Like a cocoon, she lies there, growing up from the belly in total control of every small sculptural movement. The Ripe Body installation sneaks up on us with its insistently silent speech and can be experienced even more interactive if the audience ventures under the cage.”

RIPE BODY:RIP IT
In the second part, the show shifts gears with a mesmerizing, explosive performance. Joining Ruth Rebekka Hansen on stage is composer and musician Lauge Heebøll, who delivers pulsating live music and sets the tone for the evening’s conclusion. In a landscape of heavy beats and glittering costumes, the audience is invited to a celebration of a femininity that holds more of everything. The result is fluid, seductive and festive.

Iscene.dk writes about the second part:
“The electrolyte bubbles up as the body slides along the glass in an infinite reflection that includes us and our voyeuristic position. Witnesses to this überfeminine alien that has landed among us and imprisons us in an increasingly violent but always delicate posing of the codes of culture. As the light changes to pink, horniness takes over in a reimagining of the pole dance. The abdomen undulates and the tongue points us out. The music goes straight to our flesh as we become one pumping muscle around the cage.”

RIPE BODY is dedicated to anyone who feels a connection to a feminine universe, regardless of the level or form.

Read Iscene’s interview with Ruth Rebekka Hansen about RIPE BODY here (in Danish).

Ruth Rebekka Hansen:
Danish choreographer and performer Ruth Rebekka Hansen premiered her first full-length performance RIPE BODY at Roskilde Festival in July 2024. Her work as both a creative artist and dancer, moves in the intersections between dance, theater, visual art and live performance.
After graduating from the Ballet Academy Stockholm in 2018, she has worked nationally and internationally with Falk Richter, Gunilla Lind, Lara Osten, Jernej Bizják, Thomas Eisenhardt and DeLeon Company, among others. In 2023, Ruth was selected as Artist of the Year in Aabent Rum, an artistic development program organized and curated by Aaben Dans.

Lauge Heebøll:
With a voice that embraces both melancholic darkness and inviting light, Lauge Heebøll sets the tone for RIPE BODY. His live sets, which blend pulsating EDM and floating soundscapes, invite the listener into the alternative reality that RIPE BODY explores.
After releasing three singles, Lauge Heebøll is really finding his musical voice and his debut album will be released in late 2024.