Ripe Body / at European Streetparty

Denmark will take over the EU Presidency on July 1, 2025. The Presidency will be marked in Aarhus on July 3, where the Prime Minister and the entire Danish government will welcome the European Commission headed by Ursula von der Leyen. In addition to the official opening, Aarhus will be the setting for a public celebration of Denmark’s assumption of the EU Presidency the same evening. The City Hall Park will be open to all interested parties for a European street party.

In this connection, Bora Bora presents Ruth Rebekka Hansen’s RIPE BODY – a hypnotizing installation with dancer Ruth Rebekka Hansen with live music by Lauge Heebøl.

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 the gendered that both deconstructs and redefines the feminine.

As the name suggests, RIPE BODY delves into how attention, morality and ownership have followed the feminine body, artifacts and qualities. The show is a mesmerizing, explosive performance. Joining Ruth Rebekka Hansen on stage is composer and musician Lauge Heebøll, who delivers pulsating live music and sets the tones for the captivating climax. 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 degree 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.