Tectonic

On a stage in the middle of the room, surrounded by the audience, a dancer moves through a landscape of sound, light, and vibrating materials. Metal plates tremble, light shifts across the space, the floor moves, and sounds pulse around him. He listens with his body, tuning into forces beyond himself. His movements reflect something larger—as if he’s connected to the rhythms of nature. He transforms, dissolves, and reappears in sync with his surroundings. The body becomes both a sensitive instrument and the place where tectonic movements unfold—a space where human and non-human forces meet and interact.

TECTONIC means “to build” and comes from ancient Greek and Latin. In geology, it describes the slow, powerful movements that shape the Earth’s surface—when plates collide, drift apart, or push against each other. The performance is inspired by those movements. It explores how the body, space, and objects affect and respond to one another. It shifts between inner and outer forces—between tension, friction, and moments of change. Movement unfolds in patterns, repetition, and a delicate awareness of what can’t always be seen. TECTONIC explores how body, sound, light, and objects are constantly shifting between presence and disappearance—showing how we are all part of a larger system.

Mirko Guido (b. Italy) is a choreographer and dancer based in Aarhus, Denmark, where he is an in-house artist at Bora Bora – Dance and Visual Theater. He holds a Master’s degree in New Performative Practices from DOCH / Stockholm University of the Arts.

As a performer, he has been a member of renowned companies such as Cullberg Ballet, Thoss Dance Company, Donlon Dance Company, Tanz Theater Bielefeld, and has worked with a diverse range of choreographers, including Benoît Lachambre, Deborah Hay, Tilman O’Donnell, Crystal Pite, Johan Inger, Mats Ek, Paul Lightfoot & Sol León, among others.

His early choreographic career was recognized with First Prize and the Audience Prize at the International Choreographic Competition in Hannover (2008) and a nomination as Young Choreographer to Watch in Ballet Tanz Magazine (2009). He has created commissioned works for institutional dance companies such as Saarbrücken Staatstheater and Wiesbaden Staatstheater, before transitioning to independent choreography, where he immersed himself in contemporary, experimental, and interdisciplinary practices.

His choreographic work unfolds in theatres, museums, galleries, and public spaces, approaching movement as a process of attuning and navigating shifting relationships between body, space, materiality, and presence. His projects take shape through immersive environments, where bodies interact with architectural structures, resonant materials, and sonic landscapes—allowing choreography to extend beyond the body and into the surrounding space.

His choreographic works have been presented at international festivals and venues, including the 20th PuSh Festival (Vancouver, Canada), 6th Athens Dance Festival (Greece), Festival La Becquée (Brest), Festival MAP/P E-motional (Porto), Teatri di Vita (Bologna), Dance Station (Belgrade), SPEL – The State Gallery of Contemporary Art (Cyprus) Weld and Dansens Hus (Stockholm), Bora Bora and ARoS Art Museum (Aarhus), The Royal Theater – Skuespilhuset and Dansekapellet (Copenhagen), among many others.

Website: mirkoguido.com