Detached from Others

Worldpremiere: February 25th 2025
Performances: February 27th, 28th and March 1st
Location: Dansehallerne, Copenhagen

Detached from Others is a choreography of loneliness performed by Kenzo Kusuda. Accompanied by the sound of an organ, Jon R. Skulberg and the iconic dancer Kenzo Kusuda explore the solitary body. Through Kusuda's unique sensitivity, we catch a glimpse of the ambivalence of loneliness somewhere between self-imposed isolation and the experience of being unwillingly alone.

The organ music, composed by Lil Lacy, demonstrates her talent for crafting immersive and sensual soundscapes. In Detached from Others, she takes the organ as her point of departure - an instrument inherently solitary, confined to a single space and its reverberations. It possesses a distinct architectural and sonic presence. While an organ often plays alone, in Detached from Others it encounters itself through multiple recorded layers, intricately mixed within a quadraphonic sound system.

Detached from Others explores the universal experience of loneliness, highlighting its dual nature as both a fundamental human condition and a critical societal issue. While chosen solitude can offer a sense of peace and introspection, involuntary loneliness remains one of today's most pressing public health challenges, with more than one in ten people feeling isolated and disconnected.

Photo: Louise Herrche Serup

Concept, stage direction and space: Jon R. Skulberg

Dancer: Kenzo Kusuda

Composer: Lil Lacy

Organist: David Bendix Nielsen

Music Recording Producer, senior-head of edit, mix and sound-mastering: Preben Iwan

Costumedesigner: Koh Taniguchi

Sound designer: Morten Henningsen

Mette Due: Music Editor, Assistent Music Recording Producer

Dramaturgue: Astrid Hansen Holm

Sound technician: Kristian Hverring

Producer: Nikoline Jørgensen

Administration: Jens Christian Jensen

International relations: Sigrid Aakvik

Production: Convoi Exceptionnel

Presented and co-produced by: Dansehallerne

Supported by:

The Danish Arts Foundation, Augustinusfonden, Beckett Fonden,

William Demant Fonden, the Danish Composers' Association (DKF),

Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, William Hansen Fonden