Granhřj Dans
Denmark

Founded in Denmark, Granhřj Dans is a dance company performing the works of art director and choreographer Palle Granhřj in cooperation with set designer Per Victor. Granhřj's works are created to expand and develop the idea of expression through the human body. Of fundamental importance is the "obstruction technique", developed by Palle Granhřj.
The obstruction technique creates a new dance form in which the original expression or movements are limited by someone or something outside or inside the dancers. It is used to attain a higher credibility of dancers' expression.
The choreography of all performances made by Palle Granhřj is created in cooperation with the dancers.

Palle Granhřj
Art director and founder of the Granhřj Dans company. Professional dancer since 1986. In 1990 he had his debut as a choreographer with Torzo and at the same time he founded The Palle Granhřj Dance Theatre. Besides choreographing for Granhřj Dans he made the choreography Mette for the Royal Danish Ballet in 1995 and KJp for Nomadi Production, Finland, 2000. In 1992 he received the Final Award in Nordic Choreographers Competition. In 1997 he has been awarded by Danish Arts Foundation for the performance Obstruction Ultimatique.

Per Victor
Worked as a set-designer since 1983. He has worked with Palle Granhřj since 1990, creating set-design, posters, programs and brochures for all the performances of Granhřj Dans.

Headbreak

Choreography: Palle Granhřj
Dance: Patricia Seron Pawlik, Sofia Yaregal, Anders Christiansen, Vidar Hansen, and Chris Valles
Music: Ali Reza Rahimian
Visuals: Per Victor

Headbreak wants you to forget about your head and instead experience the performance through your body and emotions instead. An international cocktail of five dancers and a Persian percussionist shows how captivating intense relations between people are, when they are expressed by insisting vigor and evident dashes of personality. The focus is on the human being dancing, - and not the dancer dancing. The music in the performance is performed by the outstanding Persian percussionist and singer Ali Reza Rahimian, - singing and playing tombak, daf, dayereh and shurtibox.

Performances and projects are supported by: Danish Theatre Council, Danish Arts Foundation, The Ministery of Culture.
Tours are supported by:
Danish Theatre Council, The Danish Cultural Institute, City Council of Aarhus, The Nordic Council of Ministers, Committee for theatre, music theatre and dance Nordic Theatre and dance.