About the performance
MOULD WITH ME is a dance performance and interactive installation that moves through cycles of resilience, transformation, and decay. Drawing inspiration from the living intelligence of fungi and its life principles, the work explores what it means to unlearn human control and surrender to processes of change. Through choreography, sound, and visual environments, the piece invites audiences into an ecosystem where bodies, matter, and time continuously decompose and reform – a reminder that life thrives in the act of becoming. The performance was created in collaboration with Norwegian biologists & mycologists Renée Jung and Sondre Eng.
Please remove the shoes before entering the installation part of the performance.
Photo Oksana Kniazeva
Artistic Director
Choreography
Credits
Anastasija Olescuka
Anastasija Olescuka in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers Rebecca Livaniou, Ida “Inxi” Holmlund, Dung Ngyen Chinh aka Slowz, Franklyn Kakyire aka Slunch
Scientific Consultant in Mycology
Composers
Dramaturg
Visual Artist
Costume Designer
Light Design
Renée Jung & Sondre Eng from MycelaLab
Turkman Souljah, Damon Frost
Betina Rex
Roelof Knol
Alectra ”Masculina” Rothchild
Brian Cord’homme
Production assistant Oksana Kniazeva
Printed and digital artwork Esben Holk
The project had residency at Dansekapellet in 2023 supported by Danish Arts Foundation and Danish Artist Union, at Site Sweden in Stockholm in 2025 & København Danser Residency Program in 2025.
The performance is supported by Danish Arts Foundation, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden, William Demant Fonden, Knud Højgaard Fond, Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond.
Photo Oksana Kniazeva
The Artistic Team
Anastasija Olescuka
Choreographer and dancer
Anastasija Olescuka (she/her) is a choreographer and dancer based in Copenhagen, and the artistic director of the company Hexis Quatrix.
With roots in folk dance and a BA in sociology, she is a practitioner of street dance whose choreographic practice merges street dance, natural science, and conceptual research.
Working across disciplines and generations, she engages in long-term thematic research and creates performances as living laboratories where body, ecology, and identity entangle.
Her work, including ANTS, has toured across Scandinavia, and she has collaborated with numerous choreographers, institutions, and companies, including Toniah Pedersen, Steen Koerner, Sara Jordan, Site Sweden, Bora Bora Aarhus, and Cullberg Dance Company (SE) .
Her artistic commitment extends beyond individual expression, embracing community through the street dance organisation CLASHcph and the Danish ballroom scene, where she is a family member of the Kiki House of Mercury.
Photo Ausra Babiedaite
An open talk “Fungi is future”
6.2.2026, 18.00–19.30
An open talk by Norwegian molecular biologist and mycologist Renée Jung.
Renée Jung (NO) co-founder of Mycela Lab, is a molecular biologist and mycologist. Her number one passion is fungi and its potential for solving environmental issues. With extensive lab and research experience, she has published articles and lectures on the magic of mushrooms.
The lecture will serve as an introduction to the fungal kingdom – its types, habitats, and the many ways fungi can benefit us and our life of our planet. We will dive deeper into looking at mycelium and molds, exploring their movement, communication, and unique nature. This will lead to a more philosophical discussion on coexisting with fungi – our “aliens on Earth” – engaging the audience in reflection and dialogue.
Practical info
Dates and times
4.2.2026, 20:00
6.2.2026, 20:00
7.2.2026, 17:00
8.2.2026, 15:00
Duration and stage
1 hour + 1 hour open installation in Blackboxen
Accessibility
The venue is wheelchair accessible, with an elevator providing access to the stages. All restrooms are genderneutral, and an accessible toilet for wheelchair users is available.
Dansehallerne’s address Franciska Clausens Plads 27, 1799 Copenhagen V.
About Dansehallerne
Dansehallerne is a national center for dance and choreography. Our focus lies in presenting and co-producing Danish and international productions for all ages. We are a gathering point for passionate dance audiences and professionals. From our center, we communicate professional knowledge of the art of dance, and we drive discussions about all aspects of the art of dance, at an intermediate level and in-depth.
Being a national center, as well as a gathering point for the local and international communities, we continuously work to ensure the best possible settings for artistic production and for the audience’s encounter with the art of dance. Every year, people from all around the country can experience the best that dance has to offer. And for several hundred artists, Dansehallerne is the year-round base and interface for professional activities within the field of dance.
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