Looking Glass

Four professional dancers and a group of students explores self-worth and identity, in a room filled with disco balls.

“The world will ask you (who you are), and if you don’t know, the world will tell you” – Carl Jung

What is a mirror? How do we use the mirror? Who do we see in the mirror?

There is a mirror theory which states that we humans judge and evaluate ourselves on the basis of others. We imitate, copy, reflect and adapt our behavior accordingly. These reflections accompany us at all stages and ages on our path in life.

Just like a mirror, disco balls consist of many small mirrors that give us a fragmented reflection back. The fragmented reflections in the disco balls only show fragments of the truth, or perhaps also new truths that collide with our own perception of reality and provide new perspectives.

«Looking Glass» is a strong, visual performance that engages local youth in the performing arts.

The choreographer Yasmin Roskva Andersen has, in collaboration with students at various schools improvised around various words, questions and situations, to get to the core of how each person sees themselves both as dancers and as individuals.

In a large room filled with disco balls and catchy music, a group of moving and exploring bodies meet in a fragmented flow, both in groups and alone.

In and out of the unfamiliar atmosphere that the disco balls create, the teenagers explore a number of emotional and philosophical issues related to being young, growing up and making choices.

How do we evaluate ourselves in the mirror? And how do we see ourselves in other people?