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LAND BEFORE TIME (SE)

Land Before Time is a creative duo consisting of Joanna Holewa Chrona and Yared Tilahun Cederlund. They are performing artists within the field of dancing, deeyaing, choreographing, sound composing and producing their own performances. Currently working with site specific performances as a touring concept. Both Joanna and Yared have a background within streetdance, and together they have developed a common practise inspired by water.

Land Before Time is selected by Aerowaves as part of their Twenty25 artists for their work Waterkind.

Artist website

Waterkind

LAND BEFORE TIME [SE] - Waterkind - July 26, 2026 - Dance Festival Malta 2026, Valetta, Malta -
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  • Dance Festival Malta 2026, Valetta, Malta
  • July 26, 2026
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Waterkind

LAND BEFORE TIME [SE] - Waterkind - September 19, 2026 - Dansehallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark - 14:00
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  • Dansehallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • September 19, 2026
  • 14:00
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Waterkind

LAND BEFORE TIME [SE] - Waterkind - September 19, 2026 - Dansehallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark - 19:00
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  • Dansehallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • September 19, 2026
  • 19:00
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Waterkind

LAND BEFORE TIME [SE] - Waterkind - October 13, 2026 - Sõltumatu Tantsu Festival, Tallinn, Estonia -
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  • Sõltumatu Tantsu Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
  • October 13, 2026

Waterkind

LAND BEFORE TIME [SE] - Waterkind - October 14, 2026 - Sõltumatu Tantsu Festival, Tallinn, Estonia -
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  • Sõltumatu Tantsu Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
  • October 14, 2026

Waterkind

LAND BEFORE TIME [SE] - Waterkind - October 15, 2026 - Sõltumatu Tantsu Festival, Tallinn, Estonia -
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  • Sõltumatu Tantsu Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
  • October 15, 2026

Waterkind

LAND BEFORE TIME [SE] - Waterkind - July 5, 2026 - Fuori Programma Festival 2026 Arena Teatro India, Roma -
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  • Fuori Programma Festival 2026 Arena Teatro India, Roma
  • July 5, 2026

Waterkind

LAND BEFORE TIME [SE] - Waterkind - June 14, 2026 - Tanzhaus NRW, Festival, Düsseldorf, Germany -
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  • Tanzhaus NRW, Festival, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • June 14, 2026

Waterkind

LAND BEFORE TIME [SE] - Waterkind - August 16, 2026 - Aarhus Summer Dance, Bora-Bora, Aarhus, Denmark -
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  • Aarhus Summer Dance, Bora-Bora, Aarhus, Denmark
  • August 16, 2026

Waterkind

LAND BEFORE TIME [SE] - Waterkind - August 22, 2026 - NorrlandssOperan in the park, NorrlandsOperan, Umeå, Sweden -
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  • NorrlandssOperan in the park, NorrlandsOperan, Umeå, Sweden
  • August 22, 2026

Waterkind

LAND BEFORE TIME [SE] - Waterkind - August 26, 2026 - Operaestate Festival/CSC, Bassano del Grappa, Italy -
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  • Operaestate Festival/CSC, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
  • August 26, 2026

Waterkind

LAND BEFORE TIME [SE] - Waterkind - September 12, 2026 - Maison pour la danse, Luxembourg -
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  • Maison pour la danse, Luxembourg
  • September 12, 2026

Photo credits: Donatas Ališauska, Margarita Matiz Bergfeldt

Waterkind

Waterkind delves into the interplay and connection between two bodies without direct physical contact. How can we experience the sensation of connection and mutual understanding of the next movement through improvisation? Both proximity and space are equally crucial, with a continuous emphasis on vibrations and responsiveness. Individual explosions and outbursts occur while both performers maintain a close relationship to one another. The subsequent movement heavily relies on the preceding one. Water serves as the inspiration to shape the flows and currents, combined with freestyle and elements of popping, resulting in specific material encapsulated in the work.

Waterkind is selected by Aerowaves as part of their Twenty25 artists and will be presented at Spring Forward Festival from 24 – 26 April 2025 in Gorizia and Nova Gorica (IT/SI).

Premiere: 2023, Sergels Torg Stockholm

The work has previously been performed at:

  • På Sergels torg, Parkteatern, Stockholm, Sweden 2023

  • Malmö Dance Week, almost, Sweden 2023

  • Artipelag in Nacka/Stockholm, Sweden. 2023

  • FLOCK festival i Falun, Sweden 2023

  • New Baltic Dance festival, Vilnius, Lithuania 2024

  • RIDDC i Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2024

  • Parkteatern/Plattan, Stockholms Stadsteater, Stockholm, Sweden 2024

  • Faedersbiennalen, Norway 2024

  • Fringe Fragments, Dancebase, Edinburg, Scotland 2024 / showcase

  • Swedstage Stockholm, Sweden 2024

  • Karolinska institutet Stockholm, Sweden 2024

  • Rotterdamse Dakendagen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands,  2025

  • DE DANSWEEK 2025/RIDCC & Dansatelier, Schouwburgplein, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2025

  • San Vinventi Dance Festival, San VinventiCroatia 2025

  • GDIF London, UK, 2025

  • Nordic VERK Stage Days, Faroe Islands, 2025

Credits
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Choreography: Joanna Holewa Chrona, Yared Tilahun Cederlund
Dancers: Joanna Holewa Chrona, Yared Tilahun Cederlund
Music: Yared Tilahun Cederlund
Vocals: Ntsika Fana Ngxanga
Producers: Land Before Time
Distribution: Nordberg Movement

Duration: 30 min (adaptable for shorter versions)

With Support from: Konstnärsnämnden, Region Skåne, Norrlandsoperan and Kulturrådet, Dalateatern

 

Photo credits: Erik Linghede

[...it is contained in...]

[…it is contained in] is a tribute to water, our greatest life source. The duo is exploring the different qualities that water has and how it reminds us to stay connected to our natural surrounding and relearn some of our fundamental needs to become more human: Feel, adapt, remember, connect, communicate, be. The performance is an honest journey together through nothing and something, little and much, silence and harmonies, stillness and movement.

Premiere: Januari 2022, Palladium Malmö, Sweden

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. Loren Eiseley

 

Credits
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Choreography: Joanna Holewa Chrona, Yared Tilahun Cederlund
Dancers: Joanna Holewa Chrona, Yared Tilahun Cederlund
Music: Yared Tilahun Cederlund
Vocals: Ntsika Fana Ngxanga
Light: Carima Neusser
Costume: Victoria Tcha
Film and photo: Erik Linghede
Producers: AFIA and Land Before Time
Co producers: Slingan
Distribution: Nordberg Movement
Graphic design: Mei-Li Wu

Duration: 50 min