Solaris? is an outdoor contemporary dance performance drawing parallells between the science fiction novel
Solaris (1961) by Polish author Stanislaw Lem, and how our anthropocentric lens of the world hinders us in understanding and preserving the natural world today.

The audience will go on a walking journey through the woods, and be confronted with their naive search for something familiar within an unknown form of consciousness.

Solaris? had a residency August 2024 in Hammerfest with Davvi - Center for Performing Arts, and will premiere in Tromsø, Norway on the 1st of July 2025.

The project is funded by The Norwegian Arts Council, Tromsø Municipally, and Sparebankstiftelsen Sparebank 1 Nord-Norge.


Choreographer, artistic director and writer
Mathilde Caeyers



Writer, poet
Maria Dorothea Schrattenholz



Set-design
Lawrence Malstaf



Light design
Hans Christian Gilje



Dramaturgy
Thomas Schaupp



Co-creating dancers
Marit Landfald Meløe
Karianne Andreassen
Stien Bergdølmo



Manuscript consulent
Tale Næss



Costume designer
Line Maher