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About Batida
A vibrant and colourful ensemble of musical actors, Batida has developed its very own unique and interacting theatrical style, and has over time created a wide range of shows, addressing all age groups – adults included.
The shows are performed at Batida‘s own theatre – a converted factory building in Copenhagen – as well as on tour anywhere in the world where they may find an audience.
Batida has toured in more than forty different countries.
Artistic manifesto
Batida’s theatrical style — integrated live music
From the very outset The Batida Theatre Company has hung on to its principle of integrating live music and movement in its shows on equal footing with text and design. All music is performed live, it’s visible, and often staged and used in much the same way as choreography is in dance: as a form of expression in its own right.
The musical genres span from Weill-like, accordion accompanied song, via dramatic drum-sequences as known from The Peking Opera, to Afro-American inspired break-beats. The company’s musical span can only be described as diverse; The music is performed on a variety of instruments ranging from the more conventional: keyboards, guitar, drums, bass and trumpet to more unexpected ones such as cymbalon, bottles, and saz. All this combined with song and movement.
When the endeavour to combine storyline, movement, sound, and visual imagery is achieved, the particular brand of rhythmic and tonal pulse, unique to Batida, pervades a performance making it accessible to any audience.
Batida’s aims and objectives — local and global visionary theatre
With its focus on music-driven theatre the company seeks its inspiration by looking into the past and the future, as well as to present cultural sources;
– from the past from various indigenous folk traditions in which music, dance and drama were united into one,
– from the future by venturing into the dynamic landscape of new, or not yet known, scenic forms of expression, new technological sound universes, and combinations in which dance and music plays an increasingly central role,
– and from the present, to the wider world, particularly LatinAmerica, Africa, the MiddleEast, and Asia where the still vibrant traditional folk cultures are an incredibly,almost paralysingly rich and inexhaustible source of inspiration.
The many years of working with performance art in a wide range of countries spanning social and cultural differences have provided the company with enriching experiences. Experiences the company aims to use in its continued work towards creating and developing inter-cultural encounters and exchange. The achievement of which the company also sees as its objective in its aim to present theatre to an increasingly globalised Denmark.
Batidas objective is to produce and perform contemporary quality drama that is topical, accessible, musical, and which moves, engages, and entertains its audiences irrespective of age, nationality, and social status.
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Pay us a visit, give us a call or write an email
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Teatergruppen Batida
Rentemestervej 25 A
2400 København NV
Email: info@batida.dk
Phone: +45 38 10 36 09
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Photo from ‘A Man called Rolex’
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