Marie Dahl Assembly

03/09/2026

We are celebrating!! We are over the top happy to announce that we just received substantial support from Statens Kunstfond, Danish Arts Foundation, for continuing our artistic work in the coming time. Thank you SO much for the great trust you place in our work with this acknowledgment - it means the world to us!

18/08/2026

Thank you!

Thanks to everyone who have already experienced Silke. Sukker. Sand in Helsingør, thanks to PASSAGE·Festival - international street theatre in Helsingør, Helsingør Teater, Kulturværftet for hosting the world premiere and first round of shows - and to Copenhagen Opera Festival and Sort/Hvid for hosting our Copenhagen premiere TONIGHT and the two next days (all sold out!). Thanks for the brilliant reviews we have received and the overwhelming reactions from the audience.

Thank you all contributors: , -Fonden, , -HansenFonden, , , , , , ,

And most of all, thank you magnificent TEAM! For making this happen with us. Composers , , and , light designer , set and costume designers , , singers from , wiman, lynge petersen, , .bertins, conductor , technicians , , , photographer ! We are forever grateful for your will, hard work and dedication to getting this piece to where it is now. THANK YOU DEARLY!

Much love,
Marie & Lisbeth

07/08/2026

Prepare for your experience by reading the libretto before the performance. Tickets still available for the Copenhagen Opera Festival shows at Sort/Hvid - ticket link in comments.

3 internationale komponister. 3 aftener på SORT/HVID. Se mere på operafestival.dk

06/08/2026

05/08/2026

Thank you so much iscene.dk for watching, listening, and formulating this great ★★★★★ review - calling Silk. Sugar. Sand a "visually dazzling vocal work" and "a fierce experience that delivers its concept with extreme rigor: to convey the grim through the beautiful."

It enhances
"The five singers from ARS NOVA Copenhagen sound otherworldly precise and tight through the movements' different tonal languages ​​and hyper-complex chords. Their full-toned, yet transparent and overtone-rich sound embodies the work's universality through millennia of history."

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"a work bound together by Wilhelm Gustaf Ljunggren Dahl's supplementary, electronic compositions, Marie Dahl's libretto and the tightly composed visual expression, carried by the sculptural costumes and Jesper Kongshaug's completely magical lighting."

Finally, it reflects upon the "history and experience from Hotel Pro Forma. The legacy is clear in this, their first work under a new name, which with immense rigor continues the cross-aesthetic wildness, but also the ultra-controlled universe. Both were among the hotel's hallmarks."

Marie Dahl Assemblys visuelt blændende vokalværk Silke. Sukker. Sand forløser stringent sit koncept hvor det grumme formidles af det smukke.

03/08/2026

Stor tak til PASSAGE·Festival - international street theatre in Helsingør for at huse premieren og de første opførelser. Det var en stor fornøjelse at være en del af festivalen. Læs hele Kulturinformations anmeldelse her - og køb dine billetter til Silke. Sukker. Sand på Copenhagen Opera Festival i tide!

HELSINGØR | Gadeteater: Passage Festival — Helsingør fejrer 600 år med kæmpe giraffer på havnen, global handel på kajen og en forestilling om silke, sukker og slaveriets mørke historie.

01/08/2026

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Thanks to Redaktionen for the kind and encouraging words