Mozart spent his last time in life writing his world-renowned requiem. The composer passed away before the work was completed, and it was later completed by Mozart's student Franz Xaver Süßmayr. The occasional bright and dancing music in the mass of death is in sharp contrast to the religious text that testifies to the soul's departure.

"A rich expression"

Now Örjan Andersson and Skåne's dance theater, together with Malmö opera choir and Malmö opera orchestra led by conductor Olof Bohman, have created a borderland between a world of death and a world of life.

- It is a prayer for those who have died, which is about where the person in question should end up - whether it is up or down, says Örjan Andersson, choreographer, and continues:

- We all have a body and we can all move. I think it becomes a rich expression when you put the dancer against another group.

Beautiful vulnerability

In a large staircase, dancers and choir singers are brought together in a choreographic collective. The large ensemble explores the duality between civilization, and the nature of the body.

- The body can do amazing things. It can translate things that other artistic expressions cannot. There is a vulnerability in the body that I think is beautiful, says Samuel Denton, dancer.

77-year-old dancer

Guest dances include the 77-year-old ballet dancer Niels Simonsen, who returns to the stage after 32 years. During his long career, another duality has been actualized, namely that between physical ability and artistic expression.

- The artistic grows the older you get. Life experience does not come until you get older, but as a dancer, time is very short, says Niels Simonsen.