MIKKEL ALEXANDER
Mikkel Alexander Tøttrup
Born 28.10.1994, Denmark
Choreographer and dance artist
Mikkel Alexander (he/him) is a choreographer and movement artist based in Copenhagen, Denmark. His professional experience spans a dynamic range of roles, including performing with Johannes Härtl, dancing with Cia. Nadine Gerspacher in Barcelona, serving as a full-time company member with Holstebro Dance Company, and collaborating with Pernille Garde Stage Art and Bobbi Lo Production.
At the age of 18, Mikkel founded a youth-driven theatre association in Denmark, sparking his journey as a creator. As a conceptual artist, Mikkel consistently integrates his multidisciplinary background in music and theatre into his work. In summer 2023, he showcased his talent as a choreographer at CPH-MADE, collaborating with dancers from the Royal Ballet, Tivoli Ballet, and Danish Dance Theatre in a production hosted at the Royal Playhouse in Copenhagen.
In autumn 2023, Mikkel received the Margarita Arnaudova Award for his choreographic work Oblivious Days, performed by Ballet Arabesque at the National Musical Theatre in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2024, he premiered Grey Zone at TeaterFÅR302 in Copenhagen, which was nominated for Best Dance Performance by CPH-CULTURE.
WORK
GREY ZONE
Premiered at TeaterFÅR302
Copenhagen, Denmark
National focus week on Dementia
The performance Grey Zone is about the middle stage and limbo between different emotional perspectives as well as memories and life events. The performance is the second part of the trilogy Wrinkles with the concept by Anna Øhrberg Nielsen and Mikkel Alexander Tøttrup. The course of action and the artistic choices in Grey Zone stem from the feeling of loneliness as well as our personal relationship with the disease Alzheimer's.
BARBARIAN SUN
CPH-MADE Contest 2023
The Royal Playhouse, Copenhagen
The piece, "Barbarian Sun” encourages the act of embracing diversity and acknowledging the illuminating light within every individual, similar to the sun's warmth. Through deconstructed movements and nordic tribe music, "Barbarian Sun" encourages self-reflection on the themes of forming connections and communities, and celebrates our unique individual potential, promoting a brighter, more compassionate world, where we can all shed the fear and be "barbarians" in the most genuine manner.
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WRINKLES
Premiered at Bådteatret, Copenhagen (DK)
13th of November 2021
The performance Wrinkles is the first part of a trilogy based on a personal relationship with Alzheimer's and the feeling of loneliness. Wrinkles is a short story about two people's connection as well as their individual ups and downs in life. The performance illuminates themes of friendship, trust, family and love and revolves around the celebration on memories.
The piece has been a touring experience for elderly homes since summer 2022.
LIVING IN CAPSLOCK
Premiered at SoloDuo in Cologne (DE)
30th of July 2021
This solo performance by Mikkel Alexander explores gender expectations, diversity, and sexuality through the theories of Sigmund Freud and Anne Louise Stevnhøj. Inspired by Freud's psychoanalytic ideas and Stevnhøj's gender and sexuality theories, the piece challenges traditional norms, highlighting the fluidity of gender expression.
OBLIVIOUS DAYS
Premiered at the National Musical Theatre in Sofia, Bulgaria
With company Ballet Arabesque
October 2023
"Oblivious Days" challenges societal norms and prompts introspection through a multi-layered experience that explores themes of disharmony, resilience, and the quest for humanity. This performance blends intense physicality, multimedia projections, and symbolic costumes. The piece serves as a catalyst, encouraging the audience to reflect on their own roles in perpetuating disharmony.
JALA
Selected for the XVII Sabadell Choreography Contest
Spain in 2022
JALA is a theatrical dance work highlighting the Ego’s restless striving to gain and latch on to power. We investigate the universal ways individuals insistingly search for control, in a universe that works in spontaneous flow. In this work, we explore the dichotomous relationship between Ego and nature. Jal is the Hindu word for water, and Jala is one of the five elements or stages of prakriti in Hindu mythology. Water in this work represents the workings of our planet.
CHICKS
Premiered at H. C. Andersen Festivals at Theater Momentum, Odense (DK)
27th of august 2021
Three confused beings (50% chicken and 50% human) are trapped in oppressive circumstances and ethically wrong physical and mental spaces.
They try to escape their destiny being slaughtered and sold as food, but experience along the journey to freedom that they live in an unconscious mental blockade and not in the real world. It's all in their head.
THE APARTMENT
Premiered in Munich 2019
European tour 2020: Barcelona, Copenhagen, Berlin and Munich
The piece "The Apartment" is an indoor promenade performance that delves into the complexity of contemporary human relationships. The performance unfolds within a private apartment, transcending its role as a mere stage to become an active participant in the narrative and experience of the production. Through unique interactive elements, the audience is invited to explore the space, forge connections, and influence the infrastructure of the performance.
GALLERY
