I CANNOT LOVE WITHOUT TREMBLING
Direction
Bobbi Jene Smith & Or Schraiber
Music
Cassandra Miller
Choreography
In collaboration with the dancers of the GöteborgsOperan DansKompani:
Benjamin Behrends, Mei Chen, Valentin Durand,
Logan Hernandez, Hiroki Ichinose, Rachel McNamee, Auguste Palayer, Duncan Schultz, Iris Telting,
Amanda Åkesson
Costume Design
Bobbi Jene Smith & Christian Friedländer
Light Design
David Stokholm
Scenography
Christian Friedländer
Dramaturgy
Marie Haugsted Mors
Commissioned by GöteborgsOperan
Premiered April 2025, at GöteborgsOperan, Sweden
Duration
45 minutes

Videos & Photos by Tilo Stengel

PRESS
“They create a vibrating presence that makes the experience physical – it pulses out into the audience.”
— Svenska Dagbladet (SvD)
"Smith and Schraiber build a mysterious ballroom where social codes and emotional tremors are danced out with an existential urgency... There is something both deeply human and disarmingly vulnerable in how the dancers surrender to the moment... The movement language is raw, rich, and poetic – at times cinematic – with a tangible tension between tenderness and chaos.”
— Göteborgs-Posten (GP)
”Dance to hold on to when the world trembles.”
— Dagens Nyheter (DN)
"...a fascinating metamorphosis of dance and music in an urban landscape with folkloristic elements... It's smart and passionate."
— Aftonbladet