“an audacious piece of dance theatre from a patently talented company keen to engage with the times in which we live.” Time Out

"A determinedly defiant and forceful piece of 21st-century dance theatre - that follows in the footsteps of Pina Bausch"

The Guardian

“in To Die For, we hear echoes: of the corporate criminality of the Enron conspirators, the excesses of Abu Ghraib, the mind-bending techniques of those who dispatch men and women to kill for a cause. Our greatest vulnerability, the piece tells us, lies in our need for acceptance.”

The Observer

TO DIE FOR 2007

Part performance, part social experiment, the darkly humorous TO DIE FOR features four dancers stripped down to their psychological essentials in a gladiatorial battle to define winners and losers. Convincingly cast as a diabolical ringmaster whose “sadistic pleasure is enough to chill the blood” (Daily Express), Hanna Gillgren leads her victims through a series of fast-paced playground games which become increasingly alarming in character.

Concept, choreography and design: Hanna Gillgren and Heidi Rustgaard
Performers: Darren Anderson, Laura Doehler, Gareth Green, Nicholas Lawson, Hanna Gillgren/Heidi Rustgaard
Music: MOTO

To Die For is co-produced by Hedmark Teater in Norway. Supported by Statens Kulturråd and Värmlandsoperan, Sweden, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Laban Theatre and Greenwich Dance Agency,UK

Tour:

November 2007: Laban Theatre, London, UK

January 2008: Alsager Arts Centre, UK

February 2008: Prema, Glochestershire, UK

February 2008: The Showroom, Chischester, UK

February 2008: MAC, Birmingham, UK

April 2008:Hedmark Teater, Norway

April 2008:Drammen Teater, Norway

April 2008:Tynset Kulturhus, Norway

April 2008:Storstua, Koppang, Norway

April 2008:Elvarheim, Elverum, Norway

April 2008:Bærum Kulturhus, Norway

April 2008:Maihaugen, Lillehammer, Norway

April 2008:Gjøvik Kino, Norway

April 2008:Arenan, Karlstad, Sweden

November 2008: NICE08/Liverpool Biennial, UK

December 2008: Dartington Arts, Devon, UK

December 2008: Michaelis Theatre, Roehapmton, UK

March 2009: Laban Theatre, London, UK

November/Decemebr 2009: NICE09, Novas Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK