Dancing On My Own

Holstebro Dansekompagni

 

“Dramaturg Rikke Frigast Jakobsen and choreographer Mikkel Alexander Tøttrup have, through their staging, created an immensely powerful performance, one that is not only visually stunning but also succeeds in clearly telling a story.”— Maja Sode Bach-Lauritsen, Ungt Teaterblod

https://ungtteaterblod.dk/anmeldelse-dancing-on-my-own-aarhus-teater-holstebro-dansekompagni/

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“The contrast between earth and sky forms the soundscape of Dancing on My Own, currently playing at Aarhus Theatre. This same contrast shapes the choreography: heavy earth and the soaring skylark. The dance performance is a five-star experience.” — Lita Domino, Kulturnyt
https://kulturnyt.net/dans/anmeldelse-dancing-on-my-own-holstebro-dansekompagni-aarhus-teater/
 

“With Lise Marie Birch and Lars Frimann as scenographic consultants, choreographer Mikkel Alexander Tøttrup and co-director Rikke Frigast Jakobsen create a sensory performance set in a home where everyone moves crisscross, but also comes together in a shared community.” — Michael Søby, CPH Culture, https://cphculture.dk/dancing-on-my-own/

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“There is something meditative about it all—and something strikingly recognizable. Each dancer initially moves within their own track, until they all, at the same moment, get stuck like a skipping record, repeating the same sequence again and again. Tøttrup’s choreography, especially in the first act, is marked by a blend of abrupt shifts and soft movements.” — Trine Wøldiche, Iscene
https://iscene.dk/2026/03/14/dancing-on-my-own-maler-et-ordloest-billede-af-kaerlighed/

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“Choreographer Mikkel Alexander Tøttrup strikes a fine balance between the raw and the poetic. Sudden jolts give way to soft, almost yearning movements. And then it begins: glances meet, bodies mirror each other, attraction arises and sparks fly.” — Hans Christian Davidsen, Kulturkapellet
https://www.kulturkapellet.dk/teateranmeldelse.php?id=488

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“They created a space where these emotions were allowed to exist without defense, without filter, and without irony. A space where the body was allowed to speak where language usually breaks down. For this very reason, Dancing on My Own became more than a dance performance—it became an emotional movement, a mood, a small piece of modern melancholy with a pulse.” — Yde News
https://ydenews.dk/forestillinger-event/dancing-on-my-own

 

“Mikkel Alexander Tøttrup’s choreography is not merely beautiful, it is felt and thoughtfully constructed, built on a deep understanding of how movement can be more than aesthetics, how it can become psychology, relationship, and memory.” — Yde News

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Grey Zone

'TeaterFÅR302

 

“Mikkel Alexander, who himself dances in the performance, has drawn on his personal experiences with an Alzheimer’s-affected person to create the choreography for Grey Zone. The result is a very beautiful and relevant, but also a bleak performance.”
— CPH Culture
https://www.cphculture.dk/

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“The technically mastered bodies radiate vitality and lightness. They offer us bright, composed moments that reveal their control. The interplay is marked by exploratory curiosity. They create a place to belong – a place to occupy – and their relationship feels like a game that affirms existence.”
— Teateravisen
https://www.teateravisen.dk/

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“The technically mastered bodies radiate vitality and lightness. They offer us bright, composed moments that reveal their control. The interplay is marked by exploratory curiosity. They create a place to belong – a place to occupy – and their relationship feels like a game that affirms existence.”
— Peripeti
https://www.peripeti.dk/​

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Oblivious Days

National Musical Theatre Sofia

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“Oblivious Days challenges societal norms and prompts introspection through a multilayered experience exploring themes of disharmony, resilience, and the quest for humanity. This performance blends intense physicality, multimedia projections, and symbolic costumes… transported to a captivating world that challenges perception in the middle of an apocalypse.”
— Margarita Arnaudova Foundation Jury Statement
https://arabesque.bg/

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Elverhøj

Aarhus Theatre

 

“A fully realized highlight is also Mikkel Alexander Tøttrup (from Holstebro Dansekompagni) as the ballet-dancing, speechless Elf King. How captivating, how eerie.”
— Asker Hedegaard Boye, Weekendavisen

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“If I had to highlight only one reason to see Elverhøj, it would be Mikkel Alexander Tøttrup – dancer and choreographer – in the role of the Elf King. Dressed in white, he enchants us with a physical presence carried entirely by dance. Without words, he manages to create a powerful character who dominates the stage and slowly builds an underlying tension. Oliver and I were both captivated by his movements, which were at once beautiful and unsettling.”
— Michael Frederiksen, Børnenes Aarhus

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“A special performance is also delivered by dancer Mikkel Alexander Tøttrup in the role of the Elf King. His animalistic and almost supernatural movements evoke an eerie intensity, and as an audience member, you tremble in your seat fearing he might come too close.”
— Jo Damsgaard-Sørensen, Ungt Teaterblod

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“On stage we see the Elf King himself, choreographed and danced superbly by Mikkel Alexander Tøttrup, who throughout the performance moves across the layers of reality in the play, with references to both Bournonville and Tolkien, and with a seriousness, control, and eeriness in his command of space that the ironic playfulness of the festivity cannot penetrate. At first, one might think that the dancing Elf King is merely a decorative ornament around the dramatic plot, but it quickly becomes clear that the Elf King is the maelstrom around which the entire story revolves.”
— Thomas Rosendal Nielsen, Peripeti

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“Last but not least, one must bow down to dancer Mikkel Alexander Tøttrup from Holstebro Dansekompagni, who in his performance as the white-clad and white-painted Elf King merges Gollum from The Lord of the Rings with the most graceful Bournonville dancer. He is delicately poetic, sensually captivating, and terrifyingly eerie. His talent shines through.”
— Sceneblog

 

“Dancer Mikkel Alexander Tøttrup plays the silent Elf King, and his presence is, almost literally, breathtaking. In my opinion, elements of dance and music can often seem somewhat tacked-on in ‘pure’ theatre plays, but here they feel exceptionally well-placed.”
— Iscene.dk