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It is as it is A song cycle-A dance macabre Through sincere musings, danced in cantations and newly written music for one - and sometimes two voices - we encounter possible transactions, possible and impossible passages in time and space, the unmentionable but also the lust for life, the joy of being and a large measure of humor while dying - is cleaned out. It's a performance with two actors, they use their voices and bodies to make visible change in the different stages of life. The work has been created in a collaboration between Maria Johansson Josephsson, singer, actor and composer and Tove Sahlin choreographer and dancer. "It is as it is" is inspired by various theories and thoughts about change, transformation, care, decay and man's opportunity to find comfort in and believe in the power of music, dance and art. The theme that runs as a, perhaps some what blurred but still highly present, line through the entire work is the most central and yet among the most unmentionable themes in our lives: Life and death.The performance had its premiere in Stockholm in 2017 and has since then, among other things, played at festivals in Sweden and Germany and toured in Sweden for the Riksteatern."It is as it is" is an attempt at a post in a discussion about who we are and become in the cycles of change that meet humans throughout life, both the natural movements through the years but also the worrying injuries, diseases, caring person-centered practices and the worrying end of earthly life. Through the performative art and music, the actors are not looking for answers but something that can be compared to comfort, and it is alsosomething comforting that they want to express through their songcycle and dance macabre- ”It is as it is”. For more information.