The Swedish Arts Council is a government authority whose principal

The Swedish Arts Council is a government authority whose principal task is
to implement the cultural policy objectives set by the Swedish Parliament.
the objectives state that culture is to be a dynamic, challenging and
independent force based on freedom of expression. We are confident that
international collaborative projects involving art on its own terms create the
conditions for fulfilling this goal. In our globalized world, the arts develop in
an international context, and the performing arts in Sweden are players on
the international stage.
This catalogue does not purport to offer a comprehensive overview of all
the performing arts produced and presented in Sweden. There are many
organization of various characters not listed here that present performing
arts of the highest artistic quality to diverse audiences of all ages.
However, the Swedish Arts Council is proud to present a catalogue featuring
a wealth of artistic expression: drama, dance, performance, circus, opera and
more. The featured practitioners of all these art forms share a desire to bring
their art to international audiences and, in so doing, to advance their artistic
development.
Readers will find everything here, from dance performances for young
children to the latest productions by the Royal Ballet of Sweden. A
contemporary circus venue is listed next to an independent choreographer.
This sums up the Swedish international performing arts today – a disparate
mix of high-level artistic accomplishment, where you can find exactly the
right production or scene to discover, explore and promote to others.
The featured practitioners sent in their information to the Swedish Arts
Council in response to an open call, so they are listed on their own initiative
and using their own words to describe their artistic activities. All the
featured practitioners receive public funding through the Swedish Arts
Council or the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.
Enjoy!
3:E VÅNINGEN
3:e Våningen (3rd Floor) is an artist-run dance
venue, studio and art space. 600 square meters
dedicated to contemporary dance and art, focusing on choreographic and spatial expressions.
The venue holds a black box and a white space,
side by side, offering new possibilities for inter­
action. In this trans-disciplinary environment
new works are created throughout the year.
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Each season a number of international dance
productions are invited and presented. Collaborations and exchanges are of particular interest to
the venue and the hosting dance companies.
Contact
Lars Persson
[email protected]
www.3vaningen.se
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ADAS musikaliska teater
Fia Adler Sandblad/ADAS musical theatre.
Fia Adler Sandblad is known for her personal
work in theatre where she uses her performing
skills to research and present hidden stories and
memories based on documents and personal
experiences.
As an actor she is recognized for her sincere public contact, seeking to articulate the invisible and
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explore the relation audience and stage. She has
been awarded several grants from the Swedish
Arts Grants Committee since 1995 for being a key
element in Gothenburg culture.
Contact
Fia Adler Sandblad
[email protected]
adasmusikaliskateater.se
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Af Dalmatinerhjärta
The Order of Dance premieres at Weld in Stockholm in January 2015.
It is said that we inhabit a capitalist realism, in
which we organize the world from an economic
perspective. Is it instead possible to discuss the
globally highest-ranked field of knowledge from
the perspective of the lowest-ranked – for dance
to describe economics? The project makes a non-­
material, artistic claim as to the nature of economics and examines how physical knowledge can
secure its place in contemporary discourse.
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In The Order of Dance, dancers Juan Francisco
Maldonado (Mexico), Igor Koruga (Serbia/Germany) and Josefine Larson Olin (Sweden) tackle the
subject together. From three different professional
perspectives on dance, and from differing experiences of cultural policy, they deliver a “movement
lecture”: a lecture based entirely on movement.
Contact
Josefine Larson Olin
[email protected]
afdalmatinerhjarta.wix.com/cicilia
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Photo Magnus Länje
ANDERSSON DANCE
Andersson Dance is analogous to choreographer Örjan Andersson’s artistry and a language
derived from vastly different experiences of
creating choreographic works. Whatever the
context, this aspect of Örjan Andersson has
been the common denominator – movement in
space and time.
material from Swedish folk dancing and “Residual bits of sunlight” for five dancers to music
by Sam Salem. In 2015 Andersson Dance and the
prominent music ensemble Scottish Ensemble,
based in Glasgow, will collaborate on a new grand
scale creation, based on J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
Recent productions for Andersson Dance include
“Name of the next song”, created to an electronic
landscape by BJNilsen for four dancers, “Karmer
kring blå”, a contemporary take on movement
Contact
Magnus Nordberg
[email protected]
www.anderssondance.com
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Photo Mats Lindgren
Art Of Spectra
Art of Spectra was founded in 1998 by choreo­
grapher and composer Peter Svenzon, whose
artistic expression imbued with a strong physicality and direct communication with the
audience.
In working with A.O.S., Svenzon always moved
forward in contemporary dance and his background in breakdancing is evident in his works.
A.O.S. are in a constant exploration and cross-border work in art forms such as dance, theater,
music, and visual arts. A.O.S. has created performances both nationally and internationally and
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has had residencies and collaborations including
Germany, Denmark, England, etc. BOUNDARIES, toured the UK, presented at ICE HOT (FI),
and was put up by Ballet Vorpommern (DE). The
last suite of works premiered at Fotografiska, Vara
Conserthouse – I REMEMBER and at JoJo – Oulu
Dance Centre (FI) – FRAGMENT. Upcoming
FREQUENCYS premieres 2015.
Contact
Ulriqa Fernqvist
[email protected]
www.artofspectra.com
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Photo Ola Kjelbye
Backa Teater
Acts of Goodness is a theatrical trial of the
deeply problematic concept of goodness from
political, religious, ethical, existential and aesthetical perspectives.
In an extensive interview project, young people
in Greece, Serbia, Germany, France, Romania,
Hungary, Britain and Sweden have answered the
question of whether they have performed an “act
of goodness” in their life. Their stories form a
contemporary document over a Europe ravaged
by economic crisis.
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Out of the collected material Backa Teater has
sculpted a performance with the use of acting, music, recorded voices, images and choreography – a
theatrical now is created. A now, where audience and
actors together explore what an “act of goodness”
could be and how a person’s story might be manifested in something that could be called theatre.
Contact
Lisa Nowotny
[email protected]
www.backateater.se
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Photo Anna Diehl
bibu.se – Performing Arts Biennial
for Children and Youth
bibu.se is Sweden’s foremost meeting place for
artists, agents, teachers and other professionals
involved in presenting performing arts for a
young audience.
With a focus on a number of jury-selected
Swedish and international performances bibu.se
add a large variety of seminars, forums for discussions and social events, thus creating a playground
for analysis and exchanges about the status, quality and possibilities for development of the performing arts for young people.
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bibu.se aims to encourage reflection and artistic
innovation, laughter, fear and new insights.
The next biennial will be presented in 2016. Bibu
AB, which is the arranging body of the biennial
is co-owned in equal parts by Teatercentrum and
Swedish ASSITEJ.
Contact
Maria Ragnarsson
[email protected]
www.bibu.se
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Photo Fictional Copies team
BJÖRN SÄFSTEN
Choreographer Björn Säfsten deals with borders
that divide gesture and movement and also how
fiction together with identity are produced in
choreography.
The continuing work, in different formats, sizes
and contexts, is made possible together with a
close-knit team of alternating performers and
artistic collaborators. His latest works include
“Idiots” which opened at MDT in Stockholm in
October 2014 and “Fictional Copies” which opened in 2013. His latest creations also include “Introduction”, a critically acclaimed piece for two
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dancers from 2012 and “…AND…”, a commission for Skånes Dansteater 2013. Björn is also organizing a symposium in 2015, presented at and in
collaboration with Moderna Museet and MDT in
Stockholm. The symposium is an ending point of
Björns 3-year research project at Umeå Academy
of Fine Arts with philosopher Per Nilsson.
Contact
Magnus Nordberg
[email protected]
www.bjorn-safsten.com
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Photo Anna Lindkvist
Boulevardteatern
Boulevardteatern, one of Stockholm’s longestestablished independent theatre groups, has
been around since 1984. The group offers two
productions relevant to international contexts.
The solo performance Hamlet – A Stand-up has
won numerous awards in Sweden and internationally – most recently Best International Show
at the world’s biggest monodrama festival in New
York in 2013. This densely packed performance
encapsulates the entire Hamlet story. Roger Westberg transforms the stage into a swarm of human
figures. Out of the shadows of the dead, from nowhere, he brings one character after another to life.
The dead and the living alike take their places.
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That’s What a Princess Does has been highly
praised by critics and the press, and has now
been performed over 500 times on tour in Sweden. Most fairytale princesses are sweet and fair.
Delightful and delicate, they wait for their prince.
But that’s not what this princess does. She turns
our preconceptions upside down. A sparkling
performance, bearing the signature of Ika Nord,
with puppetry, masks and splendid costumes.
Contact
Yvonne Granath
[email protected]
www.boulevardteatern.se
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Photo MATRON
C/Ompany
C/Ompany is active in SWEDEN and JAPAN
where the founder SHINATRO OUE is based.
In 2014 C/Ompany created two performances.
The first, Protocol Relating to Status of Bucket
and Rope premiered at Dansens Hus in Stockholm, followed by performances at Equilible
Dance Festival Rome. The second performance,
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dan-su was invited to DANCE NEW AIR festival
TOKYO. C/Ompany is currently touring in Singapore, Malaysia and more.
Contact
Rayco Cano-Cortes
[email protected]
www.cslashompany.com
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Photo Per Kristiansen
Caféz – Game for Change
“The Small Waves Footsteps”. Caféz – Game for
Change is an independent theatre and games
research group based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Caféz has been touring since 2010, presenting
freely improvised performances and artworks for
children and adults of all ages. The Small Waves
Footsteps is an interactive narrative performance
set on the edge of the beach, where the waves
erase the boundary between imagination and
reality.
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In partnership with the audience, we create a dialogue that moves history forward and constantly
embroiders new sidetracks leading to games and
adventures. A performance involving everyone,
which can be staged in the theatre, in the classroom or in the park.
Contact
Petra-Eleonora Näslund
[email protected]
www.cafezlek.se
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Photo Håkan Larsson
ccap
CCAP is an independent site for production of
choreography directed by Cristina Caprioli, producing performances, installations, workshops,
seminars, films, publications, and cross- disciplinary projects.
Central to the 2014/2015 international repertoire
is CHOREO_DRIFT, showing in Europe, the US,
and Sweden. The project departs from the 2012
WEAVING POLITICS symposium and is a collaboration across institutions bringing together
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academic research with artistic practice to generate a single performative lecture. Also included
for 2104/2015 is: Omkretz, 60Pieces, The Piece,
CLOTH, Petrolio2, Here, here and here here and
here, here here here and here, here, TREES, and
att att.
Contact
Kory Davis
[email protected]
www.ccap.se
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Photo Håkan Larsson
Charlotta Öfverholm/
Compagnie Jus de la Vie
Charlotta Öfverholm/Compagnie Jus de la Vie
creates raw physical dance theatre with depth,
irony, brutality and humor. The company tour
friendly productions with few and strong artists
since 1995 which tour extensively internationally.
2015 – LUCKY. Between life and death is where
the immoderate borderless stage persona Charlotta Öfverholm has created for herself in the
solo LUCKY – an ironic collage of happiness with
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sharp changes between humour and tragedy, faith
and doubt. Dance, circus, text and music create
Lucky that questions, accepts and celebrates life
and what might follow.
Contact
Charlotta Öfverholm
[email protected]
www.jusdelavie.org
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Photo Mats Bäcker
Charlotte Engelkes
In her very much ongoing Allkunstwerkprocesse, Charlotte Engelkes gathers an ensemble
of five extraordinary Valkyries and lazy mermaids from the Rhine to examine true sisterhood, incestuous love, giants fights and gods in
general.
All Is Divine flirts with Wagner’s ‘Twilight of the
Gods’, however suggests we are all divine and
responsible. Personal and playful the ensemble
depicts how the mythological opera world relates
to the real one. On stage are Charlotte Engelkes,
actor Lindy Larsson, Royal Court Singer Ingrid
Tobiasson and the Singapore performers Celine
Rosa Tan and Chan Sze Wei along with the aston-
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ishing works of visual artist Brian Gothong Tan.
The German sound designer Willi Bopp creates
a new strong and magic storytelling landscape
from Wagner´s original music.
All Is Divine premiered in Dansens Hus, Stockholm, in 2013. It is a free and easy sequel to the
performances Miss Very Wagner (2006) and Siegfried – the Very Wagner Hero Hour (2011).
Contact
Charlotte Engelkes
[email protected]
www.charlotteengelkes.com
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Photo Mira Helenius
Christina Tingskog
Christina Tingskog’s work is increasingly inspired by astrophysics and she investigates the
discrepancy between scientific theories and the
unpredictability of life and human behavior,
with her typical sense of humour, wit and poetry.
Her work is an ongoing discussion of complex
topics with young audiences, as in Stretch time
and curve space, a dance musical inspired by
Einstein. She is currently working on Starstruck
for Stockholm Concert Hall, for four dancers
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and big orchestra. Upcoming COMET (4–9) and
ASTRO.1 (10–) play with mixing real and virtual in order to convey thoughts/ images on how
humans have tried to interpret celestial bodies.
She also works with an integrated ensemble as in
PERFECT, BOXES, (picture) and ASTRO.1.
Contact
Christina Tingskog
[email protected]
www.christinatingskog.se
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Photo Mattias Edwall
Cirkus Cirkör
CIRKUS CIRKÖR is Sweden’s first and largest
contemporary circus, founded in 1995 and
today consists of shows touring Sweden and
the world, circus events, circus training and an
internationally renowned secondary school.
New York, Montreal Complètement Cirque, The
Roundhouse in London and Polo Circo in Buenos
Aires. With three big shows touring the world
and another on the way, we are ready for new
challenges.
Over the years, almost two million people have
seen CIRKUS CIRKÖR:s shows. Artistic director
Tilde Björfors is the world’s first artistic professor of circus studies. Standing ovations have
met CIRKUS CIRKÖR at stages like BAM in
Contact
Lars Wassrin
[email protected]
www.cirkor.se
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Photo Mats Åsman
Claire Parsons Co.
Claire Parsons Co´s latest production Marmalade
has since its premiere performed 250 shows in
tours in Sweden and internationally.
Claire Parsons makes innovative performances for young audiences, with stunning visuals,
exquisite performers and tactile interaction with
the audience. In 2014 Claire Parsons received the
Stockholm Cultural Award for her work. Marmalade – dance and soft circus for audiences from
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2 years – was selected for SWEDSTAGE, the international showcase for performing arts in Sweden
and for several festivals. During 2015–2016 the
company will continue working with international
collaborations and international touring.
Contact
Claire Parsons
[email protected]
www.claireparsons.com
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Photo Urban Jörén
Cullberg Ballet
Cullberg Ballet has performed all over the world
and is often a central element in the international
presentation of Swedish culture.
The company also engages in national outreach
through its tours within Sweden. The company
collaborates with a variety of national and international choreographers and performing artists
who create works for large as well as small stages.
Cullberg Ballet’s activities encompass projects and
productions including site specific appearances
and collaboration with dance training programs.
company currently has 16 dancers from nearly
as many countries. Since its inception, the stage
personalities and technical strength of its dancers
have been Cullberg Ballet’s defining characteristics. Gabriel Smeets is the artistic director of Cullberg Ballet. Cullberg Ballet is part of Riksteatern,
The Swedish National Touring Theatre.
Contact
Monica Fredriksson
[email protected]
www.cullbergbaletten.se
Cullberg Ballet was founded by Birgit Cullberg
in 1967 under the auspices of Riksteatern. The
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Daniel AlmgrenRecén
Through his work Daniel AlmgrenRecén is investigating materiality, memory and belonging
in the forms of installation and performance.
In 2012 he travelled 7,000 km by car with all his
personal belongings and built up his home in
several places along the way. Visitors were invited
to this permanently temporary home for a cup
of coffee and talk about their notion of home.
AlmgrenRecén is a graduate from SNDO at the
Amsterdam School of the Arts and has studied
Theology and Drama. He is systematically problematizing Choreography as creative practice by
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looking in to the fields of Education, Management,
Architecture and Design Thinking.
During the autumn of 2014 he will be a guest
teacher at Freie Universität in Berlin and is developing a work in the Biological museum of Stockholm.
Contact
Daniel AlmgrenRecén
[email protected]
www.daar.se
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Photo Carl Thorborg
Dansens Hus
Dansens Hus is Sweden’s biggest venue for visiting dance performances, showcasing contemporary dance from Sweden and around the world.
The venue’s two stages present a new production
almost every week.
Opened in 1991, Dansens Hus actively advocates a stronger role for contemporary dance in
Sweden. As well as presenting dance performan-
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ces and similar stage works, the venue hosts seminars, lectures, workshops, children’s activities and
exhibitions.
Contact
Jennie Lindell
[email protected]
www.dansenshus.se
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Photo Per Englund
Danskompaniet Spinn
Danskompaniet Spinn is Sweden’s first integrated dance company bringing together professional dancers with and without disabilities.
Under artistic director Veera Suvalo Grimberg,
Spinn has built up extensive international experience since its inception in 2010.
Spinn has made guest appearances at festivals in
Germany, Finland, Northern Ireland and Belgium with performances and workshops. Current
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productions in 2014 are Obscuro, choreographed
by Favela Vera Ortiz, Imagine, choreographed
by Gilda Stillbäck, and Kurvatur, choreographed
and performed by Malin Rönnerman and Emilia
Wärff.
Contact
Hanna Uddenberg, producer
[email protected]
www.danskompanietspinn.se
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Dansnät Sverige
Dansnät Sverige is Sweden’s only national
touring network focused on contemporary
dance. Theatres, municipalities and regional
governments work together in the network to
organize tours by Swedish and international
choreographers and companies.
Dansnät Sverige is approached by companies from
around the world, and nearly half the touring
dance companies are based abroad.
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Dansnät Sverige also seeks to promote excellence
on and off stage. Through co-productions, public
discussions, workshops, seminars and other
activities, the network aims to create a forum for
dialogue about dance.
Contact
Carina Norée
[email protected]
www.dansnatsverige.se
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Photo Imre Zsibrik
Dansstationens Turnékompani
“Tetris” was choreographed in 2011 by Erik
Kaiel for the Dutch company De Dansers. Dansstationens Turnékompani is pleased to present
a new Swedish version, produced in close collaboration with the choreographer. An American
working in Europe, Erik Kaiel is known for his
outdoor piece Murakamification among other
works.
dancers rather than squares being joined? Tetris
is an energized performance about playing with
shapes, about fitting in and standing out, about
being yourself and being part of a group.”
“Who isn’t familiar with Tetris, the classic computer game? Various shapes consisting of four
panels have to be joined together with no spaces
in between. But what would it look like if it was
Contact
Christel Molin
[email protected]
www.dansstationen.nu
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Available for international touring throughout
Scandinavia and Europe in spring and autumn
2015.
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Photo Ola Kjelbye
Embla dans & teater
Embla dans & teater has toured in Sweden and
internationally since its inception in 1989.
The group’s performances are often said to open
the door to modern dance for young audiences.
Embla’s hallmarks are direct audience contact,
humour and play. The group makes a dedicated,
conscious effort to accommodate the children in
the audience, and every performance ends with a
dance workshop.
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Embla dans & teater is also co-founder of international projects such as Satellit – Nordic dance
festival for children and young people, and
NOBA – Nordic Baltic dance network for young
audiences.
Contact
Malin Enberg
[email protected]
www.embladans.se
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Photo Martin Lindeborg
Expressteatern
Expressteatern, an independent theatre group
based in Malmö, creates productions for young
audiences based on physical theatre traditions
such as mime, physical comedy and mask play.
Expressteatern 2015 celebrates its 25th anniversary
in Malmö and has four productions for international touring.
The mime adventure “The Secret of Winter” tells
the story of the Snow Queen who because of love
for her daughter conjures the coldest winter of
all times. “The Pool” is like a live silent movie
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performed outdoors. Abstract shapes come to life
with the help of the actors’ body language and the
children’s imagination in the mask play “Scribble”.
“Did I Really?” is an interactive mime play in
English performed in classrooms, about the evil
Mr X, who, disguised as the school janitor, steals
the emotions of the children.
Contact
Helena Johansson Strässle
[email protected]
www.expressteatern.nu
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Photo Mark Savage
Fabula Storytelling
Fabula is a company of storytellers in the heart of
the dynamic development of European storytelling, producing shows and manage workshops
and courses.
Internationally, Fabula cooperate with the Hakaya
Network (Jordan and Middle East), the Pandvani
Project (England and India) and The Hugin and
Munin project (Scandinavia).
During 2015 Fabula invites the English string
quartet Methera to Sweden, to perform their
coproduction Strange Lovers – a performance
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where new folk music is woven with stories of
unexpected love.
Fabula is also touring internationally with The
Devil’s Purse and the other people, a performance
by storyteller Dominic Kelly and musicians Bridget
Marsden and Leif Ottosson.
Contact
Agnes Branting
[email protected]
www.storytelling.se
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Photo Haruna Kawanishi
FRAUKE
Butoh choreographer Frauke (Caroline Lundblad) is based in Gothenburg. She has created
her own genre within butoh where her works
are site-specific and unique.
Frauke often collaborates with other artists from
different artistic disciplines and her performances
are influenced by contemporary art. She has
received international attention with distinctions
from The Standard Bank Ovation Award och The
Sunday Independent for taking part in Dance
Umbrella, Johannesburg and the National Arts
Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa. In 2014
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she has been Artist in residence OT301, E.H.B.K./
OT301, Amsterdam and touring with Vibrissa
– international urban garden tour, Amsterdam/
Stockholm/Gothenburg. The Nagaame project
is an ongoing collaboration with Japanese photographer Haruna Kawanishi with an upcoming
international activity including artist residency
and performances.
Contact
Caroline Lundblad
[email protected]
www.frauke.se
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Föreningen armar&ben/Maria Naidu
The Life and Times of Ms Karen Henderson
(working title), solo, 50 minutes.
Karen Henderson was born in Austin, Texas, but
grew up in Täby, a Stockholm suburb. Or was it
Calcutta? This work presents the audience with
different, sometimes contradictory life stories
like the plot threads in a mystery. Who is Karen
Henderson, and where is she from?
Malmö based choreographer Maria Naidu, of
Swedish-Indian heritage, reached adulthood in
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New York and maturity in Sweden. She draws
inspiration from her personal experiences and the
prejudices she has encountered. Without straying
into autobiographical territory, she examines her
roots and asks questions surrounding ethnicity
and cultural identity.
Contact
Maria Naidu
[email protected]
www.marianaidu.com
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Photo Lisa Thanner
GUN LUND/E=MC2 DANCE
Gun Lund is recognized for grand scale site specifics and a wide range of works for the stage.
For more than 30 years she has been at the frontline of Swedish dance. She was awarded the
Dance Prize of Swedish Theatre Critics, and holds
a lifetime award for her “high quality and great
importance in Swedish cultural life”.
With her company E=mc2 Dance, she is currently
touring internationally with Transmission – a
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dance and technology experiment where six
dancers respond to electromagnetic impulses,
received through vibrators attached to the body.
The repertory includes both solo and group pieces
and Gun Lund is always searching for exciting
places for which to adapt and create site specifics.
Contact
Anna Karlander
[email protected]
www.emc2dance.com
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Photo Einar Kling Odencrants
Gynoïdes Project – Bêta Test
Bêta Test is a series of experimental circus
works featuring world-class acrobatics and an
alternative view of how women are portrayed in
the circus.
Gynoïdes Project has a neutral starting point, where the aim is to create circus art with a gendercritical perspective. Bêta Test lays bare, breaks
down and reconstructs the artistic expression of
the circus, placing female power at the centre. The
Gynoïdes captivate audiences with the presence in
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their challenging and brutally realistic acrobatics.
Each Bêta Test is an independent piece created
in collaboration with unique, forceful, top-class
circus performers. The performances have played
to international audiences in countries such as
Belgium, France and Sweden.
Contact
Marie-Andrée Robitaille
[email protected]
www.cirkusperspektiv.se
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Photo Lecture For Every One – Sarah Vanhee/CAMPO – © x-raydeltaone
Göteborgs Dans & Teater Festival
For twenty years Göteborgs Dans & Teater Festival has invited international artists to share
stories with a diverse audience. Stories from all
over the world. Stories that underline political
and social discourse. Stories that reflect life.
Since 2007 the festival is partner in the network
NXTSTP, supported by the EU Culture Programme to co-produce and circulate new European
work.
The next festival is 19–28 August 2016.
A wide range of initiatives – including international
meetings, residency programs, national and international co-productions allow the festival to reinforce its position as a key player in the local cultural
scene and pursue its objectives of promoting and
distributing international contemporary art.
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Contact
Birgitta Winnberg Rydh
[email protected]
www.festival.goteborg.se
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GöteborgsOperans Danskompani
GöteborgsOperans Danskompani is an international company – visible far beyond Sweden’s
borders, with an international audience and
an international language. It is made up of 38
dancers form 18 countries and is directed by
Adolphe Binder.
Every year GöteborgsOperans Danskompani
tours a number of places in Europe and elsewhere.
During 2014/2015 the Company will be visiting
Portugal, the Netherlands, Norway, Germany and
Belgium, among other countries
Contact
The repertory consists mainly of creations specially made for GöteborgsOperans Danskompani,
in collaboration with choreographers, dancers,
artists, musicians, composers and set designers.
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Cecilia Selander-Moss
[email protected]
www.opera.se/danskompani
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H2DANCE
H2DANCE is choreographer/performer duo
Hanna Gillgren and Heidi Rustgaard. Their
work sits between dance and performance
taking a humorous approach to serious subject
matters.
Recurring themes are group behaviour, power
and manipulation, the group versus the individual, public and private is investigated through
movement and voice performed in and outside
the black box.
SAY SOMETHING is an interactive singing
and movement work performed by community
choirs/groups looking at collective behaviour.
H2DANCE next work STAGING AGES, a collaboration with five performers aged 8 to 70, premiers
spring 2015.
Contact
Natalie Richardson
[email protected]
www.h2dance.com/www.konzept.co.uk
In DUET Hanna and Heidi investigate their time
in couple therapy. After 15 years together they
take a brutally honest look at themselves, revealing a confused and disillusioned relationship.
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Helena Franzén
Choreographer Helena Franzén creates danceworks that are physically demanding and
visually strong.
Her movement language has a subtle and poetic
Scandinavian scent, characterized by a strong
musicality. Over the years she has developed
several close collaborations with musicians from
the Scandinavian pop-scene, often performing
live. In her works, music and movement challenge
each other, creating a nerve and density running
through the dynamics of the moving body.
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Helena Franzén has created commissioned works
for The Göteborg Ballet, Skånes Dansteater, Norrdans, the EDge, London, DDT Company and the
Royal Opera in Copenhagen among others. In
2011 she was awarded the Swedish Theatre Critics
Dance Prize and 2014 she received the Gannevik
grant.
Contact
Lena Uhlander
[email protected]
www.helenafranzen.se
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IngridOltermanDans
Ingrid Olterman has been a professional dancer
and choreographer since 1999, creating mainly
performances for children and young adults
focused on the thoughts and musings of young
people.
Ingrid Olterman has created performances for
many theatrical venues, as well as site-specific
pieces and video works. She enjoys collaborating
with other artists, often using specially composed,
live music. Warmth, humour and musicality are
the hallmarks of the performances, which are
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developed in close collaboration with children,
dancers and musicians. The pieces aim to give
audiences of all ages pause for thought and encouragement to create something themselves.
Based in Stockholm, Ingrid Olterman tours in
Sweden and internationally.
Contact
Ingrid Olterman
[email protected]
www.ingridolterman.se
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INKONST
Inkonst is a cultural venue in Malmö for drama,
live music, clubs, literature, cinema, conversation and other art forms. We encapsulate innovative and contemporary culture and offer a
creative meeting place for artists and creators.
theatre are no longer self-evident. Our ambition
is to be among the first to show audiences what’s
happening on stages across Europe and the rest of
the world, as well as presenting the best of what’s
happening in Sweden and in Malmö.
In the performing arts, we are sharply focused
on developments on the international scene. The
common thread is the cross-disciplinary, boundary-breaking nature of contemporary performing arts, where the ground rules of traditional
Contact
Ann Wallberg
[email protected]
www.inkonst.com
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Institutet
With explorations of power and sexuality in
relation to liberal politics and its basic unit; the
western middle class nuclear family structure,
Institutet has been performing on festivals like
Baltic Circle, Bastard, Impulse Festival, Festival
d’Avignon, Foreign Affairs, Festival Transamerique etc.
In spring 2014 Institutet co-produced the performance “Bis zum tod” together with the production company “I see darkness” and the finnish
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theater group “Nya Rampen”. It’s the 3rd and
final part of the trilogy that started with the acclaimed performances “Conte d’Amour” and “We
love africa”. “Bis zum tod” is a black metal opera
about forbidden love with a strong visual and
audible impact on its spectators.
Contact
Kristian Anshelm
[email protected]
www.institutet.eu
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Iraqi Bodies
Inspired by dramatists such as Antonin Artaud,
Jerzy Grotowski, Eugenio Ionesco and Samuel
Beckett the physical theater company Iraqi
Bodies was formed.
Having started their work in 2002 in Baghdad,
Iraq, whilst still students at The Fine Arts Institute – Theater Department, they soon were given
the opportunity to perform the piece The Bald
directed by Anmar Taha at festivals in Egypt,
Jordan and Iraq.
In 2006 the increased sectarian violence that took
hold of the country after the US led invasion in
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2003 was no longer bearable. Forced to flee the
country after persecution from fundamentalists
the company members went to Europe.
Relocating to Sweden Anmar Taha could there
resume his work and has since 2009 acted as
choreographer, performer and artistic director of
Iraqi Bodies, performing at venues and festivals
across the world.
Contact
Josephine Gray
[email protected]
www.iraqibodies.com
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Jeanette Langert
The Rite of Spring. Performed to Igor Stravinsky’s
music by Dan Langeborg of GöteborgsOperans
Danskompani, Jeanette Langert’s critically acclaimed version of The Rite of Spring is a stylistic and
intimate interpretation of the classical piece.
Slowly building up a momentum in her characteristic choreography, the dancer is as one with
the groundbreaking orchestral piece. This is Langert’s and Langeborg’s second collaboration after
the acclaimed “Fuktig” (2011).
well-defined approach in her work. Last year’s
production “Kopplad”, inspired by a sentence
in Tomas Tranströmer’s “Preludier II” from
“Mörkerseende”, was a solo for a female dancer.
She has also created two versions of Miss Julie,
“Fröken” (2008) and “Julie” (2010), the latter for
three dancers.
Contact
Jeanette Langert
[email protected]
www.jeanettelangert.com
Langert, who was awarded the Birgit Cullberg
scholarship in 2011, has a minimalistic and
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Jefta van Dinther
Jefta van Dinther (NL/SE) is a choreographer
and dancer working between Stockholm and
Berlin.
His work is characterized by a rigorous physical
approach and always implies a staged research of
movement itself. The moving body is centerfold
in his work but belongs to and interacts with a
body of light, sound and materials that constitute an environment of perception and sensation.
The dancers work and dance their way through
various environments: their processes exhibited
live on stage become performances. In 2014 he
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premiered the performance As It Empties Out.
Currently on tour are also Plateau Effect (2013 – a
commission for Cullberg Ballet), THIS IS CONCRETE (2012) and GRIND (2011). His other
works include The Blanket Dance (2011), Kneeding (2010), The Way Things Go (2009) and IT’S
IN THE AIR (2008).
Contact
Emelie Bergbohm
[email protected]
www.jeftavandinther.com
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Johan Wellton Productions
In 2015, Johan Wellton goes on tour with
GLITCH, a performance about living life.
GLITCH is Wellton’s most ambitious undertaking
to date, and his first adults-only performance.
Using his juggling and advanced engineering
skills, he blows his career to smithereens and
allows life to take over. Thoughts and artistry are
given free rein in an open laboratory when audiences enter Johan’s universe.
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Wellton lets a physical phenomenon become part
of the story by creating the world’s biggest wave
pendulum in an innovative, all-new performance
where arts, staging and lighting interact in a single
hypnotic construction.
Contact
Johan Wellton
[email protected]
www.johanwellton.com
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JONK! Internationell
scenkonst för barn och unga
JONK! presents international drama, dance and
circus performances for audiences aged 0–25.
Exciting, inspirational performing arts that
transcend genre boundaries. Guest performances
take place at a number of venues, expected and
unexpected, in collaboration with various local
and regional organizations in Jönköping county.
JONK! aims to stimulate the interest of children
and young adults in performing arts of various
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and unusual kinds. We also aim to perform in
non-established venues to show that drama, dance
and circus can take place in many everyday locations frequented by young people. We are developing a program of supporting activities coinciding with and between performances.
Contact
Hellen Smitterberg
[email protected]
www.jonkoping.se/jonk
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KASS Produktion/Sebastian Lingserius
The choreographer Sebastian Lingserius and his
company, KASS Production, have been creating
stage productions in Sweden and abroad since
2010.
KASS projects for 2015 include OUDEIS, a choreographic installation, r.e.s.o.m., a performance
lecture project, and Mover, a stage work scheduled
to premiere at Dansens Hus.
In the spring of 2014 they premiered a new work,
Bod(ill)ess, at Dansens Hus in Stockholm, in
collaboration with Point Éphémère in Paris. Most
KASS productions have been co-produced with
MDT, WELD and Dansens Hus in Stockholm.
Contact
Sebastian Lingserius
[email protected]
www.kass-dance.eu
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Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern
– The Royal Dramatic Theatre
The Royal Dramatic Theatre presents some one
thousand performances on a yearly basis, and
has nearly 300,000 visitors.
The Theatre has a unique, leading role on the
Swedish cultural scene. Just as back in the day,
when King Gustav III founded the theatre, it is a
magical place, where actors and audiences, clas-
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sics and contemporary pieces, dreams and reality,
history and the present all come together.
Contact
Peter Pyk
[email protected]
www.dramaten.se
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Lilith Performance Studio
Lilith Performance Studio is an independent
arena for practical artistic research, focusing on
visual art performance.
Since its inception 2007, LPS has produced 40
large-scale site specific performances in collaboration with artists from around the world.
The studio originates new large-scale performances
by inviting visual artists to create exceptional performance pieces in a close collaboration with the
Studio, from conceptualization to presentation.
Contact
Elin Lundgren
[email protected]
www.lilithperformancestudio.com
Each year 4–5 artists are given a unique possibility to create and present a live piece without
compromising with the artistic idea.
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LISA ÖSTBERG & KIM HIORTHØY
Östberg & Hiorthøy use their multidisciplinary
background to create performances that cross
genres and draw audiences into a world, distinctly their own.
They develop their own aesthetic, with a strong
emphasis on accessibility, genre independence
and humour, based on ideas rooted in conceptual
dance and visual art.
nes a concept of reality that gives rise to questions
as to what a performance is, what it means to
exist in a world consisting of fiction and images
to such a great extent, and how we interpret this
reality.
Contact
Lisa Stenberg
[email protected]
www.youdoitwedonthavetime.se
Black Warrior is a performance combining text,
music, dance, images and video. The piece exami-
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Mixed media on paper Christer Lundahl
Lundahl & Seitl
Lundahl & Seitl create artworks as elegies to
specific art forms and the architectural institutions where those forms are presented.
Contact
Emma Leach
[email protected]
www.lundahl-seitl.com
Current touring projects include Symphony of a
Missing Room (for the museum), An Elegy to the
Medium of Film (for the cinema) and Proscenium (for the theatre).
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Magmanus
Magmanus is a Swedish circus company founded
in 2009 by the Franco-Norwegian duo Manu
Tiger and Magnus Bjoru. They have earlier toured
Magmanus Show in 23 different countries and
won three audience prices for best show.
They are currently touring with ATTACHED, a
circus show about holding on and letting go.
“The human domino effects, how one person’s
actions can color another person’s life, are sometimes impossible to control. These two artists are
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hopelessly connected – when one falls, the other
flies! Their separate actions create a single rhythm,
and the audience share the responsibility for what
happens next, uniting total strangers in a unique
experience. Everything and everyone are attached
in this circus performance!”
Contact
Magnus Bjøru
[email protected]
www.magmanus.com
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MDT
This is MDT: Doris Uhlich (AT), Gaëtan Rusquet
(FR/BE), Mette Edvardsen (NO/BE), Lisa Östberg
& Kim Hiorthøy (S), Björn Säfsten (S), DOCH
presents Paz Rojo (ES/S), Ingri Fiksdal & Signe
Becker (NO), Aron Blom & Mikko Hyvönen (S/
FI), ccap (S), Maria Jerez (ES), Margrét Sara
Guðjónsdóttir (IS), Tove Salmgren (S), Manon
Santkin (BE), Alma Söderberg & Hendrik Willekens (S/NL/BE), Stina Nyberg (S), Juli Reinartz
(S/DE), Ludvig Daae (S/NO), Erna Ómarsdóttir
& Valdimar Jóhannsson (IS).
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Or at least this was MDT autumn 2014.
We also hosted talks, had residency presentations
and parties. MDT is an arts center, a theater and
a presenting production platform placed in the
center of Stockholm.
Contact
Danjel Andersson
[email protected]
www.mdtsthlm.se
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Memory Wax
Memory Wax is a dance company with a strong
visual expression. The company is based in
Malmö, Sweden.
The focus on creating new meetings between
dance and audience is reflected in the artistic creations, international collaborations and arrangements of site specific, outdoor events.
On tour 2014/2015: Possible Impossible – a performance about the power of imagination to
transform and experience reality, and Crisálida
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– a multicultural production on the theme identity. Both in collaboration with the Cuban dance
company Danza Teatro Retazos from Havana.
For the younger audience; Shadowlands, from 3
years old and Trash, focusing on creativity and
recycling, from 7 to 12 years old.
Contact
Lia Sandberg Moustogianni
[email protected]
www.memorywax.com
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Minna Krook Dans
MINNA KROOK DANS is a dance company that
caters to both children and grown-ups. It was
established in 1999 and is run by the choreographer Minna Krook.
Based in Stockholm, the company tours frequently
in Sweden and is well renowned and highly appreciated throughout the country.
Minna Krook is a well-established choreographer of dance performances for children. She has,
among other things, created the first dance per-
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formance in Sweden for babies, “Oh, Hello Baby”.
Performed regularly since its premier in 2004, her
performance “ALL GONE!” has been defined as
“a classic”. Now the company is touring the latest
performance “Fauna and me”. The company have
been invited to Festivals in Marocco, Finland,
Poland, Cameroon and New York, USA.
Contact
Minna Krook
[email protected]
www.minnakrook.se
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Mittiprickteatern
Mittiprickteatern creates performances for
children and young adults, and tours in Sweden
and internationally.
about time, waiting and longing are addressed
through song, dance, play and farce in this irresistible yet existential show.
När blir det snart? (When is Soon?) is all about
something that even the youngest children can
relate to: waiting. “When is soon?” is the question
asked in this ingenious version of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot for kids. Philosophical questions
Contact
Josefin Lennström
[email protected]
www.mittiprickteatern.se
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Nadja Hjorton
Nadja Hjorton is a dancer and a choreographer,
connected to the performing arts collective,
ÖFAkollektivet.
On air is a dance performance that moves
through radio broadcasting, dancing and playing
in a choreographic context. The piece works with
layers and expressions that points in many directions and wants to create space for the spectators’
own interpretations.
choreographers are wrestling. On air is dancing
as radio, radio as dance, radio as format, radio
as scenography, choreography as radio as something that brings people together, and more than
anything On air explores different ways of being
together.”
Contact
Nadja Hjorton
[email protected]
www.nadjahjorton.com
“Four dancers are broadcasting a radio show.
Four feminists are acting in a radio play. Four
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NORRDANS
Norrdans is a contemporary dance company based in northern Sweden. Since the start in 1995
Norrdans has presented a wide variety of works
by established choreographers from all over the
world as well as fresh talents to an audience of
all ages.
In 2014 and 2015 Norrdans has available works
on our repertory by choreographers as Fernando
Melo, Marcos Morau, Thomas Noone, Lenka
Vagnerova, Anthony Missen, Yossi Berg & Oded
Graf, Roy Assaf, Katrin Hall, Joseph Sturdy, Lidia
Wos, Jarek Cemerek and Peter Jasko.
The productions frequently tour regionally, nationally and internationally. The Company has an
international ensemble of eight dancers and also
often make co-operations with other artists and
art forms.
Contact
Robert Karlsson
[email protected]
www.norrdans.se
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OLOF PERSSON PROJECTS
Olof Persson is an artist working with moving
images in dance performances, installations
and video.
Within the trans-disciplinary project team Olof
Persson Projects, he collaborates with dancers,
sound artists, fashion designers and light designers
based all over the world. Works have been presented at galleries, museums, stages and festivals
in Göteborg, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Paris,
Düsseldorf, New York, Tokyo, Lisbon and more.
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Me – every body, volume 2 is a performance in
six sequences. Out of several sets of movements,
seven dancers create individual combinations,
while the group dynamic increasingly complicates
the structure. A version for art halls/white spaces
is also available.
Contact
Anna Karlander
[email protected]
www.olof.org
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Pantomimteatern
Pantomimteatern’s performances are based on
movement, the body’s own language. The group
has been working since 1977 to develop and
strengthen mime’s position as an art form.
Pantomimteatern presents wordless performances for children, young adults and adults. These
include performances for preschools, schools at
different levels (including sign-language and special-needs schools) and families.
In 2015, Pantomimteatern will present two works:
Den vita stenen (The White Stone), based on
the classic children’s book by Gunnel Linde, and
Kapten Smajling och Silla vågar (Captain Smiling
and Silla Dare), to be performed in the training
pools at swimming pools.
Contact
Veronica Bedecs
[email protected]
www.pantomimteatern.se
The group has performed these narratives without
words across Europe and Asia. Most recently, 10
performances were given at BAM, New York, in
March 2014.
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P*rfect
Based in Stockholm, Sweden and founded in
2006. P*fect is working for dance and dance
culture mainly within the styles waacking and
voguing and is now touring the piece Imprint.
“Who sets the unwritten rules for what we can
and cannot do? How we act, how we dress and
how we move. Norms and stereotypes control us
more than we know and Imprint is a show where
we play with, and question this phenomenon.”
Imprint rearrange the room and bodies with the
help of costume, movement, light and music. Imprint proceed from the dance style vogue and the
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ballroom culture, also taking a lot of influences
from contemporary and street dance styles.
Imprint has been seen at Sandlers Wells in London
during the street dance festival Breaking Convention, at Dansens Hus Street dance festival Urban
Connection and at Dansehallernas festival Detour
in Copenhagen.
Contact
Bambam Frost
[email protected]
www.pfect.se
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Philippe Blanchard
Philippe’s creative work has always pushed
boundaries and refused to conform to expectations, or to stay firmly in one frame. The development of the artistic language is a continual
process of investigation and it is with this intention, of questioning and examining, that future
work will grow.
His most recent work “This is that” is the follow
up to the performance “How about you?”. “This
is that” features two untrained performers who
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happens to be twin brothers. The piece can be
seen as a staged play about the philosophical discrepancy between the signifier and the signified.
It puts the concept of identity to the test over and
over again in a soft, stripped-down and humorous way.
Contact
Kristian Anshelm
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/PhilippeBlanchardWork
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POSTE RESTANTE
The company Poste Restante creates immersive
performances where each audience member is
placed in the centre of the narrative.
In their site and situation specific performances
Poste Restante brings the visitor to unexpected
places such as abandoned offices, church aisles,
shady backstreets and embassy villas, where they
gently encourage her to face her own inhibitions
and to consider challenging life questions.
such as Baltic Circle in Finland, Santiago a Mil
in Chile and Salzburger Festspiele in Austria.
The company offers their full repertoire for guest
performances.
Contact
Koen Vanhove
[email protected]
www.poste-restante.se
Poste Restante has created several large scale
performances and has been presented at festivals
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PotatoPotato
PotatoPotato is a drama collective from Malmö
and has toured in Sweden, Denmark, Norway
and Iceland.
Through experimental theatre works that challenge the conventions of form and provide contemporary social commentary, PotatoPotato seeks
to make drama a suitable art form for debate and
education. PotatoPotato gives presentations on its
special method of devising, conducts workshops
in drag, and publishes Performativ Konst, a journal
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about performative art. In 2015 the group will
present the performance works Historia 1b (Herstory), about all the women left out of the history
books, and Middagen (The Party), a performative
dinner party where the costumes play the lead
role in the drama.
Contact
Freja Hallberg
[email protected]
www.potatopotato.se
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QUARTO
The artist duo Anna Mesquita and Leandro
Zappala have created interdisciplinary art together since 2003, under the name of QUARTO.
They live and work in the borderland between
the two radically different cultures of Brazil and
Sweden. Their performance works are open and
unfinished. The encounter with the audience is
essential, for it gives rise to resonances that lead
to new events. Two trilogies have been produced
by QUARTO since 2006. Each piece is independent and at the same time intertwined in each
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other, they are all part of a long-term project.
The performance work BEAUTY of ACCIDENT
is the final part of the trilogy BEAUTY and has
been developed into two new pieces: DURATIONAL ROPE (a five-hour performance) and ROPE
INSTALLATION.
Contact
Anna Mesquita
[email protected]
www.quartotheater.com
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Regionteater Väst
Regionteater Väst is a producer of the performing
arts for children and young people, as well as a
touring company, located in the west of Sweden.
“No matter where they live, or who they are, all
children and young people should have the opportunity of experiencing the performing arts.”
With an extensive touring area, the Theatre is one
of the largest touring institutions and producers
of the performing arts for a young audience in
Sweden.
At the moment Regionteater Väst has on-going
international projects in Tanzania and Norway.
The Theatre’s aim is to provide a young audience
with the opportunity of experiencing the kind of
performing art, which puts their own voices first.
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Ann Lundberg
[email protected]
www.regionteatervast.se
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The Royal Swedish Ballet
JULIET & ROMEO
A full-length ballet by MATS EK
Choreographer Mats Ek, for many years one of
the most important names in the international
dance world, has created several new interpretations of classics.
“A girl and a boy are in love. Why does everyone
else think that their love is wrong? A romantic
story in a brutal environment. A clash of people
and power. A struggle between generations. Love,
hate and jealousy. Who can win?”
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Romeo and Juliet became “Juliet & Romeo”
when Mats Ek staged his full-length ballet to
Tchaikovsky’s music in May 2013, and the first
performance drew considerable attention, both
in Sweden and abroad. “Juliet & Romeo” has
been on tour in Europe since spring 2014 and
the tour will continue in 2015 and 2016 as well in
Europe as in the US.
Contact
Mikael Jönsson
[email protected]
www.operan.se/julietromeo
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SHAKE IT COLLABORATIONS
Shake it Collaborations – SiC – is a company
operating in the fields of performance, dance,
theatre, film, radio and TV in Sweden and internationally.
The company was cofounded by the independent
artists Tove Sahlin and Dag Andersson and they
form the double-hearted artistic director duo of
SiC. The company is expanding and reshaping,
from project to project, depending on the different
collaborators.
The SiC projects often host an intrinsic critique
to power structures in society, and they investigate body and politics of identity.
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Shake it Collaborations is currently touring the
duet “Roses & Beans” (2010), the solo piece “My
own Bodies” (2013) and the site specific participatory piece “My own Bodies All Stars”. “MISS
U” – a solo work, in which Dag Andersson embraces the stereotypes of dragqueen culture, is
created in a long research period in San Franscisco
and opening in Sweden 2015.
Contact
Magnus Nordberg
[email protected]
www.shakeitlab.com
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Skillinge Teater
Skillinge Teater is one of the most southerly
theatres in Sweden.
The Skillinge Teater production of Chekhov’s The
Seagull blends the theatre’s naturalistic, “Bergmanesque” staging with the multicultural, confident style of Collectif Masque from Paris, under
the direction of Paris-based, Argentine-born
Mariana Araoz. In 2010, Araoz directed Skillinge
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Teater’s production of Sophocles’ Antigone, which
appeared in Paris in both Swedish and French,
toured in France, and was performed 22 times at
the Avignon drama festival in 2012.
Contact
Katarina Zell
[email protected]
www.skillingeteater.com
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SKOGEN
Skogen is an artist-run production platform
that creates learning processes and investigates formats for sharing knowledge, stories and
experiences.
Initiated by Johan Forsman and Anders Paulin, its
operative logic is an ongoing invitation to artists
and organizations whose practice relates to the
thematic and aesthetic notions of the work.
“Three White Soldiers”. Starting as an exploration
of the political aspects of speed and space through
the narrative of High Frequency Trading, Three
White Soldiers is defined as a vehicle for accumulation and negotiation of knowledge and aesthetic
tools, hosting guests representing various perspectives on artistic as well as educational research.
Contact
Anders T Carlsson
[email protected]
www.skogen.pm
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SKOTTES MUSIKTEATER
Miranda – an opera-inspired drama for ages 6
and up.
“Miranda is like any child – unruly and contrary
at times – and wants to have everything her way
at the very moments when her mum and dad
don’t have time. Miranda’s parents are like all
parents: not in the mood to play along with her
ideas right now, so close to bedtime. Miranda just
needs be a good girl and go to her room. That’s
where her journey starts. A fun journey on which
she discovers that the world would be so much
poorer without opposites such as up/down and
boring/fun.”
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This newly composed opera is all about what it’s
like to encounter objects and characters in their
own world, far removed from all the nagging and
complaining.
Contact
Lillemor Mauritzdotter Nylén
[email protected]
www.skottesmusikteater.com
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STAFFAN BJÖRKLUNDS TEATER
Staffan Björklunds Teater presents performances characterized by humour, musicality and
artistically produced puppets.
Gubben och åsnan (The Old Man and the Donkey)
features Enid Björklund’s incredible wooden puppets and Lars Fjeldmose’s amusingly abundant
music. Erik Olsen’s mimic-style direction combines
wordplay, puppetry and music into a series of
playfully comical images of the kind found only
in puppet theatre.
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The piece has toured to international puppetry
festivals in the Czech Republic, China, Serbia,
Germany, Romania, Poland, Russia, Slovenia and
Vietnam.
Contact
Staffan Björklund
[email protected]
www.dockteater.se
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Stina Nyberg
Stina Nyberg is a choreographer and performer
based in Stockholm.
In her work, Stina Nyberg aims to create different
systems of logic, using illusion and conviction in
order to construct the world and how we act in it
differently. She works in collaborations, alone and
through commissions, the latest being “Tones &
Bones” for the Cullberg Ballet. Stina Nyberg has
also choreographed the show “Shaking the Habitual” with the band The Knife.
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Her latest solo “Horrible Mixtures”, touring in
2015, is an intimate show that plunges into the
potential of the spiritual as a space for shared
experiences. At the moment Stina Nyberg is
rehearsing “The Way Sounds Attack”, a practice
based techno dance for seven dancers.
Contact
Stina Nyberg
[email protected]
www.1200m.org/stina
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Stockholm MusikTeater (SMT)
SMT creates newly written music theatre and
uses the creative expression of theatre and music
to treat complex material.
Shakespeare’s’ sonnets in “William” and the
theories of Freud in “Freud’s Cigarr”, transforms
to acts that are easy to understand and relate to.
Interacting, music, poetry, action, sing-along and
improvised parts attract all kind of audience.
“William” was awarded “Best Performance” at
the NY International Fringe Festival 2013.
Played at the “Hamletstage” at Kronborgs Castle,
Denmark 2014.
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“Enter the world of William 1592; his struggle for
success. The plague. The dark triangle of lust and
passion between him, the mysterious Dark Lady
and the young Earl of Southhampton. Based on
10 of Shakespeares famous sonnets, written with
his unbridled lust for life, humor, passion for
love, budding insanity, impotence and jealousy.”
Contact
Jonas Nerbe
[email protected]
www.stockholmsmusikteater.nu
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SU-EN Butoh Company
SU-EN Butoh Company is touring both nationally and internationally with SOOT and a new solo.
In connection with performances, workshops are
given.
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Contact
SU-EN
[email protected]
www.suenbutohcompany.net
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SUBCASE SUBTOPIA CIRCUS FAIR
Subcase is an annual showcase of Nordic
contem­porary circus.
tunity to connect with colleagues from Europe
and the Nordic countries.
During some intense days international performing arts professionals meet in Hangaren Subtopia just south of Stockholm, 11–14 February 2015.
Subcase is looking forward to introducing the latest artistic work in Nordic contemporary circus:
full length shows, work in progress presentations,
pitches of upcoming work, a seminar on artistic
research in contemporary circus, an exhibition
space for Nordic circus, and an excellent oppor-
Subcase is produced by Subtopia, and co-curated
by a group of Nordic venues and festivals. All
performances are in touring format and suitable
for an international audience.
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Contact
Kiki Muukkonen
[email protected]
www.subcase.se
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The Swedish Biennial
for Performing Arts
The Swedish Biennial for Performing Arts
(Scenkonstbiennalen) is the largest Swedish
national festival.
The Swedish Biennial for Performing Arts is organized by Teaterunionen – Swedish ITI together
with local performing arts organizations.
The biennial is held every two years and offers
the best Swedish performances as well as international guest productions, workshops, seminars,
master classes and many other opportunities for
artist exchange and dialogue. Next edition of the
Swedish Biennial for Performing Arts take place
in Malmö, May 26–31 2015.
Contact
Ann Mari Engel
[email protected]
www.scenkonstbiennalen.se
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Photo Erik Linghede
Swedstage
Swedstage is a Swedish showcase that offers an
opportunity to see and experience some of the
best of Swedish performing arts for children,
youth and adults.
During three days in Stockholm, Swedstage present selected performances that are able to tour
and available for an international audience.
unionen – Swedish ITI. Next edition will take
place in November 2016.
Contact
Niclas Malmcrona/Lovisa Björkman
[email protected]/[email protected]
www.swedstage.se
Swedstage is held every second year in Stockholm
and is organized by Swedish ASSITEJ and Teater-
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Teater Foratt
Teater Foratt has an international, intercultural
perspective that permeates all its activities. The
repertoire, ensemble and organization highlight
the “non-European” and aim to shift the focus
of attention on this subject, concentrating on
identities with Arabic roots.
Since its inception in 2005, Teater Foratt has presented 23 multilingual productions. The group
has toured in Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon,
Jordan, Tunisia and Vietnam.
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Natten börjar nu (Night Begins Now) will tour
Europe and the Middle East in 2015/16. This
work literally turns narrow, loaded concepts such
as racism and integration inside out.
Contact
Niclas Sandström
[email protected]
www.teaterforatt.se
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Teater Jaguar
Teater Jaguar mainly presents poetic and playful
stagings of new dramatic works for children and
young adults.
With stage design that fuels the imagination and
specially composed music and choreography,
Teater Jaguar aims to make every member of the
audience visible and welcome. The group’s goal is
to offer drama productions suitable for youngsters.
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We approach our audience with respect and
honesty, without offering them clear answers or
pointers. All with one goal in mind: to take children’s thoughts seriously.
Contact
Naemi Pebaqué
[email protected]
www.teaterjaguar.se
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Graphic design Maya Jönsson
Teater JaLaDa
PARIЗAДA/PARIZAD/‫دازيراب‬
Teater JaLaDa is a Malmö-based children’s theatre
group presenting multilingual performances.
When a busker starts singing the song of Parizade
from the Arabian Nights, he is interrupted by two
children who want to join in. The three of them
act out and sing the tale of Parizade, the girl who
doesn’t know she’s a princess and tries to find out
her origins by capturing three magical things: the
talking bird, the singing tree and the golden water.
Through the story, the two children examine and
process their own issues regarding heritage and
identity.
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Founded in 2013, Teater JaLaDa is run by Rayam
Al Jazairi, actor and director, and Vanja Hamidi
Isacson, dramatist. The name JaLaDa is a combination of three words: Swedish “ja” (“yes”),
Arabic “la” (“no”) and South Slavic/Romanian/
Russian “da” (“yes”).
Contact
Hanna Olsson
[email protected]
www.jalada.se
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Teater Pero
Teater Pero is a mime based theatre that together
with music and lyrics do performances mainly
for the young audience.
Since 2010, Teater Pero has been performing the
show “Aston’s Stones”, which has become an international hit. We performed at the ASSITEJ world
congress in Copenhagen and at the Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival in Edinburgh. After these
festivals, we sold the show to Tibet, Wales, London,
and Osaka, Japan. In June 2014, the ensemble went
to Australia to play at the Sydney Opera House, the
Arts Centre in Melbourne and Brisbane.
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Over the years we have visited many countries
(including Iceland, Denmark, Finland, U.S., Cameroon, Vietnam, India, China and Korea) where
we have both performed and presented workshops
for colleagues.
Contact
Cecilia Meeuwisse
[email protected]
www.pero.se
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Teater Sagohuset
Theatre Sagohuset presents two or three productions annually and plays nearly 400 performances a year. In recent years the group has toured
in Denmark, Norway, Finland, France, Austria,
India, Cameroon, the U.S. and Cuba.
The theatre has an extensive international
network and collaborates on a long-term basis
with performing artists from all continents. Joint
projects have been ongoing for several years and
will continue in 2015 with Collectif Masque/Mariana Araoz in France (directing and skills deve-
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lopment), Danza Teatro Retazos and La Andariega/
Teatro Adarga in Cuba (cultural collaboration
around the production Sound & Silence), Natana
Kairali in India (knowledge transfer, skills development and guest performances), Ishyo Art Center in Rwanda, Circus Debere Berhan in Ethiopia,
and the Sarakasi Trust in Kenya.
Contact
Artur Moustafa
[email protected]
www.sagohuset.nu
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Teater Sesam
Teater Sesam, creates plays for children and
youth, mainly working with Puppetry Art –
an exclusive art form which is quite small in
Sweden but very popular and highly esteemed
in other parts of the world such as Asia.
In 2015 Teater Sesam presents the performance
The road to Bolero for international touring. It is
a family show about a small orchestra who put up
a great work, namely Maurice Ravel’s Bolero. The
audience meets a very ambitious conductor and
10 geeky musicians.
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The Road to the Bolero was selected to represent
Sweden and shown at the International Festival
World Puppet Carnival 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Contact
Anna Sefve
[email protected]
www.teatersesam.se
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Teater Theatron
The project “LIFE IN TWO PARTS – WHAT DO
WE TELL OUR CHILDREN?” with a following
dialogical conversation is performed during
2015 in six cities in the Vojvodina region and in
Belgrade in CZKD’s premises.
“How do I react to my life story? What is possible
to tell about my past? What do I dream about now?
Must I say farewell to the old to begin anew? What
do I distance myself from in my past: what must I
forget or repress? What do I tell my children?”
The performance about our life stories — our
own issues surrounding migration, identity and
belonging — and the following mealtime invites
the audience to a dialogue discussion.
Contact
Zeljko Santrac
[email protected]
www.teatertheatron.se
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TEATER TRE
Teater Tre presents mime-based visual theatre
mixing text, movement and music. The target
audience is children and young people aged
from 6 months to 18 years and accompanying
adults.
Namibia, the U.S. and other countries. In 2014
the group took part in the DeBetovering festival
in The Hague, and in February 2015 it will perform Kloss at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
(BAM) in New York.
Irrespective of social or cultural background and
geographical location, audiences are captivated by
Teater Tre’s universal performing style, with few
words and lots of movement, and everyday subject matter that anyone can relate to.
Contact
Maya Berggren
[email protected]
www.teatertre.se
Teater Tre tours worldwide and has previously
performed in Uganda, Germany, Austria, Japan,
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URBAN CONNECTION
Urban Connection is a street dance festival created by the Swedish street dance community in
partnership with Dansens Hus.
The street dance community is involved in both
planning and delivering the festival. Continuous
dialogue ensures the festival is built around the
needs and interests of street culture. Urban Connection empowers young artists and project managers in the urban dance scene, taking on board the
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thoughts and ideas of young people regarding the
festival and what it should stand for. The five-day
2015 festival will present Swedish and international
guest acts focused on the theme of feminism.
Contact
Malin Lundstedt
[email protected]
www.dansenshus.se
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UusiTeatteri
UusiTeatteri, Sweden’s only professional
Finnish-language theatre company, has staged
many productions for children and young adults
since its inception in 2002.
UusiTeatteri works with a wide variety of children’s
and youth projects. Productions are performed in
Finnish, Swedish or both languages at the company’s home venue, Alias Teatern in Stockholm, and
on tour.
Månen sover (The Moon Sleeps) and Dykare
(Divers) are two works in UusiTeatteri’s reper-
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toire that have appeared at recent international
dance and drama festivals in Sweden and Finland.
UusiTeatteri is keen to pursue opportunities for
international collaboration and would love to
bring a breath of fresh air to the children’s arts
scene in other countries as well as Sweden.
Contact
Jukka Korpi
[email protected]
www.uusiteatteri.se
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Viktor Fröjd
Viktor Fröjd’s art is all about exploring, developing and casting a critical eye on street dance
as a performing art.
In its creations, the ensemble both affirms and
questions established norms in street dance and
in the performing arts as a whole. It also takes
inspiration from the creative tools and methods
of contemporary dance. The performance work
TUGG premiered at Dansens Hus during the Urban Connection International Street Dance Festival 2014. In this work, some of Sweden’s leading
street dancers explore the mechanical versus the
organic. A visually appealing journey where the
hybrid of dance styles results in an innovative
language of movement.
TUGG goes on tour internationally in 2015 and
2016.
Contact
Irene Ramilli
[email protected]
www.viktorfrojd.com
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Virpi Pahkinen
Choreographer and dancer Virpi Pahkinen’s
works are full of secrets; she can be a warrior
of the spirit, a spectral gardener or a shaman in
metamorphosis.
Virpi Pahkinen offers dance as an incantation
and creates a meditative atmosphere with her
original choreography. She is well known for her
stunningly chiselled shapes and almost otherworldy moves. Virpi Pahkinen has toured over
45 countries and is internationally recognized
for her work. She has awarded several prizes in
a.o the Cullberg Prize, Carina Ari Gold Medal,
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Litteris et Artibus and 1st Choreography prize in
Stuttgart. She has created commissioned work
for companies as Skånes Dansteater and Finnish
National Opera Ballet and also appeared in dance
films for wide screen and TV. In the spring 2013,
she released her literary debut Ormbäraren (Serpent Holder).
Contact
Emelie Bergbohm
[email protected]
www.pahkinen.com
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WELD COMPANY
Weld, an artist-run, experimental platform in
Stockholm and artistic director, choreographer
Anna Koch, initiated Weld Company in 2012 – a
project running three months a year between
2013 and 2015 during the fall season.
Weld Company is aiming to rediscover and
reevaluate the old institution of a dance company and is updating the company form through a
collective work conducted by one of Weld’s clearly
given structures, with room for spontaneous,
individual wishes and needs. In the fall of 2014, a
second Weld Company took shape.
The company members are: Anna Westberg (SE),
Pär Sacklén (SE), Caroline Byström (SE), Elias Girod (SE), Pavle Heidler (CRO) and Josefin
Larsson-Olin (SE). Two choreographers are invited
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to create work for the company: Rebecka Stillman (SE) and Julian Weber (DE). Simoultaneusly,
Weld Company 2013 consisting of Sybrig Dokter
(NL/S), Robin Dingemans (GB/S), Marie Fahlin
(S), Sandra Lolax (FI), Kajsa Sandström (S) and
Noah Hellwig (S) will continue working in different manners.
The creations from 2013 by Rebecka Stillman
(SE), Michael Kliën (IE/AT), Litó Walkey (DE)
and Efva Lilja (SE) are available for showings in
different contexts. In the fall of 2014 a publication
with texts about the project will be released.
Contact
Magnus Nordberg
[email protected]
www.company.weld.se
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ZebraDans
ZebraDans is Sweden’s first dance performance
space for young audiences.
ZebraDans also produces performances for children and young adults. All productions are suitable for touring, and the ensemble has extensive
touring experience both in Sweden and abroad.
ZebraDans is very interested in international
collaboration and welcomes guest artists from
all parts of the world to its performance space in
Stockholm.
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The current production is Om en person (About
a Person), a philosophical exploration mixing
dance, colour experimentation, music and video
to ask questions about what shapes us as human
beings. This production will be available for international touring in spring 2015.
Contact
Jonas Robin
[email protected]
www.zebradans.nu
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