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Swedish Performing Arts for an International Audience 2014 This catalogue features over 100 Swedish performances and venues that are currently active at an international level. However the catalogue does not purport to offer a comprehensive overview of all the performing arts produced and presented in Sweden. There are many performances, collaborations and venues not listed here that present performing arts of the highest artistic quality to diverse audiences of all ages. The cultural policy objectives set by the Swedish Parliament state that culture is to be a dynamic, challenging and independent force based on freedom of expression. Through international collaborative projects involving art on its own terms, performing arts practitioners create conditions for fulfilling this goal. The Swedish Arts Council is proud to present a catalogue featuring a wealth of artistic expression: drama, dance, performance, circus, opera and more. What the featured practitioners of all these art forms have in common is that their work has both a Swedish and an international dimension and will appeal to audiences in Sweden and around the globe. The featured practitioners in this catalogue 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 international activities. All projects, collaborations and venues in the catalogue receive public funding through the Swedish Arts Council or the Swedish Arts Grants Committee. A performance art space is listed alongside the Royal Ballet. An experimental production for babies appears alongside a venue for international collaborative performing arts projects. A contemporary dance company rubs shoulders with a mime ensemble. With these performances and venues you can discover a wide range of performing arts for audiences from ages 0–100. This sums up Swedish international performing arts today – a disparate mix of high-level artistic accomplishment, where you can explore the perfect performance for you or discover a venue you didn’t know existed. Take a minute or an hour to explore Swedish performing arts for an international audience at its best. Photo Simon Elvås ANDERSSON DANCE Andersson Dance is an ever-changing constellation of artists in the field of dance collaborating with choreographer Örjan Andersson, based in Stockholm, Sweden. Andersson Dance is analogous to Örjan Andersson’s artistry and a language of derived from vastly different experiences of creating choreographic works. This language and his fascination with space and the amount we take hold of has been and is still in focus. Whatever the context, this side of the choreographer has been the common denominator – the movement in space and time. Recent productions in Andersson Dance include “Name of the next song”, created to an electronic landscape by BJNilsen for 4 dancers and “Karmer kring blå”, a contempoary take on movement material from Swedish folkdancing. 2012–2013 choreographer Örjan Andersson has created commissions for Bern:Balett, The Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm, Skånes Dansteater and Danskt Danseteater and will February 2014 premiere a new creation for the Royal Ballet in Stockholm. Contact Magnus Nordberg [email protected] www.anderssondance.com | www.nordbergmovement.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Ulrich Hillebrand Angereds Teater Angereds Teater performs new dramatic works with an international flavour for children, young people and adults. Our goal is for our plays, our people and our profile to reflect Angered, the place where we perform. We are currently performing “Cargo”, a contemporary circus show, in collaboration with Circus Debre Berhan from Ethiopia. The piece is all about our shared longing for love, warmth and freedom. The spring will bring two monologues on the subject of exile: “Bananhuset” by Nicolas Kolovos and Exil, dramatized by Elmira Arikan. We have previously been involved in various international collaborations, and our productions have been staged at festivals in Mexico, Egypt, Syria and other countries. Contact Lovisa Pihl [email protected] www.angeredsteater.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Elin Svenzén Arkeolog 8 Arkeolog 8 is a cross-genre dance company consisting of five dancing choreographers. Arkeolog 8’s latest dance performance is PUCK, an exciting work in a novel format: three 20-minute periods, like a hockey game. The periods can be performed separately or in combination. Following it’s premiere in September 2013, the production went on tour to various venues across Sweden. No performances are currently scheduled abroad, but our intention is to bring PUCK to international audiences. There are occasional glimpses of frailty and tenderness, but for the most part PUCK is a tough, sweaty, strenuous challenge. PUCK is a fast-paced game in Arkeolog 8’s typical style: cheeky, streetwise dance with humour, sharpness, power and pep. Although PUCK is clearly suitable for hockey-playing nations, the work is not just for hockey fans but appeals to a much wider audience. Arkeolog 8 has staged previous productions in Germany and Italy. Contact Camilla Reppen [email protected] www.arkeolog8.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Carl Thorborg Art Of Spectra Art Of Spectra was founded in 1988 by Peter Svenzon, a choreographer and composer. Svenzon’s significant, physical method of artistic expression speaks directly to audiences. In his work with A.O.S. he has always pushed the boundaries, and his background as a breakdancer is apparent in his work. Svenzon has worked as a choreographer for GöteborgsOperan and Dansens Hus, and with directors such as Lars Norén. In 2014 he is creating a new work for GöteborgsOperans Danskompani. A.O.S. has been very successful in creating works for young people and general audiences alike, both in Sweden and abroad. A.O.S. has represented Gothenburg in music and dance at Art Genda in Hamburg, and has undertaken residencies and collaborations in various countries, including Germany, Denmark, Britain and France. The most recent work, BOUNDARIES, toured the UK, was presented in Finland at ICE HOT, and was staged in Germany by Ballet Vorpommern. Contact Ulriqa Fernqvist [email protected] www.artofspectra.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Jenny Vinterqvist ArtAgent ArtAgent is a group comprising the artists Lott Alfreds, Helena Byström, My Lindh and Charlotte Åberg, and the choreographer Anna Källblad. ArtAgent creates art for stage, film and public spaces. Examples include Teatern knackar på dörren (“The Theatre Knocking at the Door”) in partnership with Drottningholms Slottsteater at the Ohrid Summer Festival 2013. In 2013–14, ArtAgent is involved in “Visualize the Invisible”, an international art, dance and drama collaboration with Media Artes (Macedonia), Refraction Association (Albania) and Performing Pictures (Sweden/Croatia). Contact Anna Källblad [email protected] www.artagent.info circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Sveinn Fannar Johannsson Atalante Atalante is an artist-run stage and venue for innovative drama and music. The focus is on contemporary choreography, music and art. The repertoire combines in-house productions, co-productions and visiting productions. The venue has a residency program, giving choreographers and artists the opportunity to develop and produce new works. Atalante is involved in international collaborations, tours productions worldwide, and welcomes visiting productions. Atalante is an intimate performance space seating 88, and a popular meeting place for artists and audiences. Conversation and cultural debate are central components of all performances, film screenings and discussion groups. Located in Gothenburg, Atalante was founded in 1987 and is now a major focal point on the Swedish dance and art scene. Contact Cecilia Suhaid Gustafsson [email protected] www.atalante.org circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Johan Mickels Avart Dans & Rörelse Avart Dans & Rörelse’s dance productions focus on life-related themes that touch and engage audiences. Avart’s new production “Tango på en soptipp” (Tango on a Landfill) examines materialism from an existential perspective. Life is a dance that can look very different depending on where you live and who you are. What we all have in common is that we are born, we die, and in between we try to provide ourselves with a decent existence. Does increased consumption lead to increased satisfaction? Are we conditioned by our need for consumption? What do we need in life? Productions such as “It’s Nice to Live”, “Polare”, “Stenkär” and “Morsor & Farsor” have attracted youth audiences across Sweden. With dynamism, sensitivity, recognition and humour, the company addresses topics such as relationships, identity, gender and love. Contact Samarpan Lindqvist [email protected] www.avartdans.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Illustration Ivar Martinsson Backa Teater Backa Teater, an independent off shoot to Gothenburg City Theatre, primarely stages productions for children and young people. Backa Teater moves among the socially excluded of Europe. In settings that can be described as brutal and inhuman, we search for insane acts of goodness. Backa Teater continues to mesh contemporary documentary narratives with classic moralphilosophical issues. In “Acts of Goodness” we look to Europe and to young people’s stories of good deeds that run counter to the selfish spirit of the times. A Europe in decline is viewed in parallel with the eternally relevant question, “What is goodness?” The production includes stories from Hungary, Sweden, Germany, England, Serbia and Greece. Acts of Goodness is available for international engagements from autumn 2014. Contact Lisa Nowotny [email protected] www.backateater.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Workshop by Unga Klara and Suzanne Osten with biennial participants during bibu.se 2012 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 we 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. bibu.se aims to encourage reflection and artistic innovation, laughter, fear and new insights. The next biennial will be presented in Helsingborg 14–17 May 2014. 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 circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Nicklas Dennermalm BJÖRN SÄFSTEN Choreographer Björn Säfsten’s work aims to suggest another dramaturgy in relation to how we view movement and the body, the individual and the mass. In his work he explores movement as a constructing element of meaning in our daily communication. Segments and phrases come from long studio research, mixing acute details, stolen real-life positions and the individual dancers aura, face and gestures. His most recent work, “Fictional copies”, a performance installation for five dancers, opened in nov 2013. This year he opens “Idiots” at Mdt in Stockholm in october. His latest creations include “Master Minds”, an interactive piece for Riksteatern 2011, “Corduroy De-Constructed” for the artvenue Magasin 3 in Stockholm 2011, “Introduction”, a critically acclaimed piece for 2 dancers from 2012 and “____ AND____”, a commission for Skånes Dansteater 2013. Contact Magnus Nordberg [email protected] www.bjorn-safsten.com | www.nordbergmovement.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Ludovic des Cognets Burnt Out Punks “The Stockholm Syndrome” is a hardcore, fire-driven, petrol-fuelled, anarchistic punk comedy circus. While holding the audience hostage for 70 minutes they research the boundaries of normality. They highlight the topics of the role of the artist vs authority and the fine line between being creative and being destructive. And that you sometimes have to burn things down in order to build them up again. The unique mixture of theatre, circus and street art combined with a skilled display of fire arts, creates a stunning visual experience for audiences up to 5,000 people. Spectators of all ages are amused and sometimes confused by the close audience interaction, death defying stunts and a total lack of common sense! Contact Mithras Ljungberg [email protected] www.burntoutpunks.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo MATRON C/Ompany C/Ompany has been active since 2008. They started out with a tie-up performance with Tokyo New National Theatre. The group has been on international tours in Sweden and the Netherlands, including the festival Julidans in Amsterdam. C/Ompany has been nominated for BNG Nieuwe Theatermakersprijs. Their new work will premiere in 2014 at Dansens Hus in Stockholm, and then go on tour to Rome Equiblio Festival and to Asia later in 2014. Contact Rayco Cano-Cortes [email protected] http://cslashompany.tumblr.com/ circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Patrik Lindén Carl Olof Berg Carl Olof Berg is a choreographer and performer working in a wide range of performing contexts since his graduation from The University College of Dance in Stockholm 1998. During the years he has evolved democratic perspectives in his artistic practice as well as integrating gender issues concearning masculinities. Collaborations in the recent past reveal names such as composer Paula af Malmborg Ward, Swedish dance legend Kari Sylwan and artist Mattias Olofsson. During 2013/2014 he´s touring a duet about order and chaos for kids aged 4–6 years old called “Hallo 42” and the folk-performance Dance with grown-ups dealing with Swedish heritage of singing games and how they are and were used for bringing up children. Contact Carl Olof Berg [email protected] www.carlolofberg.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Urban Jörén Carrasco Dance Company Carrasco Dance Company was seen in almost 100 performances of Riksteatern’s touring production “Bartolomeo” across Sweden in 2013. A dance production brimming with gender creativity and powerful sensibility that audiences took to heart, and that won the company the Prix d’ASSITEJ 2013. Carrasco Dance Company plans to take the production on tour internationally in 2014 and is already in discussion with a number of festivals and venues around the world. Contact Josefin Lindberg [email protected] www.carrascodance.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Nicklas Dennermalm CCAP CCAP is a site for production, perversion, insemination and dissemination of Choreography. The work is marked by precision, complexity, and immediacy of gesture, therefore is always challenging yet compelling, and truly accessible. Form and format shift between regular stage performances, installations, films, objects, publications, laboratories, seminars, and next year a nomadic conference/choreography. 2014/2015 repertory: The Piece & Other Pieces, CLOTH exposition & installation, Kant/Edge, cover2 & cover22, a retake of the much appreciated project TREES (outsourced), a rephrased replica of Petrolio – accumulation of material from 1994 (20 years Anniversary), the new production Here, here and here here and here, here here here and here, here. Between August 2014 and May 2015 also the Labor/Lecture/Choreography/Club project CHOREO_DRIFT, to travel Europe and the US, from small town blues to Brooklyn MoMa PS1 buzz. Contact Christoph Fielder [email protected] www.ccap.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Mats Bäcker Charlotte Engelkes Charlotte Engelkes of Sweden has a solid background in modern dance and theatre and her range spans dance, choreographed theatre, concert, performance art and opera – all in her very personal way. As an artist she challenges, surprises and entertains. She disarms the pretentious and nurtures the magnificent. She has created and toured with numerous productions for her own company such as SWEET, Miss Julie – The Musical, Forellen and Me, Miss very Wagner, Siegfried – the Very Wagner Hero Hour and All Is Divine. As a dancer and actor she has performed with Heiner Goebbels, Raimund Hoghe, Tiger Lillies and Ong Keng Sen, among others. Charlotte Engelkes has also been a member of Sasha Waltz & Guests company since 2003. Contact Birgit Lindholm [email protected] www.charlotteengelkes.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Christina Tingskog Christina Tingskog Christina Tingskog is one of Sweden’s leading choreographers for young audiences. Her works are suitable for all age groups. Latest production: BOXES (age 10+). A humorous, poetic study of life in boxes: comic strip boxes, film frames and other rectangular enclosures – selfimposed as well as forced. Specially commissioned score by Daniel Nelson. Premiere 16 Nov 2013 at Norrdans scen. Also marketed internationally. Other productions: Perfect or Join My Picnic (age 9+), with integrated ensemble, seen in Portugal and in a touring production by Dansnät Sverige. Tänja tid och kröka rum (“Stretching Time and Bending Space”), a dance musical for ages 3–12. Acclaimed by critics and audiences – Einstein for juniors. Short Order – As You Like It, (age 10+), a humorous, philosophical look at “I” and “you”. Contact Christina Tingskog [email protected] www.christinatingskog.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Mats Bäcker Cirkus Cirkör Cirkus Cirkör is Sweden’s first and largest contemporary circus company, founded in 1995. Built upon art and pedagogy, Cirkus Cirkör has grown rapidly and today consists of shows touring Sweden and the world, circus events, circus training and an internationally renowned secondary school. Over the years, over one million people have seen our shows. Our artistic director Tilde Björfors is the world’s first artistic professor of circus studies. Standing ovations have met us at stages like BAM in New York, Montreal Complètement Cirque, Roundhouse in London and Polo Circo in Buenos Aires. With two big shows touring the world and another on the way, we are ready for new challenges! Contact Lars Wassrin [email protected] www.cirkor.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Mats Åsman Claire Parsons Co Claire Parsons works are playfully elegant using comedy, emotionality and an exciting look at the world. She has choreographed opera and theater works and she is dedicated to creating high-quality scenic art for young audiences. Her work is acclaimed for its stunning visuals, exquisite performers and interaction with the audience. Claire Parsons productions have been shown world-wide and she is a returning guest artist at Zebradans, where her new production “Marmelade” was created. Marmelade is a delicious, sensory performance about meeting, mixing and blending. Marmelade looks at the world through body, eye, feeling and taste in a room with fluffy skirts, soft circus and Fellini music. Contact Anna Lafvas [email protected] www.claireparsons.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Anders j Larsson Compagnie Jus de la Vie Compagnie Jus de la Vie creates raw physical dance theatre with depth, irony, brutality and humor and produces tour friendly productions with few and strong artists since 1995 which tour extensively internationally. Repertory 2014: Antithesis: exquisite dancers…Dancing that is very good is simply great! expressen.se Pas de deux sans toi: too raw and painfully present to be surreal, and yet too surreal to be grasped with pure reason turns indeed out to be a fascinating, unforgettable experience. tanecniaktuality.cz LUCKY – happiness and misfortune Premieres May 2014. Powerful movements in a mix of profundity, irony and humor with projections that puts you in heaven. Contact Charlotta Öfverholm [email protected] www.jusdelavie.org circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Urban Jörén Cullberg Ballet Cullberg Ballet has performed all over the world and is an important 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. Cullberg Ballet was founded by Birgit Cullberg in 1967 under the auspices of Riksteatern. The 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. Cullberg Ballet is part of Riksteatern, The Swedish National Touring Theatre. Contact Monica Fredriksson [email protected] www.cullbergbaletten.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Daniel AlmgrenRecén Daniel AlmgrenRecén Daniel AlmgrenRecén is an international choregrapher and performer. “Near That Place” is a performance that tries to create its own reality, taking as its starting point the issues surrounding identity, home and memory in relation to nomadism. What does it mean to belong to a place, a neighbourhood, a social context when mobility has become the norm? Against this background, Daniel has embarked on an odyssey in which the desire to find a place merges with the desire to leave. Daniel has been exploring the concept of home since 2011. In 2012 he travelled with all his belongings and furniture around northern Europe on a 7,000 km journey. To make contact with audiences, he moved into temporary residential environments and invited people to “open houses”. Contact Daniel AlmgrenRecén [email protected] www.daar.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Dans <3 Stockholm Dans <3 Stockholm is a festival presenting Swedish and international contemporary dance. It includes performances, movie screenings, talks and parties – in traditional and new formats. The festival takes place at several venues in Stockholm and a number of public places in the city. It is a unique collaboration between the organizing body, Dansens Hus, and several other major cultural institutions in Stockholm. At last there is an opportunity to experience the many facets of contemporary dance gathered together at one recurring festival. By working with the various cultural institutions, we increase our chances of surprising more people and piquing their curiosity about the art form, while strengthening dance’s position in the cultural sphere. Contact Eva Broberg [email protected] www.dansstockholm.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Dansens Hus Stockholm Dansens Hus Stockholm is Sweden’s largest venue for Contemporary Dance and dance-related performance art from Sweden and around the world. Located in central Stockholm, Dansens Hus has two stages with respectively 750 and 100 seats. The venue presents 35–40 productions a year and has 60–90,000 visitors annually. Dansens Hus was funded in 1991 and works actively to strengthen the role of contemporary dance in Sweden. In addition to performances Dansens Hus arranges seminars, lectures, workshops, exhibitions and other activities to inspire and engage the audience. It is also proud to be the main part in the contemporary dance festival Dance <3 Stockholm, the street dance festival Urban Connection and Swedish partner in ICE HOT Nordic Dance. Contact Amy Fee [email protected] www.dansenshus.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Ismo Helen 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. We have made guest appearances at festivals in Germany, Finland, Northern Ireland and Belgium with performances and workshops. Integrated dance is a small field, so we have many important international contacts. In 2013 we made guest appearances in Bremen with “Curvature”, choreography by Emilia Wärff and Malin Rönnerman, and in Krakow with “Hi-Hat Xpres”, choreography by Veera Suvalo Grimberg. Other productions are “Obscuro”, choreography by Favela Vera Ortiz, and “Imagine”, choreography by Gilda Stillbäck. Contact Hanna Uddenberg [email protected] www.danskompanietspinn.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Dansnät Sverige – Dancenet sweden 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. Dansnät Sverige also seeks to promote excellence on and off stage. With various inputs and perspectives in the form of 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 circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Magnus Hjalmarson Neideman David & Fofo David & Fofo is a decade-long saga boiled down to 75 breathtaking minutes of circus, comedy and harrowing reality. Over 300 performances with Cirkus Cirkör’s “Wear It Like a Crown”. A scene with ping-pong balls performed more than 2,000 times. Rehearsing to achieve perfection, several thousand hours of hard training. This is a story of blood, sweat and hotel rooms. Of suitcases never unpacked and trashy vaudeville costumes in garish colors that always smell stale. Of the aging circus body’s war against the desire to keep performing. And the passion? How can it survive when you spend all your waking hours together? Contact Josefin Lindberg [email protected] www.davidandfofo.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Avichai Arbiv Det Sjunde Sinnet – The Seventh Sense The choreographer Mireille Leblanc together with composer and media artist Åke Parmerud is “The Seventh Sense”, a group exploring different ways of interfacing the physical and virtual world of dance. The project “Metamorphos” is a composition for one dancer surrounded by himself. Reflections, shadows, transformations of body and scenic images in a thematic fantasy on dance and technology. With the participation of the dancer Aviad Arik Herman from the Gothenburg Opera Dance Company, they have created a piece that flows between light and darkness, movement and stillness, dystopia and poetry. ”The Seventh Sense” was in 2011 awarded the german Walter Fink Preis as the best dance/media work of the year. Contact Mireille Leblanc [email protected] www.mireilleleblanc.com | www.parmerud.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Love Lannér Dockteatern Tittut Dockteatern Tittut, founded in 1977, was the first puppet theatre to perform continuously for children aged two and up. The company has received various awards, including prizes from ASSITEJ and the Swedish government for children’s and young adult drama. The theatre has a permanent venue in Stockholm but also tours extensively. Over the years, the company has made guest appearances in over 50 countries – from Japan in the east to the U.S. in the west. The company has collaborated with Stockholmsoperan, Riksteatern, the Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis and Teatro Gioco Vita in Italy. Dockteatern Tittut aims to present drama that engages and touches audiences. The theatre takes an innovative approach, in keeping with the present day, and is responsive to impressions from research and other art forms. Contact Anna Lindberg [email protected] www.dockteaterntittut.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Anna Widoff DORTE OLESEN Besides her own works, Dorte Olesen choreographs for theatre and opera productions, her works tour nationally and internationally. The choreographer Dorte Olesen’s work can be summed up in one word – unconventional. By figuratively sticking her finger in the spectator’s eye, Olesen makes audiences think, whether out of irritation, relief or delight. Her audience can never be entirely sure whether this time she will break norms in an attractive or a provocative way. Olesen has a strong interest in other people’s experiences and inherent power. By allowing people of different ages and with different experiences to meet, she creates a creative chaos. Besides her own works, she choreographs for theatre and opera productions. Her works tour nationally and internationally. Contact Lena Uhlander [email protected] www.dorteolesen.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Märta Thisner EDIE&EDIE The EDIE&EDIE project is about unconditional support and to be the muse, the mentor and the genius at the same time. Emma Tolander and Amanda Apetrea started the EDIE&EDIE project 2012. Within the project they’ve created the solos Dancer (Tolander) and Covers (Apetrea) as well as the duet EDIE&EDIE. The project is two women dancing, it’s about their struggle, love, friendship and community. They want to dance for everyone who ever felt someone else’s skin against theirs, who ever felt that they maybe don’t fit in, who maybe thinks that something should change in this world. Initiated and performed by: Amanda Apetrea and Emma Tolander, Light and set design: Chrisander Brun, Sound design (the duet): Anna Sóley Tryggvadóttir. Contact Amanda Apetrea [email protected] www.ofakollektivet.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth 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. Embla dans & teater has been one of the instigators of international projects such as Satellite, the Nordic dance festival for children and young people, and NOBA, the Nordic Baltic dance network for young audiences. Contact Malin Enberg [email protected] www.embladans.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Niklas Rydén Eva Ingemarsson Dansproduktion Eva Ingemarsson produces large-scale, full-length works for stage and touring. Eva Ingemarsson has been part of the established Swedish dance scene for many years. She is the artistic director of Eva Ingemarsson Dance Production and the Atalante performance space in Gothenburg. She explores choreography at the interface with the sculptural and architectural space and is highly regarded for her way of integrating dance and choreography with photo, video and documentary interviews. Her productions have been staged throughout Sweden and in countries such as China, Russia, Morocco, Armenia, Mexico, Lithuania and Finland. Her current production, “Spegeln – Kairos”, centres on human reflection and identity based on body and gender. Contact Eva Ingemarsson [email protected] www.evaingemarsson.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Edvin Svensson 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 has three productions for international touring. “Scribble” (“Krumelur”) is a mask play full of unexpected changes in which abstract shapes come to life with the help of the actors’ body language and the children’s imagination. Come along on an adventure about life on earth, from fish to bird, from ape to us! For ages 3–6. “The Pool” (“Badet”) is like a live silent movie, performed outdoors. The play, which suits audiences of all ages, tells the story of three eccentric swimmers’ antics around an outdoor pool. “Winter” is the working title for a new mime play which opens in January 2014, for family audiences from 6 years and up. Contact Helena Johansson Strässle [email protected] www.expressteatern.nu circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Robert Eklund Frauke Butoh choreographer Frauke (Caroline Lundblad) is based in Gothenburg but also works internationally. She has created a genre within butoh where her work is site-specific and unique. Frauke often works in partnership with other artists, and her performances are influenced by contemporary art, among other sources. She has won international acclaim, with awards from The Standard Bank Ovation Awards and the Sunday Independent for her participation at Dance Umbrella in Johannesburg and the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa. Contact Caroline Lundblad [email protected] www.frauke.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Lina Ikse GEST – Gothenburg English Studio Theatre GEST is the only professional English speaking theatre in Western Sweden and has had a huge impact on the Swedish theatre scene. Celebrated by audience and critics alike, GEST brings the very best of British contemporary drama to Scandinavia. “Expectations” by Kristina Brändén Whitaker is GEST’s first world premiere and has toured Sweden, UK, Italy and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it won the coveted Fringe Review Award for Outstanding Theatre. Expectations and other GEST productions are available for touring. As well as our own in-house productions GEST has also started exciting international collaborations and is always looking for new co-productions and collaborations with British and international theatre companies. Contact Amanda Wigand [email protected] www.gest.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Hannes A Brandulv GUN LUND / E=MC2 DANCE Gun Lund is famous 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 she holds a lifetime award for her “high quality and great importance in Swedish cultural life”. “Transmission” – a vibrotactile experience is one of her latest creations, a dance and technology experiment focusing the sensory system. Letting the tactile take precedence over the visible or audible, six dancers respond to electromagnetic impulses received through vibrators attached to the body. This and other solo and group works by Gun Lund are available for touring. Contact Anna Karlander [email protected] www.emc2dance.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Einar Kling Odencrants Gynoïdes Project – Bêta Test Bêta Test is a series of experimental contemporary 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 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 circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Jacques De Backer Göteborgs Dans & Teater Festival Göteborgs Dans & Teater Festival has been presenting world-class performing arts for the past 20 years. The first festival was held in the same year that the Estonia sank, Sweden won bronze in the World Cup, the ANC won the first free elections in South Africa, and Sweden voted to join the EU. Since then the world has changed constantly, and the festival program has reflected this changing world, becoming a way of understanding and subsequently recalling the way things were at the time. In May 2014, artists from Beirut, New York, Ghent, Hamburg, Bamako and Oslo will visit Gothenburg. Contemporary satire will be interspersed with narrative, dance, music and circus. We look forward to welcoming you to a festival that interprets, twists and complicates the events that surround us, using contemporary performing arts to make important statements about our times. Contact Birgitta Winnberg Rydh [email protected] www.festival.goteborg.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Urban Jörén GöteborgsOperans Danskompani GöteborgsOperans Danskompani is Scandinavia’s biggest and one of Europe’s premier contemporary dance companies. Firmly rooted in the present, the company’s dancers inspire both legendary choreographers and some of the younger generation’s most exciting international dance artists to new expressions and art forms. The ensemble comprises dancers from 17 countries, led by Adolphe Binder. With a unique repertoire consisting of works created especially for the company, international interest in the ensemble has increased significantly, as have the invitations to tour and make guest appearances in both Europe and the U.S. In 2013–14 the company is presenting nine new works, ending the season with performances in various venues on the Iberian peninsula, including Lisbon. Contact Liselott Berg [email protected] www.opera.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Bengt Wanselius 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. 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. Contact Birgit Lindholm [email protected] www.helenafranzen.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth ICE HOT Nordic Dance ICE HOT Nordic Dance is the host organization of ICE HOT Nordic Dance Platform which biannually presents Nordic dance at its best. The artistic program presented at the platform consists of high quality and diverse contemporary dance performances from both established companies and newcomers. In addition to the artistic program the platform acts as a broad discussion and meeting forum that gather local audiences, Nordic dance professionals and programmers/dance professionals from all over the world. ICE HOT Nordic Dance is a collaboration project between partners from five Nordic countries – Dance Info Finland, Dansens Hus Stockholm, Dansehallerne Copenhagen, Dansens Hus Oslo and Performing Arts Iceland. The platform 2010 took place in Stockholm, in 2012 in Helsinki and the next will be the 10th–14th of December 2014 in Oslo. Contact Amy Fee [email protected] www.icehotdance.com | www.nordicdanceplatform.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Martin Skoog Ingrid Olterman Dans Ingrid Olterman is a professional dancer and choreographer active for over 20 years. Lövkoja – “The rustling is in the trees, in the leaves, on the ground, in the needles, in our hats, in our hair, in our jacket pockets.” A dance performance for young children (age 3+). Playing among trees and bushes. It’s exciting to watch the world through the foliage. The two friends are building a hut. They dream of a big hut – and it turned out like this. Longing, expectation, and spotting new possibilities. Though sometimes it feels scratchy. Having a laugh together and experiencing the joy of sharing something good with one or more friends. Contact Amanda Norlander [email protected] www.ingridolterman.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Alexander Tenghamn INKONST Inkonst is a cultural venue in Malmö that captures innovative and contemporary culture and offers a creative meeting place for artists and creators. 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 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. Contact Ann Wallberg [email protected] www.inkonst.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Martin Krall Institutet With explorations of power and sexuality in relation to liberal politics and its basic unit; the western middle class family structure, Institutet has been performing on festivals like Baltic Circle, Bastard, Impulse Festival, Festival d’Avignon, Foreign Affairs, Festival Transamerique etc. Autumn 2013 Institutet released two new pieces for international touring: “Sigurd der Kreuzritter” was produced in cooperation with Südpol Luzern and explores the case of Norwegian terrorist Anders B Breivik and the phenomena of spree-killings, and the second premiere was a reflection on un-deadness in the show “Bones” that was produced in collaboration with French company Outil, with support of Actoral Festival Marseille. Contact Anders Carlsson [email protected] www.institutet.eu circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Ameer Jbara Iraqi Bodies Iraqi Bodies is a group of dancers and choreographers active in Gothenburg and Amsterdam. An appalling-looking man enters and looks at himself in a mirror. “Why do you look at yourself in the glass, since the sight of your reflection can only be painful to you?” The appalling-looking man replies: “Sir, according to the immortal principles of ’89, all men are equal before the law; therefore I have the right to look at myself in the glass; with pleasure or pain, that is an entirely personal matter.” Gerontion poses questions regarding sacrifice and humiliation, confronting its audience with a proposal of different moral judgments. The boundary determining just from unjust has through a subtle reduction of time proposed a composition of terror – but also beauty. During 2013 Iraqi Bodies have continued their work on the themes surrounding the rituals and ceremonies of sexuality, death and reproduction within the religious groups of Muslims, Christians and Jews. Contact Josephine Gray [email protected] www.iraqibodies.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Karl-Wilhelm Björk Jeanette Langert Jeanette Langert has been called one of Sweden’s most intriguing choreographers. With an uncompromising attitude she is continuously expanding the boundaries of dance. Langert’s minimalist approach both moves and startles her audiences. Her unique, idiomatic style has been praised by both national and international press. Premiere October 11th 2013, Dansens Hus, Stockholm Sweden. Available for touring 2014–2015. Can be performed to recorded music or in collaboration with a live orchestra. Contact Jeanette Langert [email protected] www.jeanettelangert.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Renato Mangolin Jefta van Dinther Jefta van Dinther is a choreographer working between Stockholm and Berlin. His works are distinctly physical, and always imply a staged research of movement itself. The subject matter is the conditioning of choreography, i.e. how methods of working create specific bodies with specific organizations, different for every performance. Systems, scores, practices and principles are fed with affect, emotionality and imagination as well as vice versa. Processes exhibited live on stage become performances. In 2013 he premiered Plateau Effect, a commission for Cullberg Ballet. On tour are THIS IS CONCRETE (2012) as well as the previous GRIND (2011). His other works include The Blanket Dance (2011), Kneeding (2010), The Way Things Go (2009) and IT’S IN THE AIR (2009). His next creation will premiere in October 2014. Contact Emelie Bergbohm [email protected] www.jeftavandinther.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Christian Hunt Johan Wellton Johan Wellton is a comedian and juggler, he tours with various performances and acts, both in Sweden and abroad. His one-man show JW Unplugged and his act Bounce! have received great international acclaim, with numerous awards and major tours. Johan is now creating his next solo performance for theatre tour, which will premiere in Sweden in autumn 2014 before going on tour internationally in 2015. Johan’s own past productions include Fraktgods (“Cargo”), En kväll i fabriken (“A Night at the Factory”), JW Unplugged, Bounce!, JW & Friends, JW vs the Symphony Orchestra, Varieté Royale, and 100 Tricks in One Minute. Contact Johan Wellton [email protected] www.johanwellton.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Duncan Dimanche KASS Produktion/Sebastian Lingserius The choreographer Sebastian Lingserius and his company, KASS Production, have gained a reputation since 2011 as one of the most interesting of the up-and-coming experimental choreographic signatures in the Swedish dance field. In 2014 they will perform their new work Bod(ill)ess in Sweden, France and England, following the premiere at Dansens Hus in Stockholm. Previously, KASS created productions like alt.org, Made as Three and Resolutionary Bodies in association with theatres such as MDT and WELD in Stockholm. Contact Sebastian Lingserius [email protected] www.kass-dance.eu circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo José Figueroa Katja Seitajoki & Kajsa Sandström The meeting between Katja Seitajoki and Kajsa Sandström was initiated in 2011. An evening combining two performances that illustrate how we are inspired, influenced and shaped by the voices of the past and conversations in the present. In Sandström’s THESE IMAGES ARE WRITTEN ON MY BODY, the gaze and the eye are at the centre, in relation to the creation of physical appearance through visual technologies and vision processes. In INBETWEEN IMAGES Tracing a Self-Portrait, Seitajoki creates a dialogical artist portrait in relation to literature and conversation. Through the act of drawing, the dialogue traces the movement, which in turn creates the body. In the course of the evening the audience will experience different perspectives on the performance space, relative to the white sheets of paper that serve as a set for each work. Contact Katja Seitajoki [email protected] www.kajsasandstrom.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Roger Stenberg 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. It 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, classics and contemporary pieces, dreams and reality, history and the present all come together. Contact Peter Pyk [email protected] www.dramaten.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Gert Weigl Kungliga Operan – Kungliga Baletten Kungliga Baletten (The Royal Ballet) is one of the world’s oldest ballet companies, founded in 1773 by King Gustav III. Under Johannes Öhman’s leadership, Kungliga Baletten has established itself in recent years as one of northern Europe’s leading companies for both classical ballet and modern dance. The repertoire includes the great classical ballets, new full-length ballets created especially for the company, and contemporary works by some of the top choreographers in the international arena. Kungliga Baletten highlights the work of Swedish choreographers such as Mats Ek, Alexander Ekman and Pontus Lidberg, who have created new versions of beloved classics for the company. We also challenge developments in modern dance through collaboration with great contemporary names such as Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal and Emanuel Gat. Contact Ann-Christin Danhammar [email protected] www.operan.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Ron Morales LILITH PERFORMANCE STUDIO Lilith Performance Studio is Europe’s first dedicated studio and venue for visual art performance. The studio creates new large-scale performance works, from conception to presentation, by inviting artists to execute their performance on site in close collaboration with the studio. Since its inception, Lilith Performance Studio has produced over 40 large-scale site-specific performances in association with artists from around the world. The studio is run collaboratively by the artists and the two artistic directors, Elin Lundgren and Petter Pettersson. Contact Petter Pettersson [email protected] www.lilithperformancestudio.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Tom Sachs Lisa Östberg & Kim Hiorthøy Lisa Östberg and Kim Hiorthøy’s uncategorizable performance “You” was presented twice during the opening of Julidans 2013 in Amsterdam. In September it moved on to Norway, where it played seven sold-out performances (including an extra performance) in Bergen, Trondheim and Oslo. Östberg and Hiorthøy’s next piece, “The Black Warrior”, will have its premiere at the Oktoberdans festival in Bergen in 2014 and then appear at Teaterhuset Avant Garden in Trondheim and the Black Box Theatre in Oslo. Östberg and Hiorthøy use their multidisciplinary background to create performances that cross genres and draw audiences into a world of their own. Contact Stina Dahlström [email protected] www.youdoitwedonthavetime.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Ola Hjelmberg Livekonstkollektivet MELO MELO is a collective of artists who since 2005 have produced a diverse collection of theatrical works, concerts, installations and interactive experiences. In a poetic, minimalist way, MELO creates worlds and states that surround the viewer, through a playful and pleasurable pursuit of interpersonal sensitivity and perceptive impressions. The group consists of Melina Mastrotanasi, Sara Soumah, Ola Hjelmberg, Louise Hultén, Anders Jacobson and Josef Palm. Current projects: Hollow, a theatrical work for eight dancers/musicians; Spåra (“Trace”), an interactive work for children aged 5–9; No. 4, a conceptual format in which installations are linked together in a walk; Sound Choreography/Architecture, a spatial sound experience. Contact Sara Soumah [email protected] www.melo-collective.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Patric Leo Lotta Melin/ .M.A.P Melin Art Performance Stockholm-based choreographer and artist Lotta Melin’s work flows freely, creatively and naturally between dance, performance art, experimental music, sound, art and new media. Her art is suggestive, playful and dark (death is a recurring theme) but not without humour (and, of course, life itself). The works are solo, ensemble or larger site-specific performances and always have a deeply personal touch. For many years, Lotta Melin has been exploring the body as an instrument. She is interested in the relationship between sound and movement. Lotta Melin’s Gesamtkunstwerk Gare du Nord premiered at the Royal Academy of Art, Stockholm, in October 2013. The work is about the melancholy and vulnerability that forces travellers to abandon their luggage. Lotta Melin has taken part in numerous festivals and has collaborated with many other artists, including Jan Håfström, Ikue Mori, The Defekts Skull, Kim Gordon, Christina Kubisch, Maja Ratkje, Lasse Marhaug and Kathy Hinde. Contact Lotta Melin [email protected] www.lottamelin.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Lundahl & Seitl Lundahl & Seitl In Lundahl & Seitl’s practice the viewers’ perception is being transformed, being both the medium of the work, its potential content as well as the means to receive it. Here the essence of the artwork is intangible, pending to be created inside the immaterial realms of conscious experience and a continuous passage of time. Lundahl & Seitl’s transdisciplinary collaborations investigate space, time and perception in increasingly large-scale installations, always in proximity to the history of a specific medium and its institution; museums, galleries, theatres and found spaces, on projects spanning architecture, cognitive neurology, classical music theatre and experience design. Contact Emma Leach [email protected] www.lundahl-seitl.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Åse Bengtsson Helin MALIN HELLKVIST SELLéN Malin Hellkvist Sellén is one of Sweden’s most questioning and intriguing choreographer, with pieces for both adults and children on her resume. Often referring to her work as physical reflections on a specific theme or topic, she alternates between solo performances and larger group pieces. Her choreography is as clearly political and philosophical as sensuous, physical and emotional. Hellkvist Sellén examines choreography as a corporeal and linguistic practice. Her latest creations “Within reasonable limits” 2011 and “Ongoing” 2012 have both emanated from diverse ways including the general public in different manners in the creation. 2014 Malin Hellkvist Sellén opens “I remember you as you were then”, a piece that 2013 starts with collection of stories from anyone interested to contribute about matters they can’t let go of. Her popular solo “Pink promises” continues to tour. Available is her publication “Works 2003–2010”, published in 2012. Contact Magnus Nordberg [email protected] www.malinhellkvistsellen.se | www.nordbergmovement.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth MDT MDT is an international co-production platform and a leading venue for contemporary choreography and performance. MDT presents 40–50 productions every year. The program consists of new choreographers launched in Sweden and internationally next to established Swedish and international choreographers. MDT present and co-produce Swedish based artists such as Halla Ólafsdóttir, Amanda Apetrea, Kim Hiorthøy, Stina Nyberg, Nadja Hjorton, Zoe Poluch, Ludvig Daae + + MDT present and/or co-produce international artists such as Margrét Sara Gudjónsdóttir, Maria Jerez, Daniel Linehan, Mette Edvardsen + + MDT is a part of the network DÉPARTS supported by the Culture Program of the European Union and of the Baltic–Nordic–European network SAMARA supported by KKN. MDT is situated in the Stockholm city center. MDT is the place to be. Contact Stina Dahlström [email protected] www.mdtsthlm.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Fred Canonge Memory Wax The company Memory Wax was founded 2004 by Miguel Azcue and Johanna Jonasson and is based in Malmö, Sweden. Through simplicity we experience and develop movement and ideas in a new perspective. Memory Wax is a dance company with a strong visual expression and a naked theatrical language. The company was founded 2004 by Miguel Azcue and Johanna Jonasson and is based in Malmö, Sweden. The repertoire contains performances for children, youth and adults, which are presented locally, nationally and internationally. Memory Wax constantly work on finding new meetings between audience and dance. It’s reflected in the artistic creations and the arranging of site specific, outdoor events in collaboration with other artists and networks. Contact Memory Wax [email protected] www.memorywax.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Michael West MINNA KROOK DANS Minna Krook is one of the most well established choreographers of dance performances for children. Based in Stockholm, the company tours frequently in Sweden and is well renowned and highly appreciated throughout the country. She has, among other things, created the first dance performance in Sweden for babies, “Oh, Hello Baby”, with which the company received much positive attention. Performed regularly since its premier in 2004, her performance “ALL GONE!” has been hailed by critics as “a classic”. The company tours abroad with these performances and have been invited to Festivals in Morocco, Finland, Poland, Cameroon and New York, USA. Contact Minna Krook [email protected] www.minnakrook.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Märta Thisner Nadja Hjorton “Radio Dance” is a performance that filters dance and dance history through a personal life story. “Eventually I fall down in a heap on the floor and I lie there, catching my breath, and let the spinning wash over my body. I have just turned 5 years old, the year is 1986, and Olof Palme has just been murdered.” Nadja Hjorton broadcasts a radio show live from the stage, a program that covers her life from childhood to adulthood, with the Swedish and international political climate as a backdrop. The autobiographical element concerns questions of perspective – who is telling the story? Which artists have to relate to their history, and which ones never need to think about it? Contact Nadja Hjorton [email protected] www.nadjahjorton.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Robert Eklund NewOpera CO NewOpera CO writes innovative musical drama on topical subjects that test the limits of opera. By involving singers from genres other than traditional opera, the company aims to reach a new audience for contemporary musical drama. After three full-length works, NewOpera CO is now producing its first children’s opera, “Sånglösa”, which premiered in autumn 2013. Niklas Rydén is an established composer, writer and filmmaker. He works out of the Atalante performance space in Gothenburg, where he is artistic director. Contact Niklas Rydén [email protected] www.newopera.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Hannes A Brandulv 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, art centres, museums, stages and festivals in Göteborg, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Paris, Düsseldorf, New York, Tokyo, Santiago de Chile and more. “Me – every body, volume 2” is a performance in six sequences. Out of several sets of movements the seven dancers create individual combinations, while the group dynamic increasingly complicates the structure of what can be perceived. Contact Anna Karlander [email protected] www.olof.org circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Julia Peirone Paloma Madrid 100 % choreography is Paloma Madrid’s starting point in life. Like a hawk stealing up on its prey. In a state of negotiation, process and agreements, we have created choreographic photographs or possibly choreography of the moment. The body as raw material, hunted by the eye of the lens. The camera, with its ability to freeze a moment, provides insight into the elements that are beyond our learned reading. Photographic choreography conveys choreography in frozen form, where motion occurs in the space between the image and the viewer. Contact Emmy Astbury [email protected] www.palomamadrid.me circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Martin Skoog Pantomimteatern Pantomimteatern’s performances are based on movement, the body’s own language, and are characterized by warmth, humour and respect for the audience. We create beautiful, non-verbal, imaginative stories with great depth, often based on familiar themes that the audience can identify with, and that enhance self-esteem and emphasize imagination. Pantomimteatern has performed in many parts of Europe, Latin America, the U.S., Canada, Vietnam and China. Over the years, Pantomimteatern has received many prestigious awards. Most recently, in 2011, the show “Charlie’s Kids” won the award for the year’s best mime performance at the Stockholm Mime Festival. Contact Veronica Bedecs [email protected] www.pantomimteatern.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Nir Arieli Pontus Lidberg Dance Swedish filmmaker, choreographer and dancer, Pontus Lidberg is most recognized for his awardwinning dance film “The Rain” for which he received numerous awards around the world. Lidberg has created over 35 works for major international dance companies such as Le Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, The Royal Danish Ballet, The Beijing Dance Theatre, The Royal Swedish Ballet, Morphoses, Oregon Ballet Theatre as well as for his own group Pontus Lidberg Dance. He was recently nominated for a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) in Outstanding Visual Design for his dance and film evening WITHIN (Labyrinth Within), and received the “Court Métrange du Jury” prize at the Court-Métrange Film Festival in Rennes, France in 2011 and won Best Picture at Lincoln Center’s Dance on Camera Festival in New York 2012. Pontus Lidberg Dance productions currently available for touring include SNOW, WITHIN Labyrinth Within and WARRIORS. Contact Åsa Edgren [email protected] www.lidberg.se/pontus circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Patriez van der Wens/The Treasure Factory Poste Restante Poste Restante creates performance works where the individual visitor is assigned the lead role in moral and personal dilemmas. Poste Restante offers its full repertoire of works for guest appearances. The company operates outside the traditional theatre space and adapts its works to new contexts. The repertoire includes: “Civilization and its Discontents”, in which the difficulties of working together come to a head when the performers and visitors try to agree on what a good orgy should be like. “The Economy of Pleasure”, a training facility for those who need to overcome difficulties in having fun. “Closing Time – One Last Call”, a walk where visitors are helped to picture themselves in the city over the phone and can mourn their lost ideals. Contact Koen Vanhove [email protected] www.poste-restante.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo QUARTO QUARTO QUARTO was founded in 2003 by the artist duo Leandro Zappala (director and performer) and Anna Mesquita (choreographer and performer). The group explores interdisciplinary art by means of long process works concerned with philosophical and political issues. They divide their time between Brazil and Sweden. Their current performance BEAUTY of ACCIDENT is an extremely physically demanding work, in which questions about what the body is capable of are addressed with the aid of a 700-metre-long rope. It premiered at Inkonst in Malmö and MDT in Stockholm in 2013. Contact Anna af Sillén de Mesquita [email protected] www.quartotheater.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Bergen Rani Nair Throughout her career Rani Nair has operated in an international artistic context, both in her own creative works and in numerous collaborative projects, residencies, labs, etc. Rani Nair’s work FUTURE MEMORY is a personal and physical dialogue about what it means to inherit a dance. The centrepiece of the performance is “Dixit Dominus”, a piece of choreography created by the German choreographer Kurt Jooss in 1975 for the charismatic Indian dancer Lilavati. Rani inherited the work after Lilavati’s death via her husband, Bengt Häger. After reconstructing Dixit Dominus, Rani is now asking herself questions about the work’s underlying logic, contexts and relationships. She currently holds a residency, Mejan Residents, as part of the artistic research program at the Royal Academy of Art in Stockholm. Contact Anna Thelin [email protected] www.raninair.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Håkan Larsson REGIONTEATER VÄST Regionteater Väst (RTV) are one of the largest touring institutions and producers of the performing arts for a young audience in Sweden. No matter where they live, where they are from or who they are, all children and young people should have the opportunity of experiencing the performing arts. The institution has two production centers; one where dance is produced and one for theatre. In 2012, RTV was awarded the prestigious Prix d’Assitej by Swedish Assitej (part of the International Ass. of Theatre for Children & Young People). “Doppelgänger”, a part of the audience is equipped with headphones to get instructions to create and participate in joint activities with the dancers on stage. “Kryp”, with 7 dancers and 14 musicians on stage, the audience is welcome to the fascinating world of insects. Contact Ann Lundberg [email protected] www.regionteatervast.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Nathalie Wuerth Reich + Szyber Reich + Szyber has worked with varoius hybrid forms in the performing and visual arts since 1983. “Begging Saturday”: A drop-in street begging session in which people can try out what it means, psychologically and physically, to get something by begging in person on the street. Offered to city residents during fringe festivals in Prague, New York, Brighton and Sopot. A collaboration between Reich + Szyber and Stockholm Fringe. “Never Mind the Fairy Tales”: Five local actors buried in the earth up to their necks in a park in Berlin. A collaboration with the Nordwind Festival. “The Hidden”: A number of long-haired local actors whipping oil drums in Minsk. A collaboration with the Navinki Festival. Seminars in all the above locations and in Belgrade, in collaboration with STATION Service for Contemporary Dance. Contact Bogdan Szyber [email protected] www.reich-szyber.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Alex Hinchcliffe RUBY ROSE Ruby Rose is a feminist performing arts collective. EAT IT! is a tragicomic performance with circus elements that is all about ideals of beauty, body persecution, and the stressful art of always being ahead of the game in the war against fat and ugliness. This highly topical performance will guide you all the way from socially acceptable dieting to the verge of starvation in no time. From the desire to be the most beautiful to being willing to pay the price. Performed in French, English, Finnish and Swedish. Created with touring in mind. Contact Rebecca Westholm [email protected] www.eatitshow.se | www.rubyrose.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Imre Zsibrik Sardine Sauvage/Claudine Ulrich Claudine Ulrich is interested in bringing dance to urban spaces and unexpected places. In 2006 she began creating climbing-dance projects. “Why not?” is not the question, but Claudine’s response. She also choreographs for theatrical and musical productions. “2i!2” is an easily portable performance. In a space of 2 x 2 cubic metres, a saxophonist and a dancer are brought together. !SNAD (“!ECNAD”) is designed for children aged 5–11, for outdoor performance with locationspecific elements. Sardine Sauvage investigates whether it is possible to “ecnad” and share the absurd and amusing results. Contact Claudine Ulrich [email protected] www.sardinesauvage.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo The treasure factory/ Patriez van der Wens Shake it Collaborations (SiC) Shake it Collaborations is currently touring the duet “Roses & Beans” and the solo piece “My Own Bodies” and the site specific participatory piece “My Own Bodies All Stars”. Roses & Beans has toured frequently since the premiere 2010. Pengao Theatre / Institutite for provocation/ Beijng, Something Raw/ Brakke Grond in Amsterdam (-13), L1dance fest in Budapest (-13), Notafee Festival in Viljandi/ Estonia (-13). Roses & Beans were selected to the Swedish Theatre Biennale 2013. My Own Bodies (premiered march -13 at the House of Dance in Stockholm) is a shaking piece by and with Tove Sahlin. For the spring 2014 SiC will visit Counter Pulse in San Francisco, to perform the two pieces and host a My Own Bodies – All Stars Counter Pulse. Contact Tove Sahlin [email protected] www.shakeitlab.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Jan Fedinger Sidney Leoni Sidney Leoni works as a choreographer and performer based in Stockholm and Brussels. He recently premiered his new performance-installation-concert “Hertz” at Dansens Hus in Stockholm. Created together with sound artist: Frédéric Alstadt, lighting designer: Jan Fedinger, musicians: Kjetil Brandsdal, Morten J. Olsen, Jonathan Saldanha and stage artists: Martin Lervik and Stina Nyberg, Hertz is a hybrid choreography of sound and light, subject to darkness, high sound pressure levels, vibrations and fog, where any physical manifestations are temporary and unforeseeable. Hertz is available for touring in dance and music venues/festivals and vast exhibition spaces. Contact Helga Baert [email protected] www.mokum.be/en/artist/Sidney_Leoni/Hertz.htm circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Klara Granberg Sirqus Alfon This is Sirqus Alfon – The Super Mega Male Masculinity Show. Sirqus Alfon’s new show is a euphoric rave circus in search of the true male, full of explosive stage presence and razor-sharp humour. With video game aesthetics, fight scenes, laser shows, bodybuilding and visual effects, Sirqus Alfon presents a live explosion from the depths of its male pride. The three eccentric characters’ search for their inner man takes the audience on a pumped-up gender adventure through action heroes, pop stars, video game characters and Bollywood. With its quirky stage presence, virtual instruments, high-tech stage solutions and live-looping experiment, Sirqus Alfon creates an odd impression. Following the premiere in September 2013 and the subsequent tour of Sweden, Sirqus Alfon aims to reach the international market in 2014–15. Contact Josefin Lindberg [email protected] www.sirqusalfon.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Petter Hellman Sisters Sisters is a circus group founded in Stockholm in 2010. The trio consists of three guys from different countries and different traditions, with different bodies and minds, but with the same goal: to move in unison as one body. “Clockwork” is the title of their first production. They want to create a universe in which a human body can be more than just a human body. In a complicated, precise dance involving legs, arms, trunks and heads, three individuals are transformed into one being. The sisters defy gravity to the limits of what is possible, in a mixture of acrobatics, dance, live music, physical theatre, and the circus disciplines Chinese pole, German wheel and Slack rope. Contact Mikkel Hobitz Filtenborg [email protected] www.sisterscompany.net circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Iris Piers Skogen Skogen is an artist-run stage and platform for the performing arts, interdisciplinary artistic processes and knowledge production, based i Gothenburg. By examining how the performing arts can be lifted out of their traditional format, spaces and economic structures, Skogen treats the performing arts as a mobile field of knowledge that can occupy new places and create new commonalities, situations and experiences. Based on this approach, Skogen produces its own and other artists’ works. To create and deepen context, we structure activities as independent artist-run blocks, organized by us in collaboration with invited artists. Contact Anders T Carlsson [email protected] www.skogen.pm circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Johanne Fick Skånes Dansteater Since its start 1995, Skånes Dansteater has presented relevant and engaging performances to a wide audience, from grand scale events engaging orchestra and choir to small scale, intimate face to face and site-specific performances. The company achieves 80 performances annually; in its own venue, at the Malmö Opera and on tour. Over the past years we have collaborated with choreographers Ben Wright, Susanna Leinonen, Jo Strømgren, Christopher Arouni, Helena Franzén, Tommi Kitti and Hofesh Shechter, among others. 2014 Skånes Dansteater will present new creations by Marcos Morau, Marina Mascarell, Martin Forsberg, Örjan Andersson and Kenneth Kvarnström as well as touring … AND… by Philippe Blanchard and Björn Säfsten (2013). The company consists of 16 dancers from 10 countries. Besides the performances the company is involved in different community projects and is also organizing an annual festival. Contact Maria Schreiber [email protected] www.skanesdansteater.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Peter Kroon SOMATIC NOISE Engages in interdisciplinary performing art projects and focuses on collaborations across borders. With a base in contemporary dance theatre, choreographer Kirstine Ilum is driven by the urge to tell politically charged stories while experimenting with extreme and risk taking physicality. STIMULATION OVERLOAD (2013) Exposed. Left out. Alienated. Alone. 4 dancers throw themselves out in a raw, brutal, physical and tempo filled performance with audience on all 4 sides. FOBIA STUDIES#1 (2011) Solo, MaMa (2010) Duet, PAUSE (2009) Trio. Works are created in a variety of international co-production and residence environments and the company are open to all suggestions regarding collaborations and commissioned work. Contact Daniel Eriksson [email protected] www.somaticnoise.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Sten-Yngve Johansson STAFFAN BJÖRKLUNDS TEATER Staffan Björklunds Teater performances are characterized by humour, musicality and artistically produced puppets. We often perform at international festivals around the world. Our performances have been praised for their puppets, their originality and our innovative approach to puppetry. Tre på ett strå (“Three on a Straw”) is a show featuring puppets made from natural materials. Three happy summer stories! Some will get long ears, others longer noses! Since 2012, we have performed the show at many international festivals: Guadalajara, Spain; Nabeul, Tunisia; Slupsk, Poland; Bandung on Java, Indonesia; Ulan Ude, Siberia; Moscow, Russia; Bucharest, Romania; Liberec, Czech Republic; Bornholm, Denmark; Samara, Russia. Contact Staffan Björklund [email protected] www.dockteater.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Casper Hedberg Stina Nyberg Stina Nyberg makes and performs choreography, often in collaboration with artists such as Amanda Apetrea, Adena Asovic, Sophie Augot, Marcus Baldemar, Petra Bauer, Anna Efraimsson, Kim Einarsson, Atlanta Eke, Ben Evans, Moriah Evans, Luis Migel Felix, Rosalind Goldberg, Emma Kim Hagdahl, Gunilla Heilborn, Nadja Hjorton, Rami Jawhari Jansson, Halla Ólafsdóttir, Sidney Leoni, Sandra Lolax, Linnéa Martinsson, Joe Moran, Maryam Nikandish, Josefine Larson Olin, Pontus Pettersson, Zoë Poluch, Juli Reinartz, Petra Sabisch, Tove Salmgren, Helena Stenkvist, The Knife, The 17 graduates from the Royal Swedish Ballet School, Mårten Spångberg, Rebecka Stillman, Jens Strandberg, Andrea Svensson, Johan Thelander, Emma Tolander, Uri Turkenich, Jessica WatsonGalbraith, Sofia Wiberg, Andros Zins-Browne, ÖFA-kollektivet and many more. At the moment, Stina Nyberg is developing a new method for mind reading. Contact Stina Nyberg [email protected] www.1200m.org/stina circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Andreas Boonstra StockholmsMusikTeater StockholmsMusikTeater, creates newly written music-theatre and uses the creative expression of theatre to treat complex material, such as Shakespeare’s’ sonnets in “William” and the theories of Freud in “Freud’s Cigarr”, in a way that’s easy to understand and relate to. With interacting, sing-along and improvised parts is “William” – the musical first out in English. Awarded “Best Performance” at the NY Int. Fringe Festival 2013. Shakespeare’s personal life is still a great mystery. Perhaps somewhere, buried deep within his 154 beloved sonnets there are answers. 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. Contact Jonas Nerbe [email protected] www.stockholmsmusikteater.nu circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Gunnar H Stening SU-EN Butoh Company SU-EN is a multi-award-winning choreographer and butoh dance artist, a pioneer and leading figure of butoh art in Sweden. After studying with the legendary butoh artist Yoko Ashikawa and serving an apprenticeship at the Tomoe Shizune & Hakutobo group, SU-EN established the art of butoh in Sweden and developed her own distinctive butoh method. SU-EN Butoh Company operates in Sweden and internationally. Activities include performances, workshops, film production, projects and lectures. Since 2006, SU-EN has been curator of Friction – International Performance Art Festival and K.R.O.P.P, a platform for contemporary dance. In 2011, SU-EN received the Uchimura Award from Japan and the feminist art journal CORA’s cultural prize. In 2012 she received the City of Uppsala’s medal of honour. Contact SU-EN [email protected] www.suenbutohcompany.net circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Alex Hinchcliff Subcase Subtopia Circus Fair Subcase is a yearly showcase of Nordic contemporary circus: During three intense days artists and bookers from Sweden and Europe meet in Hangaren Subtopia just south of Stockholm, 12–14 February 2014. We look forward to introducing the latest artistic work in Nordic contemporary circus: 9 full length shows, 6 work in progress presentations, 8 pitches of upcoming work, a seminar about international collaborations, a marketplace for Nordic circus, and an excellent opportunity to connect with colleagues from Europe. Subcase is executed by Subtopia and curated by the partners in New Nordic Circus Network: Subtopia (SE), Copenhagen International Theater KIT (DK), Cirko Center (FI), CircusInfo Finland (FI), Circus Village (NO) and Kultuurikatel (EST). Contact Kiki Muukkonen [email protected] www.subcase.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Swedish Biennial for Performing Arts The Swedish Biennial for Performing Arts (Scenkonstbiennalen) is held every second year and presents a selection of the most interesting Swedish performances. The Biennial also features international guest performances, student productions, workshops, seminars, master classes and many other opportunities for artistic exchange and dialogue. The Swedish Biennial for Performing Arts is organized by Teaterunionen – Swedish ITI and is both a meeting place for the performing arts world and a public festival. The next Biennial will be organised in Malmö May 26–31 2015, in cooperation with the Malmö Opera, the Malmö City Theatre and the Skånes Dance Theatre. Warmly welcome! Contact Lovisa Björkman [email protected] www.scenkonstbiennalen.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth SWED STAGE 2014 Swedstage Swedstage is the Swedish showcase for performing arts. The showcase presents handpicked Swedish performances for the international market. Swedstage include performances for children, youth and adults and all the performances are able to tour internationally. Swedstage is arranged by Teaterunionen – Swedish ITI and ASSITEJ Sweden. The next Swedstage will be held in 2014. Contact Lovisa Björkman [email protected] www.swedstage.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Vadim Klimovsky Teater Kef Teater Kef’s trademark is modern cross-borders performances filled with humor, music, joy and seriousity. Many of the best-known operas take their title from the female lead: Carmen, Aida, Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Traviata. Despite this, these characters do not fare so well and all die at the end. In “Faingersh Off the Opera”, Elias Faingersh gives these opera divas another chance, a chance to tell their story. The audience gets to see the divas laid bare and will have the full picture when the show is over. Of course, this musical performance includes all the familiar arias. A new work by Keren Klimovsky and Elias Faingersh. Director: Sture Ekholm. Cast: Elias Faingersh (actor and trombone), Akane Kusakabe (piano). The piece can be presented in English, Russian or German. Contact Elias Faingersh [email protected] www.trombonemagic.com circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo José Figueroa Teater Pero 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 the Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival in Edinburgh. After these festivals, we sold the show to Tibet, Wales (37 performances), London (11 performances) and Osaka, Japan (6 performances). In June 2014, the ensemble will travel to Australia to play at the Sydney Opera House, the Arts Centre in Melbourne and possibly in Brisbane. This is not unusual. Over the years we have visited many countries (including Iceland, Denmark, Finland, U.S., Cameroon, Vietnam, India, China, Korea) where we have both performed and presented workshops for colleagues. Aston’s Stones is performed in English. Contact Cecilia Meeuwisse [email protected] www.pero.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Ilkka Häikiö Teater Sagohuset Theatre Sagohuset presents two or three productions annually and plays nearly 400 performances a year. In recent years we have performed in Denmark, France, India, Norway, the U.S., Austria 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 2014 with Collectif Masque/Mariana Araoz in France (directing and skills development), Danza Teatro Retazos and La Andariega/Teatro Adarga in Cuba, and Natana Kairali in India. Contact Stefan Hansen [email protected] www.sagohuset.nu circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Martin Skoog TEATER TRE Teater Tre was founded in 1979 as a mime-based visual theatre where text, movement and music are mixed. Since 2002 we have specialized in theatre for the very young. More than 30 amazing years have made us what we are: a haven for children and families who enjoy good stories. Teater Tre has toured countries such as the U.S., Japan, France, Namibia, Australia, Cameroon, Italy, Germany and Romania. The show “Halli Hallå” was invited to the ASSITEJ world congress in 2008, and “Kloss” played at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2011. Contact Sara Myrberg [email protected] www.teatertre.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Sara P Borgström Unga Klara Unga Klara was founded in 1975 by director Suzanne Osten. Häst Häst Häst (“Horse Horse Horse”) – about Leonora Carrington by Erik Uddenberg, directed by Suzanne Osten. An interactive theatrical performance that explores the possibilities of creativity, taking as its starting point the Mexican artist Leonora Carrington’s surreal world. The play explores Carrington’s 75-year artistic career as a famous name in surrealism, which serves as an inspiration to the young audience: What does it mean to be an artist? Carrington’s long and constantly evolving artistic career – she was a painter, author, playwright, set designer and sculptor, and also a wife and mother – is presented as a counterpart to the myth of the young genius who lives hard and dies young. Leonora Carrington found art as a teenager, she had a period of madness, but she always went her own way. And she never gave in to the temptation to stop looking forward. Contact Katta Pålsson [email protected] www.ungaklara.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Urban Connection Street Dance Festival Urban Connection was created in 2008 by Dansens Hus as an annual festival. The festival provides a platform for urban dance in Sweden by presenting Swedish and international performances. It is an arts project targeted at children and youth to increase cultural accessibility, empower self-taught practitioners, and highlight the similarities between street dance and contemporary dance. The festival embraces, through national and international collaboration, the entire urban art form, including workshops, jams, exhibitions, battles, film, art and music. The many partners include Tumba Folkets Hus, the Municipality of Botkyrka, Husby UNI-art’s, public squares in Stockholm, Bio Rio, Fasching and Streetstar. The festival aims to show that urban dance has a place on stage, and to present examples of how the genre is evolving. Contact Malin Lundstedt [email protected] www.dansenshus.se/Pa-scen/Urban-Connection circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Uri Turkenich Uri Turkenich Uri Turkenich is a dance and performance related artist currently based in Sweden and Germany. The things that people do are in some way a consequence of their own history. This history can be understood in many different ways. In this evening three dance performances will be presented based on three figures in dance history – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Pina Bausch and Isadora Duncan. The performances are created in search of something that was lost or hidden in the past. It’s a search for a moment when something new happened, there is no attempt to imitate what other people did rather to remember a moment of change. Contact Uri Turkenich [email protected] uriturkenich.wordpress.com/ circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Andreas Nilsson Viiala/Fransson Viiala/Fransson is a relatively new constellation, with their performance works Kunskapsluckan (“Knowledge Gap”, 2010) and HUSBIL (“CAMPER”, 2013) they experiment with dance, text and humour, asking questions such as when is the body humorous, and when is it really about humour? Viiala/Fransson’s collaboration developed out of an interest in each other’s form of expression and type of art, and a desire to broaden and develop their performing style together. They have deep trust in and curiosity about each other’s creativity, emphasizing the feeling of kinship in their stage personalities. Both Kunskapsluckan and HUSBIL focus on the feeling of alienation when the little human is faced with the big world, which is not always easy to understand. Viiala/Fransson see themselves as a “craft laboratory”, where they have free rein to try out new forms of expression without obligation. Contact Lena Uhlander [email protected] www.viialafransson.n.nu circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo José Figueroa 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. She 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 multiply praised for her work. She has awarded several prizes in a.o Carina Ari Gold Medal, 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 circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Li Tan Weld Weld is an artist-run platform for dance and the arts. A physical, virtual and intellectual space and a place for critical thinking. Here, Swedish and international artists and choreographers work on developing new forms, formats and collaborations. Weld produces and presents performances, lectures, exhibitions, festivals and various forms of knowledge sharing. The topics examined include the tradition and evolution of art and dance, and the interface with the audience. Weld produces and co-produces a number of international productions that tour during the year. Contact Fredrik Wåhlstedt [email protected] www.weld.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Anna Koch WELD COMPANY Weld Company is a brand new company structure at the venue Weld in Stockholm, Sweden. Fall 2013 was the first working period for the constellation which will change and be altered to 2014. A period of 3–4 months of work is planned for each year. Weld Company is rediscovering and reevaluating the format of “dance-company” and is asking questions about dance and choreography today. Weld Company invites Swedish and international choreographers, creates their own productions and organizes events and dives deep down into Swedish dance history. In the fall of 2013 the company, a group very diverse in age and experience premiered new creations by Rebecka Stillman (SE), Michael Kliën (IE/AT), Litó Walkey (DE) and Efva Lilja (SE) through simple rules – No talking No props. The Company is initiated by choreographer Anna Koch, Artistic Director of Weld. Contact Magnus Nordberg [email protected] www.weld.se | www.nordbergmovement.se circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Photo Helene Berg ZebraDans Zebradans’ mission is to give young audiences as good supply of dance as adult viewers. We are presenting our performances for day-care centers, schools and general public audiences. Today we reach about 20,000 children on our stage and on our tours! We are focused to ensure that as many children as possible will be given the opportunity to see great dance! Our stage is located in Stockholm/Sweden. “Hello what´s your name?” A name is important and we all got one! Imagine life without our names, how should we address each other? If I want to call on my friend Tove and she doesn’t have a name, what do I do? This is a poetic story of names illustrated with contemporary dance, music, songs and animations. Choreographer: Ossi Nisskala. Dancers: Mira Björkman, Måns Boll, Annica Styrke. Contact Jonas Robin [email protected] www.zebradans.nu circus Dance Performance Theatre venue youth Swedish Arts Council is a government authority whose principal task is to implement national cultural policy determined by the Parliament. The Council is responsible for: • The allocation of state cultural funding to performing arts, music, literature, arts periodicals and public libraries, and to the fine arts, museums and exhibitions. • Providing the Swedish government with the basic data it needs to make cultural policy decisions, by evaluating state spending in the cultural sphere, etc. • Providing information about culture and cultural policy. The Swedish Arts Council supports, develops and initiates interaction between the state, the regions, municipalities and representatives for cultural life in Sweden and abroad. The aim is to safeguard and develop Swedish national cultural policy, and to promote cultural diversity and an even geographical spread in cultural provision. © Swedish Arts Council Printed in Sweden by Taberg Media Group Photo Cover: TT Nyhetsbyrån ISBN: 978-91-87583-00-1 Swedish Arts Council P.O. Box 27215, SE-102 53 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Borgvägen 1–5, Tel: +46 8 519 264 00 www.artscouncil.se
