winter guests is an international touring company performing works by Alan Lucien Øyen from Bergen, Norway. They tell stories of the contemporary world with words, video, music and movement. The works are often based on real life experiences, including original text, transcribed recordings and improvisations. The company often inserts its own reality into the subject matter …
Since 1996, the Cinnober Teater company has been introducing new drama text and new musical theatre pieces to the west of Sweden.In 2010, Cinnober opened a new venue on the west coast capital Gothenburg. There, Cinnober programme international, as well as national and local works.Cinnober Teater perform plays which are believed to add to the …
ULF is a dance company led by Ulf Nilseng, that emerged from the former TOYBOYS. With «Performance on Falling» (2015) and «Be-longing» (2016), at Dansens Hus Oslo, ULF started off a work to broaden the concept of queer, bringing forth a personal, imaginative and physical dance that investigates power, language, prejudice and the experience of …
CirkusPerspektiv is a contemporary circus company based in Stockholm, Sweden. The work of the company focuses on circus expression. Artistic director, Marie-Andrée Robitaille, originally from Québec, Canada, now living in Sweden, started to tour in 1998 with pioneer company Cirkus Cirkör, for whom she introduced her work on the Chinese pole, a discipline that was …
H2DANCE is choreographer/ performer duo Hanna Gillgren (SE) and Heidi Rustgaard (NO). Their work sits in between performance and dance and can be characterized as interdisciplinary, often taking a humorous approach to serious subject matters. Recurring themes in their choreography are group behaviour, conformity, power balance and manipulation. The notion of the group versus the …
Sparrow Dance, led by choreographer and dancer Esther Wrobel, creates performances that combine aerial dance with dance, acrobatics and a playful approach towards our perception of reality. Fly Trap A pyjama drama for the whole family, created as a tribute to play and fantasy. It’s a magical and surreal world of aerial dance, video animations …
Lidia Woś is a Polish-Swedish choreographer and dancer based in Malmö. As a choreographer Lidia has a natural and organic way of creating movements even though she often add an extra twist. Her choreographies are full of fantasy where new body angles and positions are suddenly revealed. But for her choreography is not only about …
Disa Krosness is a freelance choreographer and dance artist based in Stockholm. Humour, musicality and accessibility defines her work, and she often collaborates with other artists in different artistic fields. Empathy is an important ingredient in her work. By creating strong visual images, using references to pop-culture and adding a touch of nostalgia, Disa conveys …
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 otherworldly moves. Pahkinen has been …
Compañia Kaari & Roni Martin is an international group of artists characterised by their high‐energy and hands-on approach, moving between dance, music and strong visual elements. The artistic team includes dancers and musicians from several countries. The company has now visited 14 countries. In addition to their live performances, the company also produces music, video …
