Tag: MADE IN the Nordic Countries 2017

Shake It Collaborations

Roses and Beans MISS U My Own Bodies Shake it Collaborations (SiC) is a Stockholm based, internationally working company operating in the fields of performance, dance, theatre and opera. Shake it Collaborations functions as a platform to share artistic ideas and it also provides means for research and a creative context for invited collaborators through …

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recoil performance group

Recoil performance group is an award winning dance company creating choreographic works for beings, objects and spaces. Founded by the choreographer Tina Tarpgaard in 2005, the group’s work evolves around the de-centering of the human body, materialised in encounters between the human and non-human – ranging from living organisms to software-generated virtual spaces. From 2008, …

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Malin Hellkvist Sellén

Malin Hellkvist Sellén (MHS) works with the expanded field of choreography. Her work explores choreography as a physical and linguistic practice and the ideas are sparked by the need for a conversation with Malin herself, with the performers, with a contemporary dance context, with the audience, and in particular with the general public. MHS is …

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Kassandra Production

Life Hacking photographer: Allan Lauridsen Displacement photographer: Annika B Lewis photographer: Jens Peter Engedal Annika B. Lewis creates innovative contemporary performing arts at the intersection of dance, theatre, and performance art. She challenges theatre concepts and creates work distinguished by strong conceptual and visual elements – mixing the trivial with the philosophical. Her work is …

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Jo Strømgren Kompani

“Physical theatre at its very best: daring, dark, unpredictable and charged with compressed intensity.” The Guardian “Expertly straddles the fragile line between humor and horror.” New York Times Jo Strømgren Kompani (JSK) is an acclaimed Norwegian repertory company with large global distribution. Over one hundred shows are performed worldwide every year, both in large national …

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Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt

Since its foundation in 1992, Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt has presented some of the most remarkable productions in Norwegian contemporary dance. Ingun Bjørnsgaard’s style and vocabulary derives from her close cooperation with her dancers. Their technical skill, areas of specialization, personal expression, and creativity are vital resources in the development of the choreography and dramaturgy of …

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Gunilla Heilborn

This is not a love story photographer: Stefan Bohlin Gorkij Park 2 photographer: Stefan Bohlin Gunilla Heilborn touches the minds and hearts of her audiences. With cinematic timing and dry humour, she shows us the extraordinary by presenting the ordinary. Her interest lies in themes such as collectivity, self-inflicted alienation, idealism, nonsense philosophy, and the …

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Gazart

For a decade, Gazart and choreographer Tali Rázga has created critically acclaimed dance performances for an audience ranging from toddlers to teenagers. Gazart productions take a curious look at familiar situations from everyday life. They create new angles on the trivia with which we surround ourselves but which we seldom regard as particularly significant. Tali …

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Carte Blanche

Established in Bergen in 1989 and with its home base in Studio Bergen, the company tours and develops its artistic activities both in Norway and internationally. Consisting of 14 international dancers, the company is solidly supported by their technical qualities, their personalities and their incredible creativity. Thus, they rise to the challenge of opening up …

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Art of Spectra

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Since its inception in 1998 Peter Svenzon has created over 30 works and collaborated with a substantial number of artists, musicians, directors and actors from many differing theatrical genres. His own musical compositions, often electronic in form, provide the basis onto which invited musicians can play in real time. Peter Svenzon and artist Ulriqa Fernqvist, …

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