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 …
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 …
Robin Dingemans is a choreographer and performer who works primarily in Sweden & the UK. Robin’s works are often grounded in conceptual or philosophical frames, that implicitly explore political & sociological propositions. He plays freely with the boundaries of choreography, experimenting with devising processes and potential outcomes, which include dance for the stage, non traditional …
Dalija Acin Thelander is a choreographer and a cultural worker based in Stockholm.The focus of her current artistic research and creation are performances for babies.Her work for the youngest audience concerns the exploration of the choreographic practices which focuses on heightened immediacy and immersion of the audience, aiming for a multi-modal and affective experience. She …
From her childhood in former Zaire, Josefsson possesses an incomparable sense of rhythm and music. She crosses borders between different art forms, focusing on the meetings created between artists of different backgrounds. Since the very beginning, the company has attracted attention for its wide range of innovative performances. Their pieces have been adored by the …
Christina Tingskog’s performances are appreciated for their wit, warmth, audience interaction, and compelling physicality. She challenges her young audiences with topics beyond the usual, for example, quantum mechanics, astrophysics, and ways of logical thinking transformed into poetic, humorous, expressive dance. Starting in 2018, she worked with normal creative themes and formats for young audiences as …
Marika Hedemyr is a Swedish artist combining choreography and philosophy in the context of public spaces: in other words she works with bodies, ideas and our contemporary urban society. Her work is characterized by mundane situations in a twisted reality, precision, humour and physicality. Hedemyr’s current focus is to create performative art in public spaces, …
