Category: SWEDEN

DISA KROSNESS

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 …

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VIRPI PAHKINEN

Choreographer and dancer Virpi Pahkinen’s works are full of secrets; she can be a warrior of the spirit, a spectral gardener or a shaman in metamorphosis. 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 …

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Robin Dingemans

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 …

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Dalija Acin Thelander

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 …

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Lena Josefsson & Kompani Raande-Vo

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 …

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Christina Tingskog

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 2018 she works with norm creative themes and formats for young audiences as another …

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Marika Hedemyr

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, …

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Charlotta Öfverholm

“After 25 years they have nothing more to prove. Only the strong longing to be themselves, to mold what means the most to shake the world wordlessly, bottomless and carefree”. Raw physical dance theatre with depth, irony, brutality and humor. Since 1995 Charlotta Öfverholm has creates over 30 production, which have toured all over the …

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the Royal Swedish Ballet

“Honouring our past while nourishing the future” The Royal Swedish Ballet, one of the oldest ballet companies in the world, has a strong foundation in the classical repertoire as well as a capacity for and curiosity in contemporary dance. With a repertoire including ballets by some of the world’s most renowned choreographers we actively commission …

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Ingrid Olterman Dans

Ingrid Olterman Dans was established in 1999 by choreographer and artistic leader Ingrid Olterman. The company creates dance performances where the audience plays an integral role and with an interest in creating multi-sensory stage works. Significant for the artistic work is the fine balance between humour, warmth, musicality and creativity. Each performance piece is developed …

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