The duo Byström Källblad creates dance, performance, film, and installation works for public spaces, stages, and galleries. Visual artist Helena Byström and choreographer Anna Källblad share a deep commitment to expressions rooted in place, collaboration, and the times in which we live. With equal measures of seriousness and humor, they craft concepts that respond to …
DRIFT or drive photographer: Per Morten Abrahamsen Mellemrum #1 photographer: Per Morten Abrahamsen POST NO BILLS photographer: Per Morten Abrahamsen FORUM HUMANUM photographer: Per Morten Abrahamsen DRIFT or Drive photographer: Per Morten Abrahamsen Stigma photographer: James Quah The Magical Sound Circus photographer: Per Morten Abrahamsen Rankefod photographer: Per Morten Abrahamsen “Streamlined, balanced, evocative – you …
”Brutal and beautiful, raw and sublime”. These are the words often used to describe the work of SU-EN Butoh Company. The company was founded in Tokyo in 1992 by Swedish choreographer and dancer SU-EN. Since 1994 the company is based in Sweden, in an old village school in the forest outside Uppsala. SU-EN Butoh Company …
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 …
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 …
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 …
“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 …
Since its founding in 1992, Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt has presented some of the most remarkable productions in contemporary Norwegian dance. Ingun Bjørnsgaard’s style and vocabulary derive 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 …
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 …
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 …
