Part 2

Magnus Lindgren
Magnus Lindgren, named by Quincy Jones as one of the most versatile and talented
woodplayers of this time, present his upcoming album SOULS, a mix of pop, jazz and
soul music. Produced by Ira Coleman (Sting). All songs written and arranged by Magnus
Lindgren. Special guests: Gregory Porter, Ivan Lins, Mark Reilly (Matt Bianco), Marie
Fredriksson (Roxette), Rigmor Gustafsson, Anna Christofersson.
In 1993, Magnus played with Herbie Hancock at the Stockholm Jazz Festival. His first
album, Way Out, earned him the “Jazz in Sweden Award” in 1999 and a nomination for a
Swedish Grammy in 2000.
In 2002 Magnus started a lasting collaboration with the famous Opera singer Barbara
Hendricks. Magnus was chosen to compose music and perform as a soloist at the Nobel
Prize Banquet in 2003, which was the first time a jazz artist was invited by the Nobel Prize
Committee. He has also played the Montreaux Jazz Festival and composed for the Stockholm
Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Quartet, and has recorded with Nils Landgren Funk Unit.
More recently, Magnus has become attracted by the rhythm and joy of South American
jazz, and before he knew it, Magnus was on his way to Brazil to record in 2009 a new
album: Batucada Jazz.
Contact
Mark van den Bergh
vanbergh@wxs.nl
www.magnuslindgren.com
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Photo: Lennart Stenberg.
Photo: Johan Gunzeus.
Malin Hellkvist Sellén
Malin Hellkvist Sellén is one of Sweden’s most intriguing choreographers, with
pieces and projects for both adults and children on her resume. Often referring to
her work as physical reflections on a specific theme or topic, she alternates between
solo performances and larger group pieces. Her choreography is as clearly political
and philosophical as sensuous, physical and emotional. Hellkvist Sellén examines
choreography as a corporeal and linguistic practice. Pink promises is a solo for Marianne
Kjaserund, deriving from examinations of certain modes of social dancing and body
politics. In 2010 Hellkvist opened Within reasonable limits, a piece that emanated from
an open public call for non-professional and professional dancers. In November 2012 she
presented a new project, Ongoing, with long-time collaborator Minna Elif Wendin.
All productions are available for touring on request.
Contact
Magnus Nordberg
magnus@nordbergmovement.se
www.malinhellkvistsellen.se
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Marika Hedemyr
/Crowd Company
Marika Hedemyr is a Swedish choreographer of contemporary dance. She creates dance
theatre for stages and public locations. She is the artistic director and choreographer of
Crowd Company, based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Minutes 2.0 is the latest in Crowd Company’s series of pop-up pieces, a concept of
short dance theatre pieces created for public locations. Minutes 2.0 is suited for offices,
conferences and business related places. 12 minutes long and only requires 5x5 meters
free flat floor space. Minutes 2.0 is humorous dance theater in a frantic pace depicts
working life situations of collegial cooperation, competition, success, gender roles, crisis
and celebration.
Choreographer Marika Hedemyr examines in a humorous and sharp way the workplace.
How do we relate to each other in familiar situations and when faced with something
unexpected? Can we trust each other? How do we act as women and as men?
Contact
Marika Hedemyr
info@marikahedemyr.com
www.marikahedemyr.com
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Photo: Anna von Brömssen.
Photo: Imre Zsibrik.
Memory Wax
Memory Wax is a dance and theatre company with a strong visual expression and
a naked theatrical movement language. Memory Wax was founded 2004 by Miguel
Azcue and Johanna Jonasson and has its base in Malmö, Sweden. Through simplicity
we experience and develop movement and ideas in a new perspective. Memory Wax’s
repertoire contains performances for children, youth and adults.
The piece Still Shivering twists and turns impertinent questions about our person. Still
Shivering is an absurd observation in a maze of emotions. A spectrum of human emotions
is reproduced and expressed through extreme or subtle changes in body and appearance.
The individual’s various personalities will be exposed between mask and reality and
our projections and prejudices will be challenged. When will the grotesque become
beautiful? Is the sad ever laughable? What do we see and perceive in a man?
Contact
Christina Vainio
producent@memorywax.com
www.memorywax.com
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Minna Krook Dans
Minna Krook Dans is a dance company that caters to both children and adults. The
company was established in 1999 and is run by the choreographer Minna Krook.
Based in Stockholm, the company tours frequently in Sweden and is well renowned and
highly appreciated throughout the country. The company has also made several guest
appearances abroad.
Minna Krook is one of the most well established choreographers of dance performances
for children. She has, among other things, created the first dance performance in Sweden
for babies, Oh, Hello Baby, with which the company received much positive attention.
Performed regularly since its premier in 2004, her performance All gone! has been
hailed by critics as “a classic”. The dance company’s productions are colorful, vibrant
and unpredictable, combining dance, text, visual arts and specially composed music. In a
subtle and humoristic manner, the performances point at the small, but vastly important
things in life.
Contact
Minna Krook
info@minnakrook.se
www.minnakrook.se
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Photo: Michael West.
Photo: moment.
moment:teater
Since the start 2000 moment:teater has been established as cutting edge of Swedish
culture, with the goal of spreading high quality art and open up for new perspectives.
Frida Strindberg – The Spider From Mars and the Cave of the Golden Calf is a play
where Frida Strindberg, the second wife of Swedish playwright August Strindberg, comes
back from the dead to tell her story. She meets David Bowie, with whom she is connected
not in time, but in space – at Heddon Street, London, where David Bowie posed for his
Ziggy Stardust album in 1972, and where Frida opened London’s first night club in 1912.
Frida herself was a complex figure, a female pioneer in the cultural field and a skilled
writer with a powerful language. Born in Austria, she lived and worked in Vienna,
Munich, Berlin, Paris, London, New York and Stockholm. The marriage with Strindberg
was short and intense.
Contact
Anna Stigert
info@moment.org.se
www.moment.org.se
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New Tide Orquesta
New Tide Orquesta (formerly known as New Tango Orquesta) is a Swedish sextet playing
new music in the intersection of modern minimalism and nuevo tango. The band has
made a name for themselves worldwide through 16 years of touring and six released
albums. In a rock club in Moscow, a concert hall in Beijing, a jazz festival in Kiev or a
tango club in Buenos Aires. NTO always take the audience by storm and shows on and
on that genre is just a word. They are the constant outsider, and they love it! The album Bestiario was nominated for a Swedish Grammy award, and Vesper won
the “experimental of the year”-award at the Swedish Manifest gala. In 2010 they were
awarded “Group Of The Year” at the Swedish Folk- and World Music Gala. Their music
has been used in movies, theatre plays, dance performances and art installations.
NTO
has a big and loyal audience, and concerts with NTO always promise a touch of magic:
intense, concentrated, intimate and thrilling. The new album How To Climb A Mountain has just been released in Sweden and NTO
are looking for licenses and partners in management and international booking. Contact
Livet Nord
livet@newtideorquesta.com
www.newtideorquesta.com
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Photo: Miki Anagrius.
Photo: Lisa Grip.
Niklas Barnö/Je Suis!
Finally the debut CD-release of the well acclaimed group led by Stockholm based trumpet
player Niklas Barnö: Je Suis! His music is honest and intense. Barnö was awarded the
Stockholm Jazzfest Prize in 2010. When he is not playing with Je Suis! you can hear him in
groups like SNUS (Ayler Records 2010), Kege Snö (Umlaut Records 2010) and Fredrik Norén
Band (Inside Up, Mirrors 2009).
Je Suis! (“I am!”) is on a continuous quest to search for the true answers of who You are. The
answers sound like bare naked jazz. An uncensored questioning slapped in your face. People
who experience Je Suis! are touched in one way or another, whether they end up wanting to
punch the band members in the face or shower them with hugs and kisses. The statement (“Je
Suis!”) ends up in a question: Who are You then?
Je suis! is: Niklas Barnö – trumpet; Mats Äleklint – trombon; Marcelo Gabard Pazos –
saxes; Alexander Zethson – piano; Joel Grip – bas; Magnus Vikberg – drums.
Contact
Niklas Barnö
niklas@umlautrecords.com
www.umlautrecords.com
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Nobody dansproduktion
Ann Lindberg graduated from the University of Dance and Circus in Stockholm 2005
and works as a choreographer. She is strongly dedicated to making people dance based
on each individual’s ability to move and express themselves.
In 2010 Lindberg & Anja Rühle, set/costume designer founded Nobody dansproduktion:
a dance company interested in creating and exploring situations that hinder the performer
and his natural impulse to be in control of action.
Their first dance performance Wannabe – so you think you can dance played in
Stockholm in 2011 received a lot of media coverage.
During 2012/2013 Nobody dansproduktion is playing their dance performance Hinder
– 6 shades of obstacles with an integrated dance ensemble. The performance is based
on the idea that (dis)ability is a social, cultural and political phenomenon. Nobody
dansproduktion has explored the topic of (dis)ability with three dancers and three
participants who have an impairment or diagnosis and who have the desire to dance.
Contact
Ann Lindberg
info@nobodydans.se
www.nobodydans.se
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Photo: Anja Ruehle.
Photo: Mattias Lundblad.
Nordic
Masterful folk music with fresh attitude! Nordic is a folk music band, and yet not. With
roots in as well as a great knowledge of folk music, the trio experiment freely in a quest
for new expression.
The result includes film-like compositions filled with soundscapes, rhythms, groove, reggae
and improvisation.
The unusual setting of cello, nyckelharpa and mandolin gives the group its own unique
sound and contributes to Nordic’s experimental expression.
Awarded with a Swedish Grammy as “folkband of the year” 2011. With an infectious
charm and joy for playing, the band has had success both in Sweden and abroad.
Erik Rydvall – nyckelharpa, Anders Löfberg – cello, Magnus Zetterlund – mandolin.
Contact
Ken Day
booking@dtours.org
www.nordicmusic.nu
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Norrdans
Norrdans, based in Härnösand, presents high quality modern dance through the four
northernmost counties in Sweden. Since 1995 Norrdans has presented variety of works
by contemporary choreographers to audiences of all ages. With artistic director Mira
Helenius Martinsson, Norrdans continues to produce works by already established
heavyweights of modern choreography as well as searching for new, fresh talents and
possibilities of collaboration.
Doppelgänger by Forsberg/Nordberg (premier September 2012) tries to make ideas about
democracy and interaction visible and places itself in the space between reality and what is
performed. The dancers use choreography meant to surround and interact with six visitors
from the audience. These six participants are equipped with headphones and are given
instructions through them to create and participate in the common activities on stage.
Contact
Mira Helenius Martinsson
mira.helenius@norrdans.se
www.norrdans.se
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Photo: Bengt Wanselius.
Photo: Örjan Hallnäs.
Nylands Quartet
The Nylands Quartet is a group of four folk musicians who explore and combine musical
traditions from Sweden and the United States. The young musicians share a passion for
both tradition and the crossing of musical boundaries. Their fresh arrangements have
consistently moved and impressed audiences in Sweden and the group is ready to bring
its distinctive blend of styles to North America in 2013 and beyond.
While each of the four is a multi-instrumentalist, all are accomplished fiddlers with roots
in a wide range of regional styles of Swedish and American fiddle traditions, ancient and
modern. Together they create a sound with four fiddles that sings, drives, and bounces.
When they throw into the mix a cello, a banjo, or a Scandinavian mandola, their sound
spirals into unexplored territory that simply must be heard.
Contact
Adrian Jones
adrian@adrianjones.se
www.adrianjones.se
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Olof Persson
Olof Persson, choreographer, dancer and visual artist works with moving images in
performances, installations and video. The project Me – every body, volume 1 consists
of nine sequences for the stage. It is a dissecting of movement in shape and time: Body.
Simple, and yet very complex. Everything we do, redefine and produce is occurring
directly or indirectly in relationship to the body. Our thoughts, motions, meetings and
life in general would not take place if we weren’t built after the present structure. Over a
long period of time nine different sequences have been created, extended and modified at
different locations in the world.
Me – every body is a collaboration initiated by Olof Persson, Dia Center for Arts, with:
Robin Rimbaud, Tate Modern, Helena Fredriksson, New York Fashion Week, Pierre
Proske, Ars Electronica Futurelab, Lina Räftegård, The Royal Theatre of Copenhagen,
Mike Skinner, MoMA PS1, Jean-Louis Huhta, The Cullberg Ballet and Rebecca Evanne,
Helsinki City Theatre.
Contact
Anna Karlander
info@olof.org
www.olof.org
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Photo: Jan Pettersson.
Photo: Cosbyland.
Paloma Madrid
Dance Company
Paloma Madrid is a Stockholm based choreographer and dancer. She is currently working
with an ensemble of four dancers selected on their specific dance skills such as ballet,
flamenco and street dance. Her work is an exploration of the relationship between dance,
body, gender and movement as well as of the limits and the resistance of the dancer’s
body. Her work also investigates the possibilities of the mind to re-think what we as
individuals or as a society believe that choreography and dance are, can be and look like.
Dance For Apartment (D.F.A.), a concept invented by Paloma Madrid, is one of her
long-term projects. The main idea is a dance performance that you can borrow from the
library to your home, just like a book. The dance takes place throughout the apartment
and the borrower/borrowers become part of the work. D.F.A. adapts to each apartment
and is in constant development and transformation as Madrid’s and the dancer’s research
develops. The main question of D.F.A. is, who is the dancer?
Contact
Paloma Madrid
info@palomamadrid.com
www.danceforapartments.wordpress.com
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Pantomimteatern
Pantomimteatern creates beautifully crafted shows which rise to the challenge of young
people’s imaginations. We believe that theatre for young people should have the same
high standards as theatre for adults and we’re committed to developing mime as an art
form.
In 2002 Pantomimteatern was awarded the Swedish Theatre Critics’ Association award
for the Best Children’s and Youth Theatre.
The stage adaption of Charlie Chaplin’s silent classic The Kid from 1921 allowed
Pantominteatern to make use of both classic and innovative theatrical techniques. In
creating the world of “Charlie” Pantominteatern uses mime, half-masks, an original
musical score, film projections and a set design full of imaginative solutions and props.
In 2011 The Kid received the price of the best mime play of the year at Stockholm Mime
festival.
Contact
Veronica Bedecs
info@pantomimteatern.com
www.pantomimteatern.se
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Photo: Martin Skoog.
Photo: family portrait.
Philippe Blanchard
Philippe Blanchard has created both independent and commissioned performances at the
forefront of Swedish contemporary dance for the past fifteen years, his works developing
into installation-like studies of human behavior and relationships. Suggesting rather than
telling, Blanchard’s finely layered pieces address the creative potential of each viewer
by making room for interpretation, uncertainty and wonder while consistently providing
subtle details to rely on.
His latest production How About You? focuses on the search for oneself in the other.
Performed by two identical twins, the piece unfolds as a journey through images of
intimacy, rejection, celebration, and loss.
The next creation – a new collaboration with the team behind How About You? – will
explore the subject of appearances and the elusive aspects of identity.
How About You? is touring throughout the 2013 season, while the new production is
expected to premiere in the autumn.
Contact
Åsa Edgren
asa.edgren@locoworld.se
www.locoworld.se
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Pontus Lidberg Dance
“The human emotional experience is the focus of my work, rarely are my dances purely
abstract or intellectual. To create an emotional climate through an immersive aesthetic
whole is important for my creative process.” (Pontus Lidberg)
Hailed by the Swedish press early in his career as “one of our greatest choreographic
talents”, and with over 30 successful creations for institutions such as the Beijing Dance
Theatre, Le Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen
and the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm, he has now proved them right. Pontus
Lidberg works with a narrative form of dance theatre. He often involves contemporary
music and his collaborations with composer David Lang have been especially acclaimed.
Pontus Lidberg is also a prominent film director. In 2013 a major collaboration between
his own company Pontus Lidberg Dance and NorrlandsOperan will premiere his version
of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.
Contact
Åsa Edgren
asa.edgren@locoworld.se
www.locoworld.se
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Photo: Erin Baiano.
Photo: Wolgang Lienbacher.
Poste Restante
Poste Restante makes interactive performances where the visitor’s individual experience
and active participation is the focal point. The works consists of honest yet unexpected
constructed activities, e.g. a daytime shelter for melancholic or an institution that
provides secular rooms for religious introspection.
In the pieces, visitors work personally with the performers to consider challenging life
questions and to face double moral standards. The activities aim to create acceptance
as opposed to solutions. Poste Restante’s pieces are made site- and situation specific,
approaching new contexts. There is no off and on stage, and every new space is selected
according to the demands of the constructed activity at hand.
Recent works include The Dinner Club at the Salzburger Festspiele and at the Zomer van
Antwerpen (2011), The Economy of Pleasure at MDT, Stockholm (2012), and Closing
Time – One Last Call, at Stora Teatern, Gothenburg (2012).
Contact
Koen Vanhove
koen@keyperformance.se
www.keyperformance.se
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Quarto
Quarto is a Swedish/Brazilian duo founded in 2003 by the director Leandro Zappala
and choreographer Anna Mesquita. They invest in a long-term research within
interdisciplinary art, deeply rooted in the interaction between theory and practice,
together with artists and researchers. Engaged in philosophical questions regarding
power relations and body, they seek to generate thought and subjectivity through a radical
experience of the body and imagery.
Their latest performance Beauty of accident challenges the following questions: What
happens to the body when dealing with a 500 m rope? How can movement originate from
the object? How to return to the object its subjectivity, once lost in order for it to become
an object and serve a logical use? How can the object be redefined? What is an object?
What type of forces do these bodies evoke? How can perception be provoked or affected
through the manipulation of the object? Will premiere 2013 at Inkonst in Malmö,
Sweden. Available for touring.
Contact
Anna Mesquita
anna@quartotheater.com
www.quartotheater.com
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Photo: Quarto.
Photo: montage Hanne Lindberg.
Rani Nair
What does it mean to inherit a dance? German choreographer Kurt Jooss made his last
piece Dixit Dominus in 1975 as a gift for Swedish-based Indian dancer Lilavati Häger,
who gave it to Rani Nair. After performing the reconstructed piece at Hanoi Opera House
and the Centre National de Danse in Paris in 2005–06, Nair returns to this work again
in Future Memory.
In both white-box and black-box iterations, Future Memory is a performance about the
economy of the gift, and the very personal terms of legacy and its responsibilities. At its
heart is the question of relationships between individual people, imagined dialogues,
dance styles, and times – and the solo performer who acts as mediator.
Choreographer and Performer: Rani Nair; Dramaturge/Historian: Kate Elswit; Producer:
Anna Thelin.
Contact
Anna Thelin
anna.thelin@simris.nu
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REBaroque
Formed in 1998 REBaroque was quickly established as one of Sweden’s leading baroque
ensembles. Led by concert master Maria Lindal, REBaroque’s trademark is modern and
innovative musicianship, successfully transcending musical boundaries. REBaroque
tours internationally. The repertoire includes orchestral and chamber works as well as
oratorios and opera.
In their endeavour to find new perspectives on old music, REBaroque have chosen to
co-operate with several soloists and conductors. Together with mezzo-soprano Malena
Ernman the ensemble toured in 2012 with the musical drama Händel which was highly
acclaimed by the critics.
REBaroque is “Baroque Houseband” at the Stockholm Royal Concert Hall.
The violinist Maria Lindal is REBaroque’s concert master and artistic director. She has
previously worked with several of Europe’s leading baroque orchestras such as Concerto
Köln, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Concerto Copenhagen, Norsk Barokkorkester and the
Orchestra of the Drottningholm Theatre. Maria is trained at the Royal College of Music
in Stockholm and studied baroque violin with Marc Destrubé in London.
Contact
Maria Lindal
info@rebaroque.se
www.rebaroque.se
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Photo: Ellinor Collin.
Photo: Bart Grietens.
Robin Jonsson
Robin Jonsson has studied at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm and at
P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels, where he created the pieces Super Conflict and I Believe I Can
See The Future. Over the past two years he has been touring and working in Belgium,
Sweden, Austria, Germany, Portugal, Tunisia, the UK, South Korea and Mexico.
Robin Jonsson grew up with computer games all around him. With his latest project
Simulations he again addresses new media and speaks of what they do not mention.
These media rarely ask the question “What if what I show here would be real?”
This addresses not only what is a robot, high technology and so on in a society where
everything’s copied and simulated a thousand times and where it becomes increasingly
difficult to distinct reality from fiction, but it also addresses the implications on
individuality and freedom in our daily – and theatrical – realities.
Contact
Robin Jonsson
simulator.simulator@gmail.com
www.robinjonsson.net
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Rollin’ Phones
The saxophone quartet Rollin’ Phones is recognized for its impressive breadth and
artistic skills which creates a positive atmosphere and mood at their concerts. The group
is an “all-round” chamber music ensemble with classical music as a specialty. The
repertoire ranges from standard pieces and transcriptions to works by contemporary
composers. The Rollin’ Phones have toured extensively and have participated in festivals
all over the world including in Europe, U.S.A, South America and Asia.
In 2012, they celebrated their 25 year anniversary by launching a new CD and playing
sold out concerts Europe. Building on this momentum, the Rollin’ Phones is busy
preparing for the 2013 season featuring music from Eastern Europe.
The members of Swedish saxophone quartet Rollin’ Phones are Tove Nylund – soprano
saxophone, Kristin Uglar – alto saxophone, Edith Bakker – tenor saxophone and Neta
Norén – baritone saxophone.
Contact
Kristin Uglar
info@rollinphones.se
www.rollinphones.se/eng
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Photo: Pelle Piano.
Photo: Sören Vilks.
The Royal Dramatic
Theatre of Sweden
The Royal Dramatic Theatre presents around thousand performances yearly and has
nearly 300,000 visitors. It has a unique, leading role on the Swedish cultural scene.
Founded in 1788 by King Gustav III, it is still a magical place, where actors and
audiences, classics and contemporary pieces, dreams and reality, history and the present
all come together.
Fanny and Alexander: Ingmar Bergman’s Oscar-winning Fanny and Alexander is now
a major stage production at The Royal Dramatic Theatre. A smash hit – sold-out houses
from opening night on.
The Kennedy Center presents the U.S. premiere at Nordic Cool 2013 March 7–9, 2013 at
The Eisenhower Theater.
Contact
Erik Gripenholm
erik.gripenholm@dramaten.se
www.dramaten.se
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Royal Swedish Ballet
“Honoring 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 ballet
repertoire as well as capacity and curiosity in contemporary dance.
The Royal Swedish Opera was founded in 1773 by His Majesty Gustav III as a national
stage for Ballet and Opera. In recent years the ballet has made guest appearances in
France, Greece, Switzerland, China and Spain as well as touring within Sweden.
With a repertoire including ballets by some of the world’s most renowned choreographers
the Royal Swedish Ballet actively commissions works, by amongst others Swedish
choreographers such as Mats Ek, Örjan Andersson, Johan Inger and Alexander Ekman.
As part of our 240-year celebration in 2013, Mats Ek will create a new full length piece
for the Royal Swedish Ballet. His own interpretation of Romeo and Juliet is performed to
a new score arranged on music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky.
Contact
Mikael Jönsson
mikael.jonsson@operan.se
www.operan.se
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Photo: Hans Nilsson.
Photo: Klara Granberg.
Ruby Rose
/Rebecca Westholm
“There is no better way to prove the absurdity of a social problem than laughing at it in
its face.”
Sweden´s most fabulous production company Ruby Rose, consists of Agnes Rosenberg,
Angela Wand and Rebecca Westholm. Since 2005 they have produced their own
productions as well as different types of shows, clubs, parties, films and events. Their
last show was the country- and western variety show The Big Ass BBQ which have been
touring in Sweden and Europe for several years. Ruby Rose focus on female artists to
make more space for women on and around the stage.
Eat it! is a fabulous circus and performance, a show filled with humour as well as
seriousness about our own twisted views of our bodies. You might call it “a food disorder
circus show”. Integrating video, a blog and a performance this piece does not end with
the fall of the curtain. It begins. Premieres January 18, 2013 at Turteatern, Stockholm.
Contact
Emily Thörling
emily@groundfloorab.se
www.eatitshow.se
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Sarah Riedel
“Swedish Grammy-nominated vocalist Sarah Riedel has quickly established herself as an
accomplished performer of lyrical jazz with indie-pop sensibilities.” All About Jazz
Vocalist/Composer Sarah Riedel has received much attention over tha last couple of years
for her personal compositional style and delicate, intimate vocal delivery. Sarah’s singing
is lyrical and she handles text with a minute care for detail. When Sarah sings, there are
no barriers between music, lyrics and the audience.
Sarah leads and writes for several bands among which Sarah Riedel Timeline can be
heard in New York during the APAP Conference in January 2013. In this band Sarah
brings together a string quartet and a jazz trio to form a sound that is warm – at once
youthful and timeless. Audience and critics have given her unified praise and the
reception has also been very favorable internationally; she has toured Japan, USA and
Europe performing at for example the Institute Suèdois in Paris, the Kennedy Center and
Kids Euro Festival in Washington, D.C.
Contact
Sarah Riedel
info@sarahriedel.se
www.sarahriedel.se
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Photo: Thron Ullberg.
Photo: Nicklas Dennermalm.
Sebastian Lingserius
Sebastian Lingserius is a young upcoming choreographer based in Stockholm, known for
his sincere interest in linking philosophical concepts and bodily practices. He finished
an MA in choreography at the University College of Dance in Stockholm in 2010.
The piece alt. org, created in 2011 at MDT in Stockholm, presents a set of practices
that all attempt to re-imagine bodily construction. It’s a dance towards the inorganic.
It’s a place where decomposed bodies collide and new bodily organizations occur. The
audience walks around in a gallery space surrounded by hanging illustrations. A slow
transformation to a performance space, where bodies can practice, dance, and give
examples.
The press: “a philosophical work which cleverly twists the concept of evolution and the
perception of nature and man.”
Contact
Sebastian Lingserius
sebastian@lingserius.eu
www.kass-dance.eu
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Shake it Collaborations
Shake it Collaborations is an artist driven constellation dedicated to acting, dancing,
doing, shaping, sharing and shaking. Shake it Collaborations consists of Dag Andersson
and Tove Sahlin. They occasionally work together, in an artist couple power unit, or as
individual performers and creators – with loads of passion and experience.
Roses & Beans – a performance about the private, the political and the pop aspects of
love. The performers invite you to a private party in an empty living room with twinkling
eyes, sharp elbows and soft hearts. Together we share a very special moment and a
sweetened cake of romance. Can we produce other stories, since we don’t want to live the
ones we heard before?
The performance has been touring internationally since the premiere in June 2010. It is
an easy set up in foyers, galleries, classrooms, conference halls, museums, livening rooms
and clubs. It can be performed outside if circumstances are good. For outdoors a special
technical set up is needed.
Contact
Tove Sahlin
tove@shakeitlab.com
www.shakeitlab.com
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Photo: Ela Spalding.
Photo: Sesse Lind.
Simone Moreno
Brazilian singer Simone Moreno is back with the album Planetas (Soul Dog Records)
– a journey into the sun and around the world in a swirling, danceable orbit. It features
afrobrazilian rhythms, pop, reggae and samba soul mixed with Nordic melodies and aims
just at one target: a constant, irresistible groove!
Simone Moreno came to Sweden in 2001 from Salvador, after four albums in Brazil,
where she is a well-known singer: in Rio where she sung the samba and in Bahia, where
she was a famed afro pop queen in the beginning of her career. She has performed in
the Swedish Melodie Grand Prix, performed at the Polar Music Prize (celebrating winner
Gilberto Gil) and won the prestigious Manifest Prize.
Simone is also known to the house music crowd, for collaborations with producers/artists
such as Rasmus Faber, SUMO and Tiger Stripes, and she has sung on various albums,
ranging from children’s songs to choir projects. Simone Moreno is radiant and charismatic
stage performer, and has toured extensively all over the world.
Os Lourinhos: Anders von Hofsten: keyboards, vocals. Olle Linder: percussion, acoustic
guitars. Per Ekdahl: drums, percussion. Andreas Unge: bass. Jerker Eklund: electric
guitars. Sebastian Notini: percussion, drums.
Contact
Anders von Hofsten
hoffstone@hotmail.com
www.simonemoreno.com
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Siri Karlsson
Siri Karlsson is a starlet on the Swedish folk/indie scene. Siri Karlsson is not one person
but two. With its unique blend of alto saxophone, nyckelharpa and voice, Siri Karlsson
has brought renewal to the Swedish folk scene. Siri Karlsson had its breakthrough in
2012 with their twice award winning album, Gran Fuego. In collaboration with the
renowned pop/rock producer Jari Haapalainen and carefully selected guest musicians
from the Swedish jazz/pop/indie scene, Siri Karlsson created an album that reached
far beyond the boundaries of folk music, touching on psykedelia, free improvisation and
indie pop. Siri Karlsson performs as a duo as well as with guest musicians.
Maria Arnqvist – alto saxophone, voice
Cecilia Österholm – nyckelharpa, voice
Contact
Maria Arnqvist
info@sirikarlsson.com
www.sirikarlsson.com
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Photo: Manne Lindwall.
Photo: www.sirqusalfon.com
Sirqus Alfon
Sirqus Alfon is a bustling and joyous feast for the senses and a musical phenomenon in
the disguise of a cover band. Years of experimenting have taken Sirqus Alfon to a unique
position in participatory performance using modern technology and visual effects. Sirqus
Alfon won the Audience Prize at the Berlin Lacht International Street Festival, they took
the Edinburgh Fringe Festival by storm with 21 shows, full houses and rave reviews and
they have performed all over the world with their interactive and humorous shows.
Sirqus Alfon is the story of a band that started out on the streets and ended up on the big
stages. Utilizing their eccentric personalities as a starting point for drama and physical
tension, these performers weave an infectious spell of unbridled insanity into the crowd.
60 minutes of overcharged and chaotic adventure with technical solutions that you have
never seen on the stage before makes Sirqus Alfon a unique experience. Nobody can sit
still and nobody can be unaffected by their tremendous love for the audience.
Contact
Josefin Lindberg
josefin@konfront.se
www.konfront.se
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Skaran
Young award-winning masters of Swedish folk music of raw beauty.
Skaran plays traditional Swedish tunes as well as their own compositions, bursting with
attitude and joy. This explosive trio charms audiences from all over the world with their
fascinating instruments, contagious groove and energetic presence.
Three of the most high-profiled young Swedish folk musicians invite you to their musical
playground! With a mesmerizing sound full of raw beauty, the Grammy nominee and
World Champion of nyckelharpa, the flute master of Swedish and Breton music and the
wildest cellist in Scandinavia together explore and challenge traditions, dynamics and
improvisation.
Emilia Amper – nyckelharpa, Anna Roussel – wooden flute, Jonas Bleckman – cello
Contact
Anna Roussel
info@skaran.se
www.skaran.se
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Photo: Simon Johansson.
Photo: Ilari Järvinen/MFA.
Skikt
Skikt is an artistic project, focusing on architecture and music, formed by architect Petra
Gipp and composer Kim Hedås in 2011. The collaboration between the two artists has
resulted in several new works, both temporary installations and permanent works. Project
Skikt (in English: Stratum) explores how architecture/art and music/sound may gain
widened dimensions as more layers are included in the totality.
Petra Gipp is an architect, trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
The work of Petra Gipp has been published in a number of books and magazines, and it has
been selected for numerous architecture awards and grants. Among her works are Ulriksdal
Cemetery, Färgfabriken Kunsthalle and Kivik Art Centre – Refugium.
Kim Hedås is a composer, trained at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Her music
has been performed by among others the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Kroumata, VOX, DalaSinfoniettan, pëarls before swine
experience and the Gothenburg Opera. Kim Hedås has been awarded several prizes and
grants and is currently working on a research project for a PhD in composition at the
Gothenburg University.
Contact
Kim Hedås
kim@gipparkitektur.se
www.gipparkitektur.se
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Skånes Dansteater
Skånes Dansteater is a dance company with a contemporary repertory ensemble based
in Malmö. Since 1995 Skånes Dansteater has presented relevant performing art to a
wide audience. From grand scale performances to small scale, site-specific works, on
the company’s own stage as well as on tour. Besides the performances, the company
organizes a wide range of community and inspirational projects.
Touring productions 2013:
On Invisible Pause: An exploration of all that is in between – between the visible and
the invisible, movement and rest, the declared and the untold – between you and me.
Choreography: Christopher Arouni.
…AND… : This is not a double bill. An exploration of identity, truth, life and art, firmly
grounded in the contemporary. Choreography: Björn Säfsten and Philippe Blanchard.
Ghost Spot/A Summoning: A diptych – A struggle against relentless light and unwavering
darkness. / Black on white, the longed for transformed into the tangible. Choreography:
Ben Wright.
Contact
Åsa Söderberg
asa.soderberg@skanesdansteater.se
www.skanesdansteater.se
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Photo: Mats Bäcker.
Photo: Uggi Kaldan.
Somantic Noice
/Kirstine Ilum
Somantic Noice/Kirstine Ilum engages in interdisciplinary performing art projects and
focuses on collaborations across borders. With a base in contemporary dance theatre,
Ilum is driven by the urge to tell stories while experimenting with extreme and risk
taking physicality. This makes her work powerful, political, interesting and energizing to
watch. The company is open to collaborations and commissioned work.
Recent works available for tour:
Pause. From acrobatic dance on the walls to more gentle sensitive and theatrical
expressions. A trio work about being so occupied with everything in life that you risk
being late for life itself.
MaMa Duet. Two neighbors, completely separated but only by a thin wall, tell their life
stories simultaneously.
Fobia Studies#1 Solo. Audience interaction study that deals with the political situation in
Europe concerning immigration politics.
Stimulation Overload. 4 performers with audience on all 4 sides. A raw physical dance
theatre performance about surveillance and the abuse of power.
Contact
Daniel Eriksson
daniel@somaticnoise.com
www.somaticnoise.com
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Sousou & Maher Cissoko
“Charismatic duo delivered fantastic stage-presence”…“The warmth from the stage
and the audience contact where extraordinary throughout the night.”/Alexander Agrell,
Sydsvenskan
Expressive singing and rhythmically rocking music define this unique duo. They bring
beautiful West African Mande music with influences from reggae, folk, soul and blues
closer to you.
Maher Cissoko was born to be a kora player in a great griot family in Casamance,
Senegal, that has seen the art of kora playing being passed from generation to generation.
Sousou Cissoko, a singer from Sweden fell in love with the kora at an early age and
travelled to West African to study kora, singing and guitar, and is today one of few female
kora players in the world.
Together they perform both as a duo, trio and full band and since the release of their
debut album Adouna (2008) and the second album Stockholm-Dakar (2011) they have
been touring in Scandinavia, South Korea, Senegal, Mali, Tanzania and South Africa,
performing at festivals like Peace & Love, Gwanju World Music Festival, Sauti Za Busara
and Festival Sur Le Niger.
Contact
Sousou Cissoko
sousoumaher@gmail.com
www.sousoumaher.se
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Photo: Eirik Folkedal.
Photo: Jessica von Horn.
Stockholm Bach Society
Stockholm Bach Society was formed in 2009 by baroque violinist Katarina Bengtson
Dennis, to perform the music of J S Bach and his contemporaries. The latest addition to
our repertoire is a highly acclaimed version of Henry Purcell’s 17th-century opera Dido
& Aeneas, which we are now able to offer in two different formats.
1. During a weekend, Stockholm Bach Society will invite your choral society and/or
orchestra to participate in our semi-staged performance of Dido & Aeneas. We coach you
in historically informed interpretation, singing and choreography, and provide insights
into the life and music of Purcell.
2. We perform Dido & Aeneas in an intimate chamber format. 10 singers and players
create a painfully beautiful and multilayered opera that will touch everyone who’s ever
doubted love.
Katarina Bengtson Dennis performs regularly throughout Europe, with groups and
conductors such as the Academy of Ancient Music, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers and
Laurence Cummings. Janna Vettergren (Dido) is a mezzo-soprano, choral director and
voice coach and has extensive experience of both early and contemporary opera, working
with conductors such as Olof Boman and Emilio Pomarico.
Contact
Katarina Bengtson Dennis
fiolina@yahoo.com
www.flavors.me/stockholmsbachsallskap
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SU-EN Butoh Company
SU-EN is the artistic director of SU-EN Butoh Company. The company was formed in
Tokyo in 1992 under the supervision from Tomoe Shizune & Hakutobo. Since 1994
the company is based in Sweden and performs internationally. SU-EN is a dancer,
choreographer and performance artist. She has studied with Yoko Ashikawa . The work
of SU-EN is strongly influenced by nature, the struggle and the friction of living in the
middle of a forest. The work has been described as “cruel beauty”. SU-EN has received
several awards for her work.
Soot enters a world of leftover particles, the powdery soot making random patterns.
Civilization and cultural human behavior relinquish remnants that cannot be controlled
or discarded, threatening the existence of living beings. The material is an ever changing
process, a material disintegrating, dissolving and transforming.
Contact
SU-EN
info@suenbutohcompany.net
www.suenbutohcompany.net
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Photo: Gunnar H. Stening.
Photo: Gudrun Edel.
Susanna Lindeborg´s
Mwendo Dawa
Jazz – freeform – fusion – avant garde – electro acoustic music, or just Mwendo Dawa!
The group was founded and developed by Susanna Lindeborg pi, laptop and Ove Johansson
ts, EWI, laptop. They have performed in Europe, USA and China with festivals like
Montreux, Northsea, Montreal.
New CD Mwendo Dawa Music (LJ Records).
Susanna Lindeborg is currently touring in Sweden with the concert series INES –
Improvised-New music-Electro acoustic/Experimental-Sound.
Contact
Susanna Lindeborg
susanna@lj-records.se
www.lj-records.se
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Syntjuntan
A tangled music with lace and long stitches, embroidered with electronic sounds, square
waves and curled noise. This is Syntjuntan! An ensemble of female musicians, composers
and instrument makers that was formed in 2009 by Ann Rosén, Lise-Lotte Norelius and
Ida Lundén. They appear in different configurations, sometimes in extended format with
invited artists, composers, musicians and others.
Besides giving concerts they also offer “syntjuntor” which is a combination of workshop
and concert. By simple means, such as a needle and thread, the workshop will teach you
the basics of the art of sewing synthesizers!
Two CD’s have been released during 2012 Early Years (Elektron Records) and Syntjuntan
(Schhh… records), both received with great reviews in Swedish press.
Contact
Ann Rosén
elsy@syntjuntan.se
www.syntjuntan.se
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Photo: Magnus Bergström.
Photo: Camilla Lindblad.
Süperstar Orkestar
Süperstar Orkestar consists of eight musicians: seven wind players and a percussionist.
When the band was formed in 1997 they were the first Swedish band to play the
Yugoslav/Roma brass band music, Trubaci in Sweden. The band has toured in Sweden
and the Nordic countries, sometime with the legendary virtuoso Ferus Mustafov from
Macedonia, and has played several times in the Balkans. They have played at the famous
Guca festival in Serbia. In addition to their concerts they do many workshops and music
for children.
Since 2012 they have their own club, Balkan Superstars in Stockholm where they play
together with Ferus Mustafov, Orkestar Sinisa Stankovic, the electronica duo Shazalakazoo,
Serbian opera-singer Jacques Radinson among others.
The band has released three albums. Süperstar Orkestar is touring in Macedonia with
King Ferus Mustafov in 2013.
Contact
Göran Christensen
goran@superstarorkestar.com
www.superstarorkestar.com
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Teater Pero
Pero Theatre´s artistic foundation is built on mime and mimic storytelling combined
with music and dialogue. As a company performing for children Pero Theatre is well
established and has toured all around Stockholm, Sweden and the rest of the world.
Aston´s Stones, from a book by Lotta Geffenblad. The story about the little dog who wants to
take care of stones he finds. Some are big and some are small. One is sad and another one
feels cold. Every stone that gets to follow Aston home is greeted with a warm and cozy bed.
This story is about the ability to see and to appreciate the value in small thing. It’s about
love and empathy, there are no obstacles. For children, 3–6 years.
In 2012 the artistic director Peter Engkvist and the actors in Aston’s stones led a workshop
for actors and directors in Tibet. Pero Theatre also participated with Aston’s stones at The
Imaginate Festival in Edinburgh.
Contact
Cecilia Meeuwisse
cecilia@pero.se
www.pero.se
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Photo: Jose Figueroa.
Photo: Ilkka Häikiö.
Teater Sagohuset
Teater Sagohuset is an independent theatre established in 1987. The repertoire
features new plays and dramatizations of classical myths for children, teens and adults.
Educational projects and storytelling are in focus and we have a wide international
network of actors, storytellers, directors, stage designers, musicians, and artists from all
over the world. Artistically, we explore all available forms of expression to show how the
imagination is the best instrument to change ingrained opinions and anti-quoted values.
Max, The play about the Ball, the Car and the Lamp. A dancer, a musician and an
actor present Max’s magical world and everyday adventures. A performance for the little
ones based on the Swedish author Barbro Lindgren’s well known books about Max.
The performance has successfully been played in Washington DC, Paris, Bergen and
Copenhagen in our English version. Target group: 1–3 years.
Contact
Lina Bertilsson
teater@sagohuset.nu
www.sagohuset.nu
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Teater Tre
Teater Tre is one of the most active and beloved theatre groups in Sweden. We perform
over 300 shows every year all over Sweden and on our stage in Stockholm. Over the last
years Teater Tre has performed at international theatre festivals in Finland, Lithuania,
Serbia, France, Italy, Japan, Cameroon, Egypt, Germany, USA and Australia.
Kloss (Blocks). Which is more fun? Building up or knocking down? A happy story about
three characters and how they organize their world. Blocks is a performance filled with
slap-stick, humor and a touch of seriousness? Blue overalls inspire choreography that
freely mixes the concepts of work and play. Children ages 3–6 years.
Contact
Sara Myrberg
sara.myrberg@teatertre.se
www.teatertre.se
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Photo: Martin Skoog.
Photo: Jörgen Dahlqvist.
Teatr Weimar
Teatr Weimar is a performing arts collective in Sweden who explore the boundaries and
expressions of contemporary performing art. Teatr Weimar always deals with language,
power and identity in their artistic work. Since 2007 they have toured Sweden and
Europe with their critically acclaimed performances.
In Hamlet II: exit ghost (2010), the stage has turned into a TV studio, a laboratory in
which the actors take apart Shakespeare’s words and characters. A meditation on identity,
the weight of the past and death. Hamlet II: exit ghost is evocative of Scandinavian film
and television series as much as the legendary productions of this classic among classics.
Shakespeare meets Bergman meets The Killing. A Language at War (2011) takes the
philosophy of language as departure to investigate how communication works.
Next year their new production will premiere in Malmö. Arrival cities: killed by death
(2013) deals with migration in the shadow of the economic crises.
Contact
Jörgen Dahlqvist
info@teatrweimar.se
www.teatrweimar.se
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Tetra
Tetra is a powerful Swedish vocal quartet performing in a variety of genres and rooted in
different origins. Four female vocalists from Gothenburg with a common desire to share
songs with each other established Tetra in 2006.
Tetra performs songs from a wide range of folk music traditions. In the music, you will
encounter the ornamental vocal styles of Arabic and Greek music, Caribbean pulses and
Scandinavian groove. Tetra performs their own arrangements, based on rhythmic vocal
accompaniment, diversity of vocal range, and percussion.
Tetra dance and play on the journey through vocal traditions from many parts of the
world. The results are a distinctly Tetra experience, with drumming, voices singing in
parts, improvisation and dance.
Contact
Ingrid Brännström
alla@tetramusik.se
www.tetramusik.se
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Photo: Peter Lloyd.
Photo: Kristin Lidell.
Thymeshift
Jazz/improvisation/beyond…
New, exiting collaboration between Swedes Gunillasson/Björklund/Backman and
Icelander Jensson. Groovy, cool, wild, crazy, beautiful music comes out of this interesting
and unusual combo. Complex compositions, rough beats, strange sounds, but at the
same time music that is very easy to like and absorb. Drums, guitars and saxophone,
sometimes through a laptop creates very special music.
After several tours in the Nordic countries, developing their music, the band releases
their first CD in autumn 2013. All members of this band have a long list of international
collaborations and recorded works. Hilmar Jensson – guitar; Thomas Gunillasson –
guitar; Thomas Backman – saxophones, clarinet; Johan Björklund – drums.
Contact
Johan Björklund johan@johanbjorklund.se
www.johanbjorklund.se
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Transforma
Transforma is a non-profit organization which produces dance performances and strives
for development of and cooperation between various forms of artistic expression. The
group was founded when Louise Kvarby gathered eight dancers in the performance Open
Space, 1993 in Stockholm. Louise has since worked as artistic director, producer and
choreographer for Transforma. Transforma has participated in international festivals in
Nicaragua, France, Italy and Ukraine.
Reactive States is a dance performance which takes you on a journey through the worlds
of the natural sciences. Transforma has in the performance explored how the bodies of
the dancers can control computer-generated projections, as a way to make technology;
art and dance meet each other. The performance has mainly been targeted for youth
in the ages of 13 and up, but there is also an adaptable version of the performance
with projections and dance material that can be adapted to different sites and sizes of
performance spaces.
Contact
Louise Kvarby
louise@transforma.se
www.transforma.se
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Photo: Jesper Papmehl-Dufay.
Photo: Jonas Jörneberg.
TURteatern
/Counterforce Production CP
TURteatern is a theatre located outside Stockholm. The acronym stands for Teatern Utan
Reaktionärer (Theatre Without Reactionaries) and describes an experimental, bordercrossing and political theatre for children, youth and adults. Counterforce Production
CP is a newly started collective consisting of writers, journalists, stage artists, activists,
photographers, artists and more.
Valerie Solanas´ SCUM Manifesto is one of the history of literature’s most powerful texts.
It is world famous, infamous and yet unknown. It is hated and loved, often without even
having been read. For Turteatern it is something they cannot escape. It is a confrontation,
heavy exaggerations, crystal clear truths, feverish utopias, deep insights, parody, love
and rebellion. It allows itself to be high and low, possible and impossible. The SCUM
Manifesto has been the year’s most debated and acclaimed performance in Sweden.
Contact
Lisa Ewertson
lisa.ewertson@turteatern.se
www.turteatern.se
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Tzeitel
The trio Tzeitel will captivate you with everything from fast, dazzling improvisations to
the most sensitive of melodies: tales of joy, hope, love and despair. Tzeitel’s repertoire
comprises instrumental music and beautiful, wistful songs. The group blends traditional
klezmer music with newly composed material of its own, music with a strong personality
yet with a truly universal message. The group tours frequently in Sweden, giving
memorable concerts to audiences all over the country.
In 2007, Tzeitel released a well-received first album and is currently working on the
follow-up. Tzeitel comprises: Anna Cochrane – violin and viola, Christopher Andersson
Bång – double bass and Sara Fridholm – accordion, piano and vocals.
Contact
Anna Cochrane
info@tzeitel.se
www.tzeitel.se
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Photo: Anna Rut Fridholm.
Photo: Sara P Borgström.
Unga Klara
Unga Klara was founded in 1975 by Suzanne Osten, artistic director, with a focus on
the conditions of children and young people. Unga Klara’s explorations of dramatic art
proceed from the assumption that a young audience is naturally entitled to the same high
level of artistic quality as an adult audience. Based on the conviction that we can best
express a positive outlook on life by speaking truthfully about its complexity, Unga Klara
has tackled serious topics in a playful form.
UM – Unaccompanied Minors, by Ann-Sofie Bárány and director Suzanne Osten, in cooperation with Riksteatern. A theatre journey for children and adults, from 6 years.
Children fly between their divorced parents. To and from, from and to. Mom is in one city,
dad in another. Travelling to dad is the same as travelling from mom. And vice versa.
Longing for home, but how? I have one home, two homes… many homes.
The longing for freedom can be a longing to get away from constraints. But can true
freedom be the ability to do something that brings meaning to life?
Contact
Jonas Kahnlund
jonas@ungaklara.se
www.ungaklara.se
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Velodrône
Velodrône (formerly called H3FK) has been a leading constellation in Sweden in the
world/jazz genre for almost ten years. The septet consists of some of Sweden’s finest
musicians and has played with Sweden’s leading international artists such as Nils
Landgren, Victoria Tolstoy, Koop, Rigmor Gustafsson, Georg Riedel etc.
With Fredrik Ljungkvist (Atomic, Yun Kan etc.) as an addition on clarinet and
saxophone, Velodrône has released the album The Beenhouse Session. The music is
a beautiful and modern blend of influences from east to west and north to south, all
within a jazz context. The oud (Arabic lute) and the violin, together with a wide range of
percussion, brings flesh and blood the world of jazz, and allows the oriental as well as the
Nordic harmonies to be present at all times.
Velodrône is: Jonas Östholm: piano/accordion/harmonium/vocals; Salem Al Fakir:
violin/keyboard/cavaqino/vocals; Fredrik Rundqvist: drums; Mats Karlsson:
oud/mandolin/vocals; Filip Augustson: dubble bass; Ola Bothzén: percussion and
Fredrik Ljungkvist: clarinet/saxophone.
Contact
Leo Hermodsson
leo@hkmusic.se
www.hkmusic.se
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Photo: Miki Anagrius.
Photo: Håkan Larsson.
Vifria
Vifria is a circus and dance company based in Stockholm that focuses on
interdisciplinary meetings. Vifria’s artistic leader is Malin Stattin in collaboration with
circus performers and dancers etc. Vifria has since 2008 produced and toured five
performances of different character; Quartet Notariebacken 17b, site specific piece
Telgeness, duet Blåställ, duet Hello! and most recently the library show Kanon. Vifria
tours for all ages.
Buddy – a homemade animalistic post punk circus popping with a twist and tail. Buddy
is a duet with Malin Stattin and a robot. In focus are different relationships between the
two of them. The robot was constructed in collaboration between a choreographer, an
artist and an engineer and has an organic but not human shape; it does not have arms,
legs etc. The idea springs from the link between object manipulation, choreography and
body. How an object can be interpreted to have an own spirit or will depending on context
and how you relate to it.
Contact
Malin Stattin
info@vifira.se
www.vifira.se
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Virpi Pahkinen
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.
Her solos have met with critical acclaim round the globe and been presented at festivals
as Adelaide Festival, Madrid en Danza and Festival Cervantino. She has also made
commissioned works for companies as North 59°, Skånes Dansteater, Vietnamese
National Ballet, The Ballet Poznanski, Finnish National Opera, and choreographed dance
films for television and cinema. Pahkinen has been awarded several prizes. In 2011
Pahkinen was awarded Litteris et Artibus, a Swedish royal medal for her outstanding
artistic achievements as a dancer and choreographer.
Virpi Pahkinen’s repertoire includes solos, duos and company works such as Meretseger,
Sal Mirabile, Scarabé and Aajej.
Contact
Emelie Bergbohm
emelie@culturecommunications.se
www.pahkinen.com
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Photo: Carl Thornborg.
Photo: Ulrika Malm.
Voces Nordicae
The vocal ensemble Voces Nordicae consists of 16 singers and the Danish conductur
Lone Larsen, who founded the ensemble in 1999. Looking for a new and radical
approach to the choral scene the ensemble draws the most experienced singers from
different musical backgrounds who share the will to expand and renew the Swedish
choral tradition.
By collaborating with Jörgen Krantz, actor in improvisational theater, Voces Nordicae
has expanded the perception towards musical and physical impulses, and has learned
to react to the unexpected on stage. This work inspired to the creation of the latest
performance, Without Recipe, a fusion of choral singing and improvisational theater. With
this performance Voces Nordicae has found new ways of involving and communicating
with the audience.
Voces Nordicae was named Choir of the year in 2008 by Rikskonserter.
Contact
Martin Gribbe
martin@vocesnordicae.se
www.vocesnordicae.se
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ZebraDans
ZebraDans reaches about 20,000 children on their stage in Stockholm and on tour.
ZebraDans will ensure that as many children as possible will be given the opportunity to
see great dance.
Hello what´s your name? A name is important and we’ve all got one! Imagine life without
our names, how should we address each other? If I want to call on my friend Tove and
she doesn’t have a name, what do I do? This is a poetic story of names illustrated with
contemporary dance, music, songs and animations.
Choreographer: Ossi Nisskala
Dancers: Mira Björkman, Måns Boll, Annica Styrke
Reviews: “The choreographic embodiment of the dance trio’s play and discoveries of
themselves and each other has a beautiful immediate spark and a poetic glow that is
spellbinding”.
Contact
Lisa Spets
info@zebradans.nu
www.zebradans.nu
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Photo: Helene Berg.
This publication showcases some of the many Swedish performing artists that are active
internationally. In addition to the artists, the Swedish performing arts benefits from a
number of high quality festivals, co-producing venues and organizations that promote
internationalization in Sweden and abroad. Below we list a few of these resources:
ASSITEJ Sweden
ASSITEJ Sweden is the national center of ASSITEJ International, consisting of more than 85 members
countries worldwide. Our members include theatre and dance groups, organizations and institutions,
critics and cultural journalists, programmers, amateur theatres, organizers and associations as well as
actors, directors, set designers and playwrights.
Swedish ASSITEJ works to spread knowledge of Swedish theatre for children and young people by
organizing exchanges, performances, festivals, workshops and seminars and arranging contacts.
We work to increase quality awareness and to increase the interest in and knowledge of theatre for
children and young people including organizers, the media, politicians and policy makers. We run joint
projects with international partners from different parts of the world and seek to be a bridge between
Sweden and the rest of the world.
Contact
Niclas Malmcrona, nm@assitej.se, www.assitej.se
bibu.se
Performing arts for young people: inspiration – reflection – challenges.
bibu.se is a biannual forum for exchanges within the area of professional performing arts for children
and teenagers. It offers opportunities to discover what is cooking in the contemporary Swedish
performing arts scene and to develop contacts within the field.
bibu.se presents a selection of innovative high-quality Swedish performances as well as a number of
international shows, workshops, debates, seminars and social events. The selection is made among
dance, puppet theatre, mime, opera, contemporary circus and theatre produced during the last two years
before each biennial.
The event focuses on artistic development and respect for the younger audiences. It brings together
performing artists, organisers, critics, etc. A total of 1,034 participants from 24 different countries
attended bibu.se 2012 along with groups of children, young people and families from the local area.
Welcome to bibu.se in Lund, Sweden from 14–17 May 2014.
Contact
Pia Paglialunga, info@bibu.se, www.bibu.se
Dancenet Sweden
Dancenet Sweden brings Swedish and international choreographers and companies on tour in Sweden
order to strengthen the status and reach of dance, both artistically and audience-wise.
Dancenet Sweden consists of 12 partners and over 30 co-partners. All of them working together to
create and pursue a dance landscape with significant dance that reaches its audience.
Contact
Carina Norée, carina.noree@dansenshus.se, www.dansnatsverige.se
Dansens Hus
Dansens Hus is Sweden´s largest venue for contemporary dance and related performance art from
Sweden and around the world. Located in central Stockholm, Dansens Hus has two stages with 800
and 140 seats respectively. We present around 35 performances a year and have between 60,000–
90,000 visitors on an annual basis.
Dansens Hus was founded in 1991 and works actively to strengthen the role of contemporary dance
in Sweden. In addition to performances, Dansens Hus arranges seminars, lectures, workshops and
exhibitions.
Contact
Malin Lundstedt, malin.lundstedt@dansenshus.se, www.dansenshus.se
Ice Hot
Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform presents contemporary Nordic dance at its best. The program consists
of high quality and diverse Nordic contemporary dance performances from both established groups and
newcomers. In addition to the artistic program, the event acts as a broad discussion and meeting forum
that gathers dance enthusiasts from all over the world.
Ice Hot is a collaboration between five Nordic countries – Dance Info Finland, Dansens Hus Stockholm,
Dansehallerne Copenhagen, Dansens Hus Oslo and Performing Arts Iceland. The first ever Ice
Hot Nordic Dance Platform was arranged in Stockholm, Sweden in December 2010 and Helsinki,
Finland arranged the platform in 2012.
Contact
Malin Lundstedt, malin.lundstedt@dansenshus.se, www.dansenshus.se
MDT
MDT is a venue for contemporary choreography, dance and performance. We present well known Swedish
choreographers, international guest performances and most importantly emerging artists. We show over
forty different performances per year, we arrange residencies, seminars, studio showings, concerts and
parties. Our ambition is to go with the ever-changing flow of the live art scene so it’s up to us to surf
the waves together. You might call us a hub in the Swedish art scene, cooperation and coproduction are
keywords for us. The rumor about MDT is spreading. Or as we say: MDT – the place to be.
Contact
Danjel Andersson, danjel@mdtsthlm.se, www.mdtsthlm.se
Musik i Syd
Musik i Syd is a regional music institution in South of Sweden and the Oresund Region. The mission
of Musik i Syd is to promote a rich, active and varied music life in the south of Sweden. Through
collaboration with local arrangers and participation in a number of projects and festivals, Musik i Syd
presents both international and national artists, ensembles, choirs and orchestras with music styles such
as classical and contemporary music, chamber music, jazz, folk, world music and more. In total, over
1,000 public concerts are presented each year. Together with concerts for children and youth Musik i
Syd arranges around 2,500 concerts a year.
Music will serve as a vehicle for international interaction on an artistic and personal level between the
musicians and the organisations involved.
Contact
Peter Wilgotsson, peter.wilgotsson@musikisyd.se, www.musikisyd.se
NorrlandsOperan Dance
NorrlandsOperan Dance is one of the strongest platforms for contemporary dance in the Nordic countries.
They present and co-produce national and international work. Over 25 productions a year are staged at
their venues and they put great value in commissions and cooperation with international dance companies
such as Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen as well as Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Theatre.
The audience has had the privilege to see new original work come to life from some of the most
renowned Nordic choreographers such as Ina Christel Johannessen and Kenneth Kvarnström as well
as international choreographers like Akram Kahn, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Héla Fattoumi, under the
leadership of Annelie Gardell, Director of the Dance Department.
At NorrlandsOperan, an independent artist can access production resources and funding to be able to
create in a professional environment. In 2013, new work from Pontus Lidberg, Fattoumi/Lamoureux and
TAO Dance Theater has been commissioned.
Contact
Annelie Gardell, annelie.gardell@norrlandsoperan.se, www.norrlandsoperan.se
Riksteatern
Riksteatern is an idea based cultural organization with over 40,000 dedicated members. Many of these
members are active in one of Riksteatern’s local non-profit theatre associations, working to make drama,
dance and performing arts available to all people, all over Sweden.
Riksteatern is owned by it´s members. As a member of a theatre association you become part owner of one
of the world’s largest theatres and share in enabling more people to enjoy the dramatic arts.
Riksteatern, every year, reaches an audience of over one million people. An arena for co-creativity and
development. More than 40,000 individual members and organizations belonging to a local theatre
association own this democratic movement. Riksteatern is open – organizations other than local theatre
associations, such as schools and other associations can join Riksteatern as a platform for exchanging
ideas.
Contact
Birgitta Englin, birgitta.englin@riksteatern.se, www.riksteatern.se
Subcase Subtopia Circus Fair
13–15 February 2013
Subcase is a yearly showcase of Nordic contemporary circus. During three intense days artists and bookers
from Sweden and Europe meet in Hangaren Subtopia just south of Stockholm.
We look forward to introducing the latest artistic work in Nordic contemporary circus:
– 8 full length shows
– 8 work in progress presentations
– 1 seminar about touring networks in Europe
– 1 marketplace for Nordic circus
– 1 special Catalan Spotlight
– 1 excellent opportunity to connect with colleagues from Europe
Subcase is executed by Subtopia and curated by the partners in New Nordic Circus Network: Subtopia,
Copenhagen International Theater KIT, Cirko Center, CircusInfo Finland and Circus Village.
Contact
www.subcase.se
Svensk Scenkonst
Svensk Scenkonst (Swedish Performing Arts), an employer and branch organization, represents more than
100 Swedish companies and organizations within performing arts. Our members include opera houses, dance
theatres, musical theatres, stages for both classical and experimental repertoires, regional music institutions
and symphony orchestras. The affiliated companies and organizations employ a total of about 6,000 people.
The internationalization of the performing arts is one of our focus areas. The arts need input of many
kinds and exchange across the borders is crucial. Our aim is to give our member organizations the best
prerequisite to work with international exchange.
Contact
Ulrika Holmgaard, ulrika.holmgaard@svenskscenkonst.se, www.svenskscenkonst.se
Teaterunionen – Swedish ITI
Teaterunionen is a forum for cooperation and information within Swedish performing arts and a center
for exchange across the borders. Teaterunionen addresses issues within education, documentation and
cultural policy.
We are a member organization for Swedish theatre and dance institutions and organizations within Swedish
performing arts. We represent Sweden in the Nordic Theatre Union, NTU and we are the Swedish center of
the International Theatre Institute, ITI.
Teaterunionen arranges the Swedish Biennial for Performing Arts, which is the largest Swedish national
festival and theatre meeting.
We run various national and international theatre projects promoting Swedish drama internationally,
organizing workshops in different countries and showcasing Swedish performing arts for the
international market.
We are also responsible for a database of all performances produced in Sweden, www.scendatabasen.se
Contact
Lovisa Björkman, info@teaterunionen.se, www.teaterunionen.se
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Swedish Arts Council
P.O. Box 27215, SE-102 53 Stockholm, Sweden
Office: Borgvägen 1–5, Tel: +46 8 519 264 00
www.artscouncil.se
Music Development and Heritage Sweden
P.O. Box 16326, SE-103 26 Stockholm, Sweden
Office: Torsgatan 21, Tel: +46 8 519 554 00
www.statensmusikverk.se