Newsletter no. 35 • NOVEMBER 2017 

Nadja Sellrup has been appointed as new Artistic Director at Stockholm 59 ° North by a unanimous board. She takes over immediately after previous Artistic Director Mia Hjelte. NadjaSellrup is a Swedish ballet dancer. After terms with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich and the Spanish National Dance Company in Madrid, she returned to Stockholm in 2007 to join the Royal Swedish Ballet where she is a principal dancer. She has been a member of the Stockholm 59 ° North group since 1996.
 
- I'm really looking forward to leading 59, to exciting collaborations with actors challenging the dances and appealing to both the faith and to new audiences, says Nadja.
 
Stockholm 59 ° North is a group of dancers from the Royal Swedish Ballet who are touring in Sweden and abroad, mainly with new creations from Swedish choreographers. The Royal Court Dancer Madeleine Onne formed the group in 1997.

Read more about Nadja and Stockholm 59° North here.

Danish Dance Theatre has appointed a new Artistic Director. The internationally acclaimed Swedish choreographer Pontus Lidberg will join the company in April 2018 and replace Tim Rushton.

Pontus Lidberg joins Danish Dance Theatre after many years as a critically acclaimed film director and choreographer for some of the best ballet and dance companies around the world.

- We are incredibly excited to be able to announce Pontus Lidberg as our next Artistic Director, says  Kasper Holten, Chairman of the Board at Danish Dance Theatre. 

Dalija Acin Thelander will have a premiere of MYRIADER AV VÄRLDAR (MYRIADS OF WORLDS), her new performance for babies 3-18 months, commissioned by The Royal Opera in Stockholm (SE) on 18 Nov 2017. MYRIADER AV VÄRLDAR is performed by Allyson Way Wanselius, Pontus Sundset, Noah Hellwig and soprano Maja Frydén. Music is composed by Anja Djordjevic, scenography and lights by Jens Sethzman, costumes by Anna Kjellsdotter and poetry by Mariana Steinmo.

Read more about Dalija Acin Thelander at madeintheweb.com

Tero Saarinen Company will premiere a new creation, ZIMMERMANN TRIO, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic on 19 Jan 2018 at Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA. Set to music by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Tero Saarinen's choreography is performed by TSC soloists Auri Ahola, Misa Lommi and David Scarantino. The TSC artistic team includes Saarinen's long-term collaborators lighting and set designer Mikki Kunttu and costume designer Erika Turunen. The LA Phil is led by Susanna Mälkki, featuring cellist Robert deMaine.
 
The choreography will be developed in an artistic residency in Modena, Italy this November. Audiences in Italy will also get an opportunity to see a preview of ZIMMERMAN TRIO in open rehearsals. As a part of the residency, Tero Saarinen and Sini Länsivuori – Choreographer's Assistant in Zimmermann Trio – will also hold a TERO Workshop for local dancers.
 

Find out more about the company at madeintheweb

DEEP TIME by Virpi Pahkinen Dance Company will premiere 24-26 Nov 2017 at Dansens Hus, Stockholm (SE). DEEP TIME unfreezes the core of time and turns it into spectral spirals; time expands in a distant nebula. Virpi Pahkinen comes together with five dancers, a coloratura soprano and a percussionist to make a determined dive into the infinite depth of time. For full credits and tickets - please read here.

Watch this trailer where Virpi Pahkinen Dance Company offers an exclusive preview of the work in progress of DEEP TIME and it’s delicate costumes designed by Zita Merényi with her special Provo-CUT™-technique.
 
Find out more about Virpi Pahkinen Dance Company at madeintheweb.com

7-9 May 2018 :DANISH+ 2018 takes place in the lovely city of Aarhus, Denmark. :DANISH+ is a showcase presenting theatre representatives from around the world to some of the best Danish performing arts for children and young people – and all plays presented at the showcase are performed in English. The showcase is organized by the award winning Teatret Gruppe 38. Furthermore, the showcase provides a perfect environment for networking as all participants follow the same schedule and we enjoy our meals together.
 
The EARLY BIRD registration fee is 400 € and covers entrance to all performances, accommodation in the heart of Aarhus and all meals during the showcase. Sign up from 15 Nov 2017.
 
Read more about :DANISH+ 2018 here.

Norrdans has been invited to the International Festival of Arts, Diaghilev P.S. Festival in St Petersburg, Russia on  24 Nov 2017. Norrdans is pleased to be able to meet the Russian demand for Mats Ek choreographies by presenting Mats Ek´s PAS DE DANSE. Norrdans will also perform Martins Forsberg´s AB3 in the festival.

In 2019 Norrdans tour a triple bill based on short stories of Alfhild Agrell. She was a writer from Härnösand (SE), the hometown of Norrdans. She wrote powerful stories of the indigenous people. Read more here. The second new work of the season is a commission for the Norwegian choreographer Simone Grötte. Her work is strongly influenced by her Sami background. She is still living and working in the arctic region. More information here.

Read more about Norrdans at madeintheweb.com

MARMALADE is performed 10 - 19 Nov 2017 at the prestigious New Victory Theater in New York. For complimentary tickets contact the company.GRASS will be performed at FEZ Puppet Theatre Festival in Berlin 25 Nov 2017. SIGNAL, the new family piece by Claire Parsons Co. premiered at Dansens Hus in Stockholm 5 - 7 Nov 2017 and will  soon be available for touring. Read more here.

Read more about Claire Parsons Co. at madeintheweb.com

Charlotta Öfverholm recently received a 10-year scholarship from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, a government agency. The Swedish Arts Grants Committee awards a number of different grants and allowances to individual artists within the areas of visual arts and design, music, theatre, dance and film.

-I´m honoured and grateful, says Charlotta. -This means I´ll be able to continue working on my craft, especially my project Age on Stage, featuring dancers over 45. My next creation, STORIES will premiere at Dansens Hus in Stockholm (SE) 30 May -1 June 2018. This followed by the third Age on Stage International Meeting Point 2 June 2018. A mini festival featuring international speakers, performances , films and research results all with focus on age and stage.

Read more about Charlotta Öfverholm at madeintheweb.com

 

The critically acclaimed work ALAE created by Örjan Andersson for Andersson Dance & pianist Per Tengstrand is presented at Dansens Hus in Stockholm (SE) 26-27 Jan 2018. The work is based on three Beethoven sonatas, illuminating them in a new way through clashes and encounters with the moving body. For full credits and tour dates, please read here. 

Read more about Andersson Dance at madeintheweb.com

Israel Aloni and Lee Brummer, directors of ilDance, are currently in Adelaide, Australia working with the graduating dance students at the Adelaide College of the Arts. Aloni is developing a new work I SAY YES while Brummer is developing 21, a rework of THE SOLUTION IS TEMPORARY which she originally created in Sweden earlier this year. The works will be presented in a double bill at AC Arts in Adelaide between 29 Nov- 2 Dec 2017. In early December Brummer and Aloni will return to Sydney to work with the Sydney Dance Company Pre-Professional Year on TO THE FOREIGN VOID AND YOUR RESPONSE which they created on the cast earlier this year. The work will premier and perform at Carriageworks on 13-15 Dec 2017.

Performance dates:
29 Nov-2 Dec 2017 21/ I SAY YES,  AC Arts, Adelaide,  13-15 Dec 2017 TO THE FOREIGN VOID AND YOUR RESPONSE Carriageworks, Sydney

Read more about ilDance at madeintheweb.com

THE WONDERFUL AND THE ORDINARY premiered at Steirischer Herbst festival in Austria in September 2017 and then performed another two shows at Dansens Hus, Stockholm (SE) in October. It deals with memory, false memories and nostalgia, what we remember and what we forget. A thin video slice is the only set, running in the background. 

- It all went really well and everybody involved are very happy with the piece, it turned out humorous and melancholic, says Gunilla Heilborn. - On stage are Kristiina Viiala that I worked with so many times, Kenneth Bruun Carlsson, dancer from Norway and Monika Klengel, Pia Hierzegger, Lorenz Kaba from Austrian Theater Im Bahnhof.

For a link to the show please send an e-mail the company. Watch a trailer here.
 
Upcoming performances: 29-30 Nov 2017 WHY I WEAR THIS SHIRT by Gunilla Heilborn and Norwegian graphic designer, artist and musician Kim Hiorthøy is shown at the festival A Fine Selection: Special Edition! at MDT, Stockholm (SE). 

Read more about Gunilla Heilborn at madeintheweb.com

As part of the official Finland 100 years -programme Off/Balance has toured extensively the Central Finland with Jyväskylä City Theatre with a community art project Breaking barriers this year. The project has empowered children, disabled, immigrants, unemployed, youth and elderly people combining to 8 premieres, 18 performances, 43 workshops and 2000 participants. On 26 Nov 2017 the project will be presented at Jyväskylä City Theatre at Gallery Central Finland-festival.
Upcoming on 15 Dec 2017: DEC/DANCE @ ILOKIVI -club event. Off/Balance hosts a multi-artistic evening with Dance Center of Central Finland. The event includes several guest artists within contemporary art, theatre, music, street dance and contemporary dance. Read more here.

Find out more about Off/Balance at madeintheweb.com

Weld in Stockholm (SE) presents a festival surrounding the work of Weld Company, presenting creations by Georgia Vardarou, Mathias Sperling, Andros Zins Brown and Litó Walkey Schedule and tickets through www.weld.se
Weld Company is aiming to rediscover and revaluate the format of the dance company and is updating the idea of the company through a collective work conducted through a clearly given structure. Dancers and choreographers from different backgrounds share a common, daily and physical practice and raise questions on dance and choreography today. The formats and procedurs of the dance company is being explored while fully embracing the dance.

Read more about Weld Company at madeintheweb.com

Read more here (article in The LOCAL Europe/Sweden)