A conversation with former Skånes Dansteater dancers on how they are defying the prevailing conventions that a dancer’s career ends at 40. Our dancer Sam Denton meets Anette Jellne, Jan Vesala and Laura Cheesman - dancers born in three different decades - in dialouge about the challenges they face to keep dancing for longer, and how the working conditions and practices for dancers have and continue to change to make this happen. This episode features a public talk from the Dance F...

In this special episode, dance archivist Celine Orman talks with Professor Susan Kozel to explore the intersections of dance, philosophy and digital technologies. Susan’s research in phenomenology, somatics, and responsive technologies has influenced archival practices, including Skånes Dansteater’s project Bevara Rörelse (Maintaining Movement). The conversation delves into the unique ways bodies think and sense, reflecting on themes of perception, attention, and human experience in a r...

I år firar Skånes Dansteater sitt 30-årsjubileum på flera olika sätt. Bland annat genom en serie samtal med olika röster som är och har varit delaktiga att skapa Skånes Dansteater. I detta specialavsnitt, för ovanlighetens skull helt på svenska, möter vi Skånes Dansteaters vd och konstnärliga ledare Mira Helenius Martinsson. Hon har lett kompaniet sedan 2019 och är en central kraft i utvecklingen av danskonsten i regionen. I detta avsnitt utforskar vi Miras vision för framtidens dans, hennes ...

Between 2010 and 2019, Ben Wright choreographed over eight original works with us and served as Associate Artistic Director from 2014 to 2017, collaborating closely with former CEO and Artistic Director Åsa Soderberg. He is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking production The Feeling of Going, a large-scale pop-opera-dance-theatre piece built around Jónsi’s album Go. As part of our 30th anniversary, we revisit Ben’s time at Skånes Dansteater and reflect on his wide-ranging career. Ben als...

Patrick King, Skånes Dansteater’s first Artistic Director, and his partner Johan King Silverhult, one of the ensemble’s dancers during its early years, are still active as choreographers, dancers, and now Artistic Directors of Salon K Privé. As part of Skånes Dansteater’s 30th anniversary, we revisit the birth of an independent dance institution. Patrick King set the tone for the company’s new beginning with his work "XXX Close Up", where a cast of seasoned dancers from Malmöbaletten met newl...

‘Wing Ding’ is a vibrant, absurd and wonderful celebration of dance – and a dream come true. For choreographer Lidia Wos, it's personal. In 2002, she took the Malmö Opera's stage as a young dancer. Now she's back - as a choreographer - with a marvelous team, the Malmö Opera Chorus, the Malmö Opera Orchestra and our dancers, who together bring three decades of dance memories to life. In 'Wing Ding' anything is possible: movement, imagination, joy and a dash of madness. A celebration. An annive...

Meet Norwegian choreographer and dancer Ludvig Daae in this live episode of Dance Pod with Skånes Dansteater. An artist talk about dance, thoughts on utopias and the new dance performance ‘Attempting Alchemy’. Medieval alchemy, the dream of making gold, may be the most utopian of all sciences. Alchemy pushes the boundaries of science and finds a home in the world of imagination. For Ludvig Daae, this dream of transforming everyday experiences into something different and elevated is a c...

By DancePod with Skånes Dansteater in collaboration with Within Practice 2024. Within Practice is a festival in Stockholm for contemporary dance practices that showcases the work of dancers and choreographers through various formats such as workshops, classes, panel discussions and practice presentations. Dancepod host Samuel Denton endeavour to explore all things ‘practice’ through a series of conversations with six different dance artists. This episode brings the dancer's voice to the...

Costume designer Bregje van Balen joins host Tiemen Stemerding for an engaged conversation about her creative practice. Bregje shares her transition from dancer to costume designer and how her dance career influences her design process. She talks about the role she takes in the psychology of costumes, the collaboration that is behind every work and the importance of compromise. For Skåne Dansteater, Bregje van Balen has created costume designs for Domino by Erika Silgoner and The Dropou...

Meet choreographer and director Carl Knif in this live episode of Dance Pod with Skånes Dansteater. An artist talk about dance, theater and the new production 'Aniara'. This event was live streamed on Vimeo and Youtube Thursday October 10, 2024. 'Aniara' is a performance that mixes dance and theatre. It is based on the book of the same name by Swedish author and Nobel Prize winner Harry Martinson. In 'Aniara', the Earth is called Doris and it is being destroyed by the way people live th...