Emma Minarelli

Diversity/Diverse city #Gothenburg

CINNOBER TEATER May 9 at 18

A dancing and a visual dialogue to reflect on diversity in the artistic field and in the context of the city of Gothenburg.
In this continuation of the project, we bring attention to the influence of the city on our artistic practice. How do we, as an individual and as a community, create a space called a city?
 We believe a trans-disciplinary approach can open new perspectives on a diverse city. Our process of asking open questions is a way to foster diversity both in our performances and in our lives.

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Dancer: Emma Minarelli (IT), having a classical ballet education and studies in W. Forsythe and M. Cunningham techniques, is researching and performing instant movement composition in a multidisciplinary framework. Her recent interest is about "words in movement" as interpretation of nowadays life.

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Visual Artist: Eva Abeto (FR) is a bridge maker and a storyteller using multimedia techniques and also having a strong experience with many different media, tools and body of expression such as, paint, printing, live performance, dance, music and social media. 

Maja Fock

Solo

KULTURHUSET OCEANEN May 10 at 18

A work in progress display of a solo where adrenaline and energy are in focus. The solo creator's own movement quality comes out with ‘clean’, clear lines, fast and with precision. The inspiration is partly taken from techno music, action movies and video games. 

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Maja Fock is a Swedish dance artist exploring who she is and wants to become in the dance world. Right now, Maja is inspired by working with fast and clear movements. She graduated in 2022 from the Gothenburg Ballet Academy and has since worked as a dancer and choreographer in various contexts. 

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​Photo: Harald Nilsson

Kyrie Oda

Ekon genom tiderna
KULTURHUSET OCEANEN May 10 at 18

Group version - Ekon genom tiderna is a participatory dance performance - a living tapestry of movement and memory where ancient rituals and contemporary dance intertwine across generations. Inspired by Sweden's minority cultures and global traditions, it explores the cycles of time, loss and renewal, and awakens the invisible forces that connect us to both the past and the future. As dancers and audience move together in this ever-changing ritual, tradition is not only preserved - it is reborn and echoes through the body, the earth and the soul.

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Choreographer and dancer: Kyrie Oda 
dancers: Madeleine Jonsson, Love Hellgren
composer:Nicholas Sosin
Kyrie Oda (Sweden/Japan) 

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Kyrie is a choreographer and dancer working in Japan, Europe and the USA since 2006. Since moving to Gothenburg in 2017, she has toured internationally with her work in Mexico, Lithuania, Norway, UK and Japan. She is the co-founder and artistic director of PA× Performing Arts Multiplied, known for its strong physicality and expressive movement. In addition to dance, she also works in film and collaborates mainly on international projects. Kyrie has danced with companies such as Regionteater Väst, Bayerns Statsopera, AURA Dance Theatre and Kitt Johnson/X-Act, among others. 

www.p-a-x.org

Madeleine Jonsson  works as a dancer, dance teacher, choreographer and repetiteur based in Gothenburg. She trained at the London Contemporary Dance School in the UK and since graduating has worked with Didy Veldman, Dane Hurst, Lea Anderson, Heidi Vierthaler, Kyrie Oda, Love Hellgren and Gilda Stillbäck. 

In recent years, Madeleine has spent a lot of time as a dance teacher for both young people and adults. Where joy and warmth are an important pillar in the classes.

Madeleine arbetar som dansare, danslärare, koreograf och repetitör med bas i Göteborg. Hon utbildade sig på London Contemporary Dance School i Storbritannien och har sedan examen arbetat med bland annat Didy Veldman, Dane Hurst, Lea Anderson, Heidi Vierthaler, Kyrie Oda, Love Hellgren och Gilda Stillbäck. 

De senaste åren har Madeleine ägnat mycket tid som danslärare för både unga och vuxna. Där glädje och värme är en viktig grundpelare i klasserna. 

Love  Hellgren trained at The Rambert School in London and in his final year performed with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch and Hofesh Shechter Company. After graduation he danced with Kamea Dance Company in Israel (2012-2014) and AURA Dance Theater in Lithuania (2014-2016). Since 2016, he has worked as a freelance dancer with the Merce Cunningham Trust, Kenzo Kusuda, Charles Linehan and several Swedish companies, among others. Love is also the artistic co-director of PA×.

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Nicholas Sosin

Nicholas har komponerat musik sedan 2017. Han har framfört originalmusik live i New York på Metrograph, Alliance Française, Anthology Film Archives och Scandinavia House; i Italien på Le Giornate del Cinema Muto Pordenone och i Sverige på House of Possibilitas. Senaste arbete – Kyrie Odas Stranger in a Strange Land. Sosin är medgrundare av All My Friends Are Stars Music Festival i Göteborg, Sverige. @allmyfriendsarestars

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​Nicholas Sosin has been composing music since 2017. He has performed original music live in New York at Metrograph, Alliance Française, Anthology Film Archives and Scandinavia House; in Italy at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto Pordenone and in Sweden at House of Possibilitas. Latest work - Kyrie Oda's Stranger in a Strange Land. Sosin is the co-founder of All My Friends Are Stars Music Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden @allmyfriendsarestars

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Costume Lilly Häggbom

Photo: Gabriel Almqvist

Tuva Hildebrand

Song of the flesh

KULTURHUSET OCEANEN May 10 at 18

In Song of the Flesh, Malmö-based Tuva Hildebrand shares a choreographic dance practice that explores the power relationship between experience, behavior, body and language. A raw lo-fi landscape of sensation, communication, vulnerability and absurdity. Through movement and voice, the work attempts to investigate the construction of the self in relation to its environment and the complexity of trying to understand each other.

Song of the Flesh is an attempt to move in the intimacy of constant becoming that never arrives anywhere, inside the wholeness of the unfinished; to dare to be in the unknown together. In this work, Tuva is fascinated by the limitations and openings of language; how it shapes how we move through the world, and how movement can reformulate how we relate to language. As well as the body spilling over, leaking and being ‘too much’.

Song of the Flesh is a solo and a trio performance.

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The unfolding choreography inevitably deals with performative and social paradoxes such as self and other, form and content, success and failure, dramatic and neutral, virtuosity and amateurism, sanity and madness, thought and movement, experience and language.

Choreographer and solo practice: Tuva Hildebrand

Trio practice: Khamlane Halsackda, Yrsa Heijkenskjöld and Katarzyna Paluch

Sound and lighting design: Uli Ruchlinski

Dramaturgical support: Sally O'Neill

Choreographic mentor: Jeanine Durning

Somatic and improvisational advice: Eva Karczag

Producer: Kajsa Antonsson

Studio research: Lisa Nilsson, Jilda Hallin and Pål-Axel Berger

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Short bio about Tuva

Tuva Hildebrand is a dance artist from Landskrona, Sweden, based in New York 2011-2018. Her work is strongly influenced by somatic practice and improvisation within a postmodern heritage, drawing inspiration from Eva Karczag, Deborah Hay and Movement Research, among others. She explores themes such as intimacy, the power of language, violence, care, eco-feminism and relationships - often through interactive solo works or practice-based choreography. Since 2021 she is the artistic director of Platform for Improvisation & Somatics (PIS), and has created works such as Performing Underscore, Dear Earthling and Sinnlig Reparation.

Anna Holmström

Queens Of Unwanted Things

GERLESBORGSSKOLANS KONSERTSAL May 11 at 13

An interactive dance exhibition on the theme of nature and recycling.

Take a journey through colorful photography and poignant short films, cinematic music, costume installation and a live dance performance. This creative environment creates a unique space for reflection on human impact, where trash is transformed into innovation.

Anna Holmström is a dynamic artist interested in nature, human encounters and sustainability. Since 2010 she has worked as a dancer both internationally and locally - from soloist roles in world tours such as Message in a Bottle at the Sydney Opera House to being the project manager of the #Taggad2025 cultural festival in Hällefors. She has also competed and judged in all-style and experimental battles around Europe. In 2015, Anna founded Petricore Movement, a platform for interdisciplinary projects focusing on sustainability, mental and physical health.

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Photo: Anna Holmström

Kyrie Oda

Ekon genom tiderna

GERLESBORGSSKOLANS KONSERTSAL May 11 at 13

Soloversion - Ekon genom tiderna is a participatory dance performance - a living tapestry of movement and memory where ancient rituals and contemporary dance intertwine across generations. Inspired by Sweden's minority cultures and global traditions, it explores the cycles of time, loss and renewal, and awakens the invisible forces that connect us to both the past and the future. As dancers and audience move together in this ever-changing ritual, tradition is not only preserved - it is reborn and echoes through the body, the earth and the soul.

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Choreographer and dancer: Kyrie Oda (Sweden/Japan) 

Kyrie is a choreographer and dancer working in Japan, Europe and the USA since 2006. Since moving to Gothenburg in 2017, she has toured internationally with her work in Mexico, Lithuania, Norway, UK and Japan. She is the co-founder and artistic director of PA× Performing Arts Multiplied, known for its strong physicality and expressive movement. In addition to dance, she also works in film and collaborates mainly on international projects. Kyrie has danced with companies such as Regionteater Väst, Bayerns Statsopera, AURA Dance Theatre and Kitt Johnson/X-Act, among others. 
www.p-a-x.org

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Photo: Gabriel Almqvist