The Skirtpower tour continues and the time has come to visit Umeå and Festival Normal 2018. Saturday December 8 at 19.00 you can see Skirtpower at Ögonblicksteatern!

The tickets cost 180 kr each, but keep in mind that there is limited capacity, so make sure to book your ticket in advance!

Read more here!

About the performance
Skirtpower is about the skirt as an ambiguous symbol of our society’s view of our bodies. About different codes for masculinity and femininity and expressions of sexuality. That the skirt, throughout history, has been a garment communicating masculinity and power, but how today it’s so clearly a feminine garment. Skirtpower is a study on forbidden bodies and movements in skirts, about sexuality and power. And about tenderness.

“Skirtpower breathes everything from the most fragile to raw sexuality, and the interaction with the audience is at times almost defiant. What I saw on stage was strength, beauty and sublime sensuality in its most beautiful form. There were three professional dancers who treated us to an amazing performance, plain and simple.” – Karin Noomi Karlsson, Scenkonstguiden

“I want to talk about how the skirt choreographs our bodies, but also about our gaze on those who wear it. About the power it holds to take place, limit, expose and hide. And the desire to choreograph the skirt.” – Carl Olof Berg, choreographer

On stage we see dancers Emilia Wärff, Izabell Makiels and Aristide Rontini and musician and composer Lisen Rylander Löve who’s both written and plays the music live during the performance. Skirtpower premiered at Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts on April 28 2018.

The first time we met Italian choreographer Chiara Bersani was during Rovereto Choreographic Lab that took place in Rovereto, Italy in September 2017. The lab was part of the EU-project Moving Beyond Inclusion and gathered both dance artists and administrative staff from the participating project partners.

Chiara was one of three invited choreographers that worked with dancers from the project partners during the week-long lab. After the lab, Chiara got in touch with us at Spinn expressing how inspired she’d become by the Spinn dancers and their inquisitive approach towards investigation and creation, with a wish to keep in touch with us. And from our end, we’d become very curious about working with her in some way. Said and done. Monday and Tuesday November 19-20 Chiara visited Spinnstudion to hold a workshop for Spinn’s dancers and a few invited guests. We’re also very exited that Chiara has been chosen for Aerowaves 2019 with her performance Gentle Unicorn. Read more about this here.

Whether this work will develop into something else further down the line is still unclear, but we know for a fact that both the dancers and Chiara got incredibly inspired by working with each other during these two days!

Thursday November 22 at 13.00 we’re visiting Östhammar to present the performance Skirtpower at Kulturhuset Storbrunn, so please stop by if you’re in the area or living there!

The performance is free of charge, but you have to reserve your ticket at storbrunnbiljetter@osthammar.se or by calling +46 173-86 298 no later than November 12. Please let them know if you’re using a wheelchair.

Read more here!

About the performance
Skirtpower is about the skirt as an ambiguous symbol of our society’s view of our bodies. About different codes for masculinity and femininity and expressions of sexuality. That the skirt, throughout history, has been a garment communicating masculinity and power, but how today it’s so clearly a feminine garment. Skirtpower is a study on forbidden bodies and movements in skirts, about sexuality and power. And about tenderness.

“Skirtpower breathes everything from the most fragile to raw sexuality, and the interaction with the audience is at times almost defiant. What I saw on stage was strength, beauty and sublime sensuality in its most beautiful form. There were three professional dancers who treated us to an amazing performance, plain and simple.” – Karin Noomi Karlsson, Scenkonstguiden

“I want to talk about how the skirt choreographs our bodies, but also about our gaze on those who wear it. About the power it holds to take place, limit, expose and hide. And the desire to choreograph the skirt.” – Carl Olof Berg, choreographer

On stage we see dancers Emilia Wärff, Izabell Makiels and Aristide Rontini and musician and composer Lisen Rylander Löve who’s both written and plays the music live during the performance. Skirtpower premiered at Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts on April 28 2018.

Sunday November 18 at 15.00 we’re presenting Skirtpower at Regionteater Väst in Uddevalla! It feels great to visit Uddevalla with this performance.

Skirtpower is about the skirt as an ambiguous symbol of our society’s view of our bodies. About different codes for masculinity and femininity and expressions of sexuality. That the skirt, throughout history, has been a garment communicating masculinity and power, but how today it’s so clearly a feminine garment. Skirtpower is a study on forbidden bodies and movements in skirts, about sexuality and power. And about tenderness.

“Skirtpower breathes everything from the most fragile to raw sexuality, and the interaction with the audience is at times almost defiant. What I saw on stage was strength, beauty and sublime sensuality in its most beautiful form. There were three professional dancers who treated us to an amazing performance, plain and simple.” – Karin Noomi Karlsson, Scenkonstguiden

“I want to talk about how the skirt choreographs our bodies, but also about our gaze on those who wear it. About the power it holds to take place, limit, expose and hide. And the desire to choreograph the skirt.” – Carl Olof Berg, choreographer

On stage we see dancers Emilia Wärff, Izabell Makiela and Aristide Rontini and musician and composer Lisen Rylander Löve who’s both written and plays the music live during the performance. Skirtpower premiered at Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts on April 28 2018.

Tickets are a mere 60 sek, so there are no excuses! After the performance there’s coffee and cookies and a talk with the dancers, this is naturally included in the ticket price.

Read more here.