Next week, from May 27th to 31st, we start work on Spinn’s next production Moby Dick. Italian choreographer Chiara Bersani will then start working together with dancers Izabell Makiela, Felicia Sparrström, Annika Vestel and Britta Kangas. We are also delighted to be able to announce that the premiere for this piece will take place during the festival Oriente Occidente in Rovereto, Italy in September 2020. The festival is also co-producing the performance.

The first time we met Chiara 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. In November 2018 we worked with Chiara during a couple of intense days in Spinnstudion, and now it’s finally time to continue this work! More information to come during the year.

On Wednesday May 15th, at 13.00 our Artistic Director Veera Suvalo Grimberg has been invited to Scenkonstbiennalen 2019 to be part of the conversation ”Kreativa Europa – att delta i europeiska samarbetsprojekt” [Creative Europe – being a part of European collaborative projects] presented by Kreativa Europa Desk Kultur.

From the Scenkonstbiennalen website:
Creative Europe is a EU support program for the culture field, where you can a.o. participate in collaborative projects, networks and platforms. Eva Rehnbinder from Kreativa Europa Desk Kultur will talk about the program and Veera Suvalo Grimberg from Danskompaniet Spinn will talk about the Creative Europe project Moving Beyond Inclusion that they’ve been a apart of together with Producentbyrån. The project wanted to showcase diversity and create equal opportunities for everyone to practice dance. In creating a supportive network of companies, artists and programmers, the aim was to broaden both the European work field as well as the artistic work.

This conversation takes place at Filmstaden in Sundsvall, Wednesday May 15th at 13.00.

Read more here!

Last week, Lisen Rylander Löve held a release concert for her solo album Oceans at Atalante in Gothenburg. Those of us who attended were treated to a magical experience that affected us long after the concert was over.

Parts of the music on Oceans were created during the work with Spinn’s performance Skirtpower that Lisen has both written the music for and plays live during the performance. Skirtpower is presented at Folkteatern in Gothenburg on Friday May 10th at 19.00 and Saturday May 11th at 18.00. Read more and book your ticket here!

Listen to Oceans on Spotify:

Lisen is an internationally established musician and composer from Gothenburg, working in the fields of jazz, electronica and sound art. She has developed a personal sound where she blends acoustic instruments like saxophone and voice with live electronics, creating her own unique sound worlds. For 12 years Lisen was one half of electronica duo Midaircondo who gained wide recognition both in Sweden and internationally for their genre defying music. Today she plays with and composes for a number of groups, amongst them Swedish jazz quartet The Splendor that has released three acclaimed albums.

”A piece that activates our senses. It vibrates, we tremble. Our pupils dilate and close in time with the pulsing lights, in time with the pounding of the music and the movements of the bodies. A liberating dance that reminds us to give our bodies the room they need to be fantastic, and not to let anything stop us.” – from the jury´s motivation when Skirtpower took home the award for “Sensory Orgasm of the Year” the 2019 edition of Scenkonstgalan 2019 in Gothenburg.

On May 10th-11th we have the great pleasure of presenting Skirtpower at the Main stage at Folkteatern in Gothenburg.

Read more and book your ticket here!

“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

If you want to get a sample of the music from Skirtpower, head on over to Atalante on Friday May 3rd when Lisen Rylander Löve, who’s both written the music for Skirtpower and plays live during the performance, has a release party for her solo album Oceans. The album contains music from Skirtpower and it’s free admission!

Click here to listen to Oceans at Spotify!