This Saturday April 28th at 19.00 marks the premiere for Spinn’s new production Skirtpower, choreographed by Stockholm based choreographer Carl Olof Berg. The premiere takes place at Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts and we are so excited to finally be able to share this amazing dance piece with you!

The starting point for Skirtpower is the notion of the skirt as an ambiguous symbol of our society’s view on 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.

“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

The cast consist of Spinn’s dancer Emilia Wärff, dancer Izabell Makiela and Italian dancer Aristide Rontini. The cast also consists of musician and composer Lisen Rylander Löve who has written the music and who is also performing live.

Click here to watch the trailer for Skirtpower.
Listen to the track Neon Sunrise from Skirtpower here.

Tickets
there are still a few tickets left for the premiere.
Tickets cost 150 kr (without dance bus) or 250 kr (with dance bus). Tickets can be bought at Kulturpunkten.nu
where you can choose whether to purchase just the premiere ticket or the ticket including the bus fare.

Do you want to take the dance bus to Vitlycke?
We’ve rented a bus that departs from Hotel Post at Drottningtorget in Gothenburg at 16.00, stopping at Kampenhof bus terminal in Uddevalla at 17.00.
The bus arrives at Vitlycke at around 18.00 and then departs for Uddevalla and Gothenburg again at 21.00. The bus is included in the price if you choose the ticket that includes the dance bus fro 250 kr. Please note that there is a limited capacity on the bus, so first come first served! Please also note that you have to opurchase your ticket at Kulturpunkten in advance to secure your seat at the dance bus!

Arrangement for the evening
18.00 – mingle with some bubbles and some snacks
19.00 – performance
20.00 – post-show hangout

There will be drinks and some finger food available for purchase and we accept both cash and card!

If you need to get a hold of us on short notic, call +46 728 – 58 76 38!

Click here to purchase your ticket.
Read more about the performance here.

In a couple of weeks we’ll start our regional tour with Skirtpower that we’re doing in collaboration with ABF Västra Götaland. We’re so thrilled to get this amazing performance out into the region! Read more about Skirtpower here.

In connection to the performances we offer a workshop on how the skirt can be used to create emotional states, aesthetic expressions, empowerment and freedom. Here the participants can explore the their own relationship to the skirt and to themselves in a room filled with skirts. Together we create a place that allows both failure and megalomania.

The workshop is free of charge and open to everyone, but please note that we have a 25 people maximum capacity and that you have to sign up in advance. Registration contact information for each venue can be found below. The workshop is lead by Lovisa Silfverberg – ABF Västra Götaland – project creator and culture practitioner together with Veera Suvalo Grimberg and Berith Stennabb from Danskompaniet Spinn.

Mölndals Stadsbibliotek, Mölndal
May 2
Performance at 18.00
Workshop at 19.15

It’s free entrance, but limited capacity.

More information can be found here.
Read more about the workshop here.
Register for the workshop at Mölndal Stadsbibliotek here: suzanna.tanev@abf.se

Partille Kulturrum, Partille
May 3
Performance at 13.00 and 18.00
Workshop at 14.15

It’s free entrance, so just drop by!

More information can be found here.
Register for the workshop at Partille Kulturrum here: sholeh.maki@abf.se

Ale Kulturrum, Nödinge
May 4
Performance at 18.00
Workshop at 19.15

Ticket price is 50 kr for ages 18 and above, and 30 kr for ages below 18.
Book your ticket here.

More information can be found here.
Register for the workshop at Ale Kulturrum here: mathilda.folkesson@abf.se

Landvetter Kulturhus, Landvetter
May 5
Performance at 14.00
Workshop at 15.15

It’s free entrance, so just drop by!

More information can be found here.
Register for the workshop at Landvetter Kulturhus here: robert.hernwall@abf.se

Dergårdsteatern, Lerum
May 7
Performance at 18.00
Workshop at 19.15

Ticket price is 100 kr and you can pay with cash or by Swish.
The performance at Dergårdsteatern is audio described and we will also offer accompaniers to those who require this.

More information can be found here.
Register for the workshop at Dergårdsteatern here: annika.brekh@abf.se

Billströmska Folkhögskolan, Tjörn
May 8
Performance at 14:00
Workshop at 15.15

Register for the workshop at Billströmska Folkhögskolan here: rikard.larsson@abf.se

Kulturhuset Fregatten, Stenungssund
May 9
Performance at 18.00
Workshop at 19.15

It’s free entrance, so just drop by!

More information can be found here.

Register for the workshop at Kulturhuset Fregatten here: jorgen.sandgren@abf.se

Ekarängskolan, Borås
May 10
Performance at 14.00
Workshop at 15.15

It’s free entrance, so just drop by!

More information can be found here.

Register for the workshop at Ekarängskolan here: leila.talmoudi@abf.se

Both the regional performances and the workshops are done in collaboration with ABF and Västra Götalandsregionen.

On April 18-20 we have been invited to Vara Konserthus for a short residency. In Vara we will both rehearse the piece and do an informal open showing on Wednesday the 18 at 2 pm! We are delighted to have the opportunity to work at the concert house and very excited to show parts of the performance for an audience.

The open showing is free of charge and you don’t need to register, just stop by!

Tickets for the premiere
Don’t forget to buy your ticket fpr the premiere that were having at Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts, Saturday April 28 at 7 pm. Tickets can be purchased at Kulturpunkten.
Hope to see you there!

Watch a trailer for the performance here.
Click here to purchase your ticket.

Rehearsals for Skirtpower has now begun at Spinnstudion in Gothenburg. And for this production in addition to the dancers, the ensemble also consists of musician and composer Lisen Rylander Löve who has written the music and performs live on stage as part of the piece.

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. During fall 2018 she will release material with her new solo project.

During winter Lisen has labored intensely with creating a sound world for Skirtpower where she has, amongst other things, recorded the sounds of rustling skirts and of bells from the masks used in the piece. Musically it shifts from airy and light to powerful and dirty, where hard beats and distorted soundworlds meet billowing textures and melodies. There is something about the music reminiscent of Vangelis’ iconic soundtrack to the film Bladerunner.

In regards to the artistic process in composing the music, Lisen says:
“I’ve used my own thoughts and feelings about the skirt as a starting point for this. It’s about dreams, memories, frustration, limitations, emancipation, power, struggle, elegance, fragility, vulnerability, dance, freedom, power, coolness, sexiness, girl, boy, female, male. The list could go on.”

The choice to work with Lisen was an easy one according to Spinn’s Artistic Director Veera Suvalo Grimberg.

“Lisen moves across a vast array of scenic expressions, both as a solo artist and in different groups and projects. Her versatility and musicality, the tenderness and the strength in her expression and her constant curiosity makes Lisen a very interesting composer and musician, one that often surprises and who’s always moving forward.”

Skirtpower premieres on April 28 at Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts and tickets for the premiere can be bought at Kulturpunkten!

Listen to the track Neon Sunrise from Skirtpower here.
See a trailer for the piece here.
Click here to purchase your ticket.