Just like previous years, 2019 has been a both intense and very fun year for us in Spinn. And 2020 looks like it might deal us a few magical moments as well!

Moby Dick
At the start of January we’ll continue work on our upcoming performance Moby Dick created by Italian choreographer Chiara Bersani. During two weeks, Chiara and her team will work with the dancers Felicia Sparrström, Izabell Makiela, Annika Vestel and Britta Kangas. The first week will take place at Spinnstudion and then we’re moving to Redbergsteatern along with lighting designer Emily Lavebäck. Moby Dick is a co-production with Oriente Occidente Dance Festival in Italy, where the performance will also premiere in September 2020.

Skirtpower
We will continue presenting Skirtpower during a focused period during March 2020. We will perform it at Gummifabriken i Värnamo on March 17th for both schools and the general public. Then we’re off to Huddinge for a performance at Tonsalen at Teater Sláva on Friday the 20th. We’re also presenting it at the showcase day Expo: Scenkonst at Skövde Kulturhus on March 14-15th.

Miramos
We will of course continue playing our performance Miramos for children and families alike during spring. During the last weekend of January we’re visiting Dunkers kulturhus in Helsingborg and at the end of February we’re visiting Malmö’s Barnens scen. We also have a few other dates lined up for Miramos, but we’ll havet o get back to that further on!

As we wrote a few weeks back, we are now starting work on a brand new duet created by Icelandic choreographer Lára Stefánsdóttir. The performance will premiere sometime during late fall, and more info will come during the year.

Finally – a huge thanks to all of you whom we’ve worked with over the last year. Everyone that has cheered us on, who’ve come to our performances and workshops and who have shared your thoughts and emotions or helped us in one way or another. Without all of you this would not be possible. We’re taking some time off during the Christmas holidays, and we’ll see you again at the start of 2020!

Miramos
During Fall our natural focus has of course been our latest performance Miramos, that has been presented for children, youth and families during Gothenburg Culture Festival in August, at Vara Konserthus, Världskulturmuseet in Gothenburg, at Mölnlycke kulturhus, Palladium in Alingsås, Moliden in Karlsborg, Lorry in Mölndal and at Redbergsteatern in Gothenburg. Miramos has also ben presented during the showcase days Skolscen Sydost in Ronneby, Scenkonstdagarna in Hässleholm, Dansmässan in Farsta and in Gävle and Karlstad.

Spark
In September we went to Rovereto in Italy to participate in an artistic lab that was part of the international cooperation project Spark. During five days, dancers and choreographers from seven European countries came together to work on the subject of dramaturgy. The work was lead by Roberto Fratini Serafide, dramaturge and professor at Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. We brought incredibly much with us home from the lab. It was so rewarding to be able to reflect, analyze and discuss in a group that was both open and inviting!

Moby Dick
After the Spark lab in Rovereto, the dancers stayed on to continue working with the coming performance Moby Dick, created by Italian choreographer Chiara Bersani. During two weeks, the dancers worked with Chiara and her team, and pretty soon we’ll be able to share some more about this performance that will premiere in September 2020.

Att skriva dansen och dansa skriften
This Fall also meant the start of the new project Att skriva dansen och dansa skriften (To write dance and to dance writing) that is initiated and run by Författarcentrum Väst. The work started at Spinnstudion in September and then on October 14th we presented a work-in-progress performance in Hagakyrkan in Gothenburg in collaboration with Göteborgs internationella orgelakademi. A documentation from the performance can be viewed here.

We also presented the performance Skirtpower for an amazing audience at Stora Biografen in Vänersborg and then continued on to the Busig 2019 festival in Gottsunda.

In addition to all of this we also had time for Relaxed Performance at Göteborgs konserthus, a final presentation of Florere at Draken in Gothenburg, a visit to Kedja – Stretch in Turku, various workshops, lectures and a ton of rewarding encounters.