As way of making the art accessible when more and more people chose to stay at home and when the big venues are closed, a couple of weeks ago Spinn – along with 13 musicians from Göteborgs Symfoniker – made a recorded version of Relaxed performance from last October, at the main stage of Göteborgs Konserhus. And now the film is done and has been made available over at GSOplay! So chose a comfy place at home and enjoy sounds, movements and poems by Sayam Chortip and Kent Holm. From Spinn you will see Tone Helly-Hansen and Veera Suvalo Grimberg along dancers Izabell Makiela, Felicia Sparrström and Adam Henriksson.

Click here to see the performance!

A lot of things will have to be done in new ways during spring and summer of 2020. Performance dates have been postponed and plans have been overthrown. But we’re doing our best t keep up with every twist and turn.

And in the midst of all of this, we received some fantastic news. Spinn had been granted a two-week residency at Kungsbacka Teater as part of Region Halland’s dance initiative Rum för Dans! In Kungsbacka, Spinn will continue work on the duet that’s being created by Icelandic choreographer Lára Stefánsdóttir and that will premiere during fall 2020. Once at the theatre we will explore the possibilities of the space and try out ideas for both sound and lighting, both inside and outside. We are so glad we got this residency, it’s just what we needed right now!

Since the start of SpinnUnga back in 2014, Spinn has held a mentorship program for the SpinnUnga dancers. The program has been about sharing experiences and to work as a support for the development of the dancers.

Last week we had a digital meeting – as seen below in this wonderful illustration – where a.o. Spinn’s dancer Felicia Sparrström shared her thoughts on the importance of having Emilia Wärff as her mentor during her years in SpinnUnga. An although it was a digital meeting, we still did some physical work and we also had some time for questions and reflections.

During the year, two of Spinn’s dancers will act as mentors for seven of the SpinnUnga dancers. There will be 2-3 meetings during April to June and the mentorship will continue during fall as well.

Over the last couple of weeks, Veera Suvalo Grimberg along with dancers Izabell Makiela and Felicia Sparrström, have worked intensively on a new Spinn workshop that we call Klot & Klimat (approx: Globe & Climate).

In preparation for this work, we’ve read up on climate change, The Arctic, different animals and about the impact that human kind have on the world. For us it’s not about lecturing or having all the answers at hand. But about finding creative solutions to problems big and small, together with the children. Something that children are amazing at!

Work has taken place at Spinnstudion, but the idea is that the workshop can be held both inside and outside. We’ve also done a test workshop along with students from Karl Johansskolan in Gothenburg. Hopefully we will be able to hold some workshops already after Easter, provided the schools stay open.