On February 5 at 12:00 we have the great pleasure to present the performance Cryptic Gymnastics during Salto!, which takes place at Hässleholms Kulturhus.

About Cryptic Gymnastics
Listless gymnastics. Ugly gymnastics. Facial gymnastics. Do we really need to feel super psyched about colorful ribbons and synchronized movements? And what would happen if you just do what you feel like? In the duet Cryptic Gymnastics, the dancers challenge and investigate the stereotypic ideas in classic gymnastics. With equal parts of friendship and rivalry, the two dancers take on traditional gymnastics equipment like ribbons, ropes and balls.

Cryptic Gymnastics is inspired by classical school gymnastics, carried out in large groups and in straight lines. But it also draws from the modern rhythmic gymnastics, with its strong competitive culture where the athletes are harnessed into perfection and uniformity. But how do you find joy, playfulness and a space for everyone in traditions like these?

In the duet Cryptic Gymnastics, dance and physical theater blends. It was premiered during autumn 2017 in Halmstad. The piece was created by choreographer/director Ida Görsch as part of her development work through the Kultur i Väst project Danskraft 2017.

Read more at the Salto! web site.

The duet Doris&Lo, choreographed by Tanja Eloranta, is presented as part of Hälsoveckan at Dalheimers hus in Gothenburg, Friday January 26 at 13:30. The piece features dancers Hannah Karlsson and Emilia Wärff, with music by José A. Luque-Osuna.

Doris&Lo is a tender look at the process of aging and an exploration of bodies in decay. Your back is scrunching, the knees ache and your steps grow shorter and shorter. The body is meant to carry us through life. But what happens when the body fails us, when we run out of energy? Your hands tremble, your heart tremble, time passes. To watch another watching you and seeing yourself.

In May 2015, Spinn started a new collaboration with Finnish choreographer Tanja Eloranta. Together with dancers Emilia Wärff and Hannah Karlsson, Tanja has created a dance and mask-theatre duet. The piece was premiered in October 2015 at Masque Festival, which is an international mask festival in Helsinki. Doris&Lo has also been shown at Scenkonstgalan at Stora Teatern in Gothenburg. The inspiration for Doris&Lo comes from mask maker Antero Poppius’ masks.

In connection to the performance, Spinn will also give a workshop.

Read more about Hälsoveckan at Dalheimers hus here!

Hislingan is a new project that was actually started already at the end of November 2017. The project was initiated and is carried out with support from Hisingens Kulturskola and is about developing functional and inspiring methods on how the culture school, in collaboration with local special schools, can work more inclusive with students with disabilities.

The participating schools are Lindholmen Grundsärskola, Snäckebergets skola and Torslandaskolan Särskola. The starting point for the work is the Spinn workshop Virkhall and during spring 2018, Spinn will visit every school approximately four times. Spinn will guide the groups through creative work, using both workshops and concrete tools, which the participants can then use in their own pedagogic practice.

In addition to this, the project also features the performance Cryptic Gymnastics as an artistic element. Dancers Emilia Wärff and Soledad Howe will also be working with the students, using everybody’s equal value as the starting point.

The project ends on March 28 with a grand closing party where some of the involved parties will present the result of the project.

Read more about the project here.