Amanda Apetrea & Halla Ólafsdóttir in residence

Amanda and Halla will develop their piece “Beauty and the Beast” from two characters they previously have been working with in “I ass jazz” and “It’s definitely the spiritual thing”. Is it a dance? Is it a show? Is it a play? Is it a band, a concert? Forget minimalism and everything you know about good taste. It is life and death. It is love. It’s a place were beauty meets beast in a world were everything is possible.

Amanda Apetrea is dancer and choreographer based in Stockholm. She has an MA from DOCH. In 2004 she co-founded the ÖFA-collective, which is a feminist performance art collective with 22 members. Amanda has co-created and performed in “VGTP!”, “ÖFA: Vårkonsert”, “The lesbian and philosofie” and “ÖFA: Butler” at venues such as Arvika Festival, Biennale in Lund, QueerQultfestivalen, Ficks at F12, EuroPride, Paradiso Festival, Elverket, Uppsala Stadsteater and Riksteatern.

Halla Ólafsdóttir (IS) is based in Sweden working as dancer and choreographer. In 2010 she has been touring her piece “It’s definitely the spiritual thing” in Europe. She was a part of INPEX editorial team for the production and making of the book “The Swedish Dance History” at the ImPulsTanz festival 2010. She recently worked as a choreographer and dancer with Dorte Olesen for the piece “The Bad The Good The Ugly”.