Björn Säfsten in residence

Focusing on the examination of movement as an ambivalent language, constructing methods for each new artistic endeavor, Björn Säfsten, choreographer and dancer, shines new light in the human body in a context of movement. In constant search for a method, he uses limitations as a portal to examine his own artistic inheritance and to comment on the discourses that he works within. Since his debut piece “The adaptation” created in residence in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid (2006), Säfsten and his collaborative artistic team has made several productions together. In 2009 Björn was awarded the Cullberg price. His last piece “Corduroy” opened at Dansens Hus in 2010 and is 2011 reconfigured at Magasin 3 in Stockholm.

Björn will be working on the upcoming production “Display” with dancers Eric Ernestedt and Sebastian Lingserius. The title refers both to the obvious: presentation, exhibition, displaying; and to what game is being played, what characters are needed in the theatrical space? What signals and symbols do we use and represent? The piece will be presented at MDT in Stockholm in October 14 – 16, directly after the opening at NorrlandsOperan.