John Moström & Halla Ólafsdóttir in residence

Halla and John will work on the ballet “Giselle” with Elizabeth Ward (US) as a guest star. Their interpretation of “Giselle” is hemmed by darkness and has an almost apocalyptic wildness where we witness the unravelling and morphing of various characters from the world of ballet. We are confronted with the hierarchies within the language of ballet: it’s technique and pantomime, the distortion of the narrative through score making, the blurring of the roles between male and female. It is a sort of a horrific dream odyssey through the world of ballet, where there is too much of everything.

John Moström works as a performer/choreographer and as an architect. He is educated at the Royal Swedish Ballet school and KTH. He has worked with several dance companies and choreographers in Sweden and Europe.

Halla Ólafsdóttir (IS) participated in the master program “Mychoreography” by Mårten Spångberg at DOCH (2008–2010). In 2010 she has been touring her piece “It’s definitely the spiritual thing” in Europe. She recently worked as a choreographer and dancer with Dorte Olesen for the piece “The Bad The Good The Ugly”.