Local Practice @ MDT

Local Practice jumps off our deep love for artistic practice and our curiosity surrounding our fellow movement-makers. Our gatherings aim to create a space where dialogue is sparked through three different formats creating a environment that stimulates discussions and sharing. In one of the formats one can experience a practice through ones own body, one gives the possibility to take part of a practice-presentation by the invited artists and one format is an evening of practice sharing between all the artists that takes part of the two days.

Local Practice invites professional dancemakers and performers and curious minds.

“Within Practice” is developed by Säfsten Produktion and DOCH and had its first edition in Stockholm 2018.

Björn Säfsten, Initiator and Curator, Säfsten Production
Magnus Nordberg, Initiator and Head of production, Nordberg Movement
Anja Arnquist, Producer and coordinator, Säfsten Production

This programmed event will take place at MDT:

Gunilla Heilborn workshop: TEXT IN A CHOREOGRAPHED WAY
What is it when we use text in a ”dance performance”? I know it’s an old question, but why isn’t it theatre? This keeps fascinating me. And I believe that the choreographic way to use words on stage, is an outstanding way. To paraphrase Peter Greenaway (who talked about film): ”Words are a too sophisticated to be left to the story tellers”. So, I guess the workshop with deal with words. You should consider yourself happy that I will not teach you a movement phrase.

26/4
Workshops: Gunilla Heilborn
12.30–16.30, MDT

Workshops: Ofelia Jarl Ortega
12.30–16.30, Danscentrum Stockholm

Samlingen: Practice/s—An Evening of practice schmactice—the things we do and how do you do?
19.00, Danscentrum Stockholm

27/4
Workshops: Gunilla Heilborn
12.30–16.30, MDT

Workshops: Ofelia Jarl Ortega
12.30–16.30, Danscentrum Stockholm

Practice presentation: Gunilla Heilborn
19.00–22.00, Danscentrum Stockholm

Practice presentation: Ofelia Jarl Ortega
20.30–21.00, Danscentrum Stockholm

Gunilla Heilborn is a choreographer and film maker based in Stockholm. After studies at the Tamalpa Institute in San Francisco, USA and the program of choreography at the University of Dance in Stockholm 95-98 she has created performances and movies for both adult and children audience. Heilborns’ unique way of combining text, motion, video and images spiced with dry humor, has given her an indisputable position as one of Sweden’s most interesting performance and film artists.

Ofelia Jarl Ortega is a performer and choreographer. Born 1990 and raised in Malmö she is now mainly based in Stockholm after graduating the MA in choreography from DOCH in Stockholm. Ofelia works with different notions of vulnerability and femininity; with the collective as starting point, where necessity is the method and punk, drone and dark are aesthetics.

Samlingen means the collection or the assembly, and is a choreographic project that facilitates a common interest in choreography and feminism intertwined with dance history. We, Amanda Apetrea (SE), Nadja Hjorton (SE), Halla Ólafsdóttir (IS), Stina Nyberg (SE) and Zoë Poluch (CA) initiated Samlingen in Sweden in 2013. In Sweden, Samlingen has collaborated with the Cullberg Ballet, Kulturhuset Stockholm, Post Dance Conference and publication, and internationally participated in Works at Work-festival (DK), Batard festival and publication (BE), and Danske Dansehistorier (Danish Dance Histories, DK). Samlingen is currently working on a tour with the National touring theatre of Sweden that will lead them to four different places in Sweden where they will choreograph durational pieces with local artists.

Säfsten Produktion presents Local Practice in collaboration with Danscentrum Stockholm and MDT. Made possible with support by the Swedish Arts Council, Stockholm Stad and The Swedish Arts Grants Committee.