Linda Blomqvist

Duende

Duende by Linda Blomqvist

Photo: Chrisander Brun.

Mo 13.6.2022, 20:00-21:00, MDT

Tu 14.6.2022, 20:00-21:00, MDT

This performance was cancelled in 2021 (7–9 April) due to the pandemic. We are now pleased to finally be able to present "Duende".

"Duende" is those moments when something out of the ordinary becomes present. A state that is tangible yet tricky to describe, as it exists outside of language. It’s the magic that can occur in an aesthetic experience when everything feels amplified, elevated and fully present in the moment. "Duende" is a place of tension and release. It’s an introspection that expressively moves outwards and oscillates swiftly between dark and light, high and low, soft and hard...

"Duende" affirms the capacity of dance and music to convey emotions and stories. It explores the relation and discrepancy between the singular and the collective, the personal and the political. It’s a collective creation of personal stories, a practice of tapping into emotions and of letting emotions move through and out of oneself–through dance, music and communion.

Linda Blomqvist

Linda Blomqvist, born in Stockholm 1985, is a choreographer and dancer. Her work aims to expand the notion of choreography with a focus on alternative modes of production, process and practice from a speculative viewpoint, taking various forms and expressions. Linda studied dance at The Royal Swedish Ballet School 1995-2004 and at P.A.R.T.S 2008-2010. She’s been working with artists such as Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Mårten Spångberg, Eva Lundqvist and Florentina Holtzinger. Together with Emma Daniel, Anna Gaiotti and Adriano Wilfert Jensen she’s been running the artist platform Indigo Dance. Alongside her artistic work she also practices as a Doula/birth worker.

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Choreography

Music & sound design

Franz Edvard Cedrins

Technician

Co-production

Turnéslingan Tre scener (MDT Stockholm, Atalante Gothenburg and Dansstationen Malmö), Norrlandsoperan, Dansehallerne.

Support

This presentation is made possible thanks to Life Long Burning, Towards a sustainable Eco-System for Contemporary Dance in Europe project (2018-2022) supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

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Life Long BurningCreative Europe Programme