Konstmusiksystrars 10-årsjubileum

Tusen Tungor

Ellen Söderhult

TUSEN TUNGOR + DUNKA DUNKA

Dunka dunka bild

Photo: Tove Dreiman

Welcome to a mingle + introduction 4/5 kl.17:00 at MDT - Slupskjulsvägen 30.

Su 4.5.2025, 18:30-20:00, Eric Ericsonhallen, Kyrkslingan 2-4

Guest performance at Eric Ericsonhallen with Konstmusiksystrar, DUNKA DUNKA + TUSEN TUNGOR

Konstmusiksystrar celebrates 10 years with a performance for all senses in co-arrangement with MDT at Eric Ericsonhallen with newly written music by Adele Kosman, Brenda El Rayes, Marta Forsberg, Linnea Landström and Lo Kristenson. The performance is a new version of the choreographic work DUNKA DUNKA by choreographer Ellen Söderhult, developed together with the choir Tusen Tungor. The result is a moment of rest, a concert, a dance performance - all at once.

DUNKA DUNKA + TUSEN TUNGOR is a forest of colliding textures and emotions performed by a choir, dancers, musicians and a DJ. The performance is a meeting between DJ sets and newly written art music, a punk prog outburst, asmr landscapes and a slowly melting dance concert.

The performance will feature premieres of works by Konstmusiksystrar members Adele Kosman and Brenda El Rayes, who also sing in the choir. In addition, the choir's conductor and the founder of Konstmusiksystrar will contribute with works specially written and arranged for this occasion.

DUNKA DUNKA + TUSEN TUNGOR is a work with a lying area. The first part takes place in the dark, with the back and ears as the main contact surfaces with what is going on. Feel free to bring a mat or another soft object to lie on.

SCHEDULE

17.00 - Mingle and introduction at MDT, Slupskjulsvägen 30.
Before the performance, everyone is welcome to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Konstmusiksystrar with a mingle and conversation with the composers whose music will be performed. The mingle is open to all and does not require a ticket.

18.30 - The performance starts in the Eric Ericson Hall, Kyrkslingan 2-4. The duration of the performance is approximately 90 minutes without intermission.

Konstmusiksystrars 10-årsjubileum

Konstmusiksystrar is an association for composers and sound artists who define themselves as women and transgender. It was founded in 2014 by Lo Kristenson and Marta Forsberg, who were studying composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Today, Konstmusiksystrar has 270 composers associated with it, all of whom are represented on the organisation's website.

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Tusen Tungor

Tusen Tungor is a treble choir based in Stockholm, consisting of 30 choristers between 23 and 41 years old under the direction of Linnea Landström, conductor and artistic director. The choir moves between contemporary art music, 4th century prayers and folk music with a constant curiosity for expression and sound formation. The choir took shape in the spring of 2024 based on an observed need - to gather experienced vocalists who are not necessarily classically trained or can read music, but who want to make music with like-minded people in a permissive climate with a high level of ambition. Thanks to the choristers' different musical backgrounds, an interesting sound is created and a fine sensitivity to choir as an art form.


Since the start, the choir has had sold-out concerts at Teater Tribunalen, Hägerstensåsens Medborgarhus and Marabouparkens Konsthall. In September 2024, they participated in the acclaimed performance Stockholm City Blues with the work “Lower my rent and love me forever”, with lyrics by Lina Rydén Reynols and music by Linnea Landström.

In the spring of 2025, Tusen Tungor performs in the Eric Ericson hall together with Konstmusiksystrar and Moderna Dansteatern, where “DUNKA DUNKA” by choreographer Ellen Söderhulth and newly written choral music are tied together in a melting dance concert.

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Ellen Söderhult

Ellen Söderhult is a dancer and choreographer based in Stockholm. Her choreographic works have often taken on the collective as protagonist (Rudy, Shane et al, How to do things with Romance: a prologue, DUNKA DUNKA), but also explored monstrous emotions and textures in sweet-bitter love (GROV) and the ghostly in the relationship between dancer and dance (Spökdanser, Blessika).

With a background in choral singing and sports, she often works with voice, enveloping soundscapes and big leaps. Ellen has worked with choreographers such as Iki Gonzalez Magnusson, Sorour Darabi, Anna Källblad, Nikima Jagudajev, Sindri Runudde, Nadja Hjorton, Marvil Iglesias and Catarina Zarazua Mujo, and as a musician with composer Hara Alonso. Ellen is educated at Bollnäs Folk High School's music line and on the bachelor's programmes in contemporary dance and circus at DOCH / Stockholm University of the Arts.

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Composers

Adele Kosman, Brenda El Rayes, Marta Forsberg, Lo Kristenson, Linnea Landström

Choir

Tusen Tungor

Choir's artistic director and composer

Linnea Landström

Curator

Anna Jakobsson/Konstmusiksystrar

Concept and choreography

DJ sets and asmr environment

Daniel Iinatti

Dance, wrestling, singing

Iki Gonzalez Magnusson, Lisen Ellard, Nathalie Wiberg, Lisen Pousette and Ellen Söderhult

Scenography and costume design

Lighting design

Flute, composition and performance

Julie Deák

Band

Bea Macintosh (bass, vocals), Arvid Hurd (guitar, vocals), Lisen Pousette (drums), Ellen Söderhult (guitar, vocals)

A collaboration between

MDT Moderna Dansteatern, Konstmusiksystrar, and EIC Eric Ericson International Choral Center

Thanks to

Emelie Empo Enlund, Emil Ertl, Ada Westerlund, Adolfo Suzano and Sepideh Khodarahmi who contributed to the creation of DUNKA DUNKA

Administration

Anställningskooperativet Interim kultur

Support

Region Stockholm, Stockholm City, Public Agency Sweden, Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse, Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare, Stim Forward Fund, Konstnärsnämnden/Uferstudios, Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus, Weld, Teatermaskinen/Västmanlandsmusiken, Köttinspektionen Dans, Danseatelier, Heizhaus, SITE, Guma Ranch and DansPlats Skog

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