Workshops
Dabke Dance for Resistance Workshop. Photo: Marine Gastineau
MDT hosts a range of workshops as part of our expanded Off Stage programme.
Occasionally, artists performing in the house open up their processes for the public through workshops and other kinds of activities.
Explore our upcoming workshops below or dive into our archive of past sessions. When available, you can download supporting materials such as reading lists, selected texts, and related video or audio content.
2025
Children's Workshop: City Horses
Free workshop by Byström Källblad during Lustholmen Festival 2025.
MASTERCLASS Alma Söderberg
Class for professional freelance dancers
STHLM DANS: Flamenco Workshop with La Chachi & Lola Dolores
Workshop organised and presented by STHLM DANS festival.
STHLM DANS: Beatbox & Dance Workshop
Workshop organised and presented by STHLM DANS festival.
2023
(CANCELLED) Persona, drag & transformation
MDT is collaborating with an initiative called Back2work, a series of workshops to bring together and develop skills in the performance field after the pandemic. The workshop series is initiated by Josefina Björk, together with Poste Restante. One of the workshops that will take place at MDT is: "Persona, drag & transformation".
DEEP DIVE Workshop and dinner (in collaboration with Southnord)
DEEP DIVE is a community and empowerment workshop by the multidisciplinary artists and siblings Adam and Amina Seid Tahir that delves into the inspiration for their piece "several attempt at braiding my way home".
Ballet for non dancers - AGAIN
This workshop, held by Anna Grip, is aimed at those who have never taken a ballet step in their life but want to acquire a physical relationship with classical ballet.
ICC Residency Activities Schedule 1 - 7 May
During their residency at MDT, ICC will host several public events – from workshops and research presentations to ghost choreography and morning dreaming.
STEAM ROOM Residency Events Schedule 22 - 28 April
During their residency at MDT, STEAM ROOM will host several public events – from performances and DJ sets to morning training.
2022
Lo que baila – That which dances workshop
In this workshop Paz Rojo will share a movement practice centered on Lo que baila – That which dances, a dance that will not be consolidated in anything but will be open to everything, infinitely.
HOW TO BECOME A GONER with DarkMarik
DarkMarik invites us to a movement workshop, conversations and a movie night.
Healing Rituals Creative Crossroads workshop with Vânia Vaneau
Vania Vaneau will share some of her research for the solo piece Nebula (2021) which takes place both in natural places and in theaters.
Conversation and movement workshop for 65+ with Björn Säfsten
I vår prova-på träff får du som vanligtvis sitter i publiken och undrar varför det ser ut som det gör på scenen, under en dag chansen att göra en fysisk djupdykning in i den samtida dansen.
KRITIKLABBET: The Listening Criticism
Welcome to join us for KRITIKLABBET: The Listening Criticism experiment
2021
POSSE x Performance Situation Room feat. Ar Utke Ács at MDT
Choreographer Klara Utke Ács will together with Aus Teja and Tamara Alegre share dance and reading proposals in the form a pop-up POSSE* dance and reading group.
Communal Rope Workshop: Call for Participants!
We, Anna & Leandro from QUARTO, warmly welcome you into our room, our practice, our rope in a 4-day long workshop.
2020
The circulating book project (cancelled event)
The Circulating Book Project is a project-based course at Stockholm University of the Arts in collaboration with MDT, looking at methods of co-authoring, collaboration and long-term forms of artistic exchange within the performance field.
Baba Karam by Konstgruppen Ful
The art group Ful’s upcoming public project with the working title Baba Karam consists of participatory performances in the form of dance parties, which are based on the Iranian dance formBaba Karam and its use of masculine drag.
The Emotional Turing test by Robin Jonsson
Robin Jonsson is testing the first part of the project "The emotional Turing test" for an audience. In the project, he focuses on if, how, and why humans think that a robot feels feelings.
2019
Opening Time Workshop, Performance Situation Room
We would like to attend to the issues of time and temporality in contemporary art, culture, and everyday life by offering an afternoon of curated activities that revolve around the collective slow experience.
Koreografikritikverkstad (KKV) - Choreography Criticism Workshop, Performance Situation Room
KKV is a practical workshop in finding forms for writing and discussing criticism of choreography. It is an anarchic approach and format to the future of what elsewhere is called ”dance criticism”.
P.A.R.T.S. audition
Auditions for professional training in contemporary dance at P.A.R.T.S., Brussels.
2017
Marie Topp Dansalliansen Workshop
Dance workshop at MDT organized by Dansalliansen, where Marie Topp will share parts of her movement practice.
Koreografikritikverkstad (KKV) - Choreography Critic Workshop 2017
In this year's KKV we continue to experiment with creating a new criticism and invite the participants to attend four performances and text meetings.
Siegmar Zacharias & Anna Pehrsson Dansalliansen Workshop
Workshop at MDT with Siegmar Zacharias together with Anna Pehrsson, organized by Dansalliansen.
2016
Margret Sara Guðjónsdóttir Dansalliansen workshop
This workshop offers an introduction to sensation and state-oriented bodywork with Margret Sara Guðjónsdóttir, organized by Dansalliansen at MDT.
Gisèle Vienne & Anja Röttgerkamp Dansalliansen masterclass
A workshop with Gisèle Vienne and Anja Röttgerkamp that will provide an opportunity to approach the repertoire of the choreographer and director, and discover her work from the materials that will be the basis of her new creation for ten dancers.
P.A.R.T.S. audition
MDT hosts pre-selection for the P.A.R.T.S. audition for the Training Cycle 2016-2019.