Choreographer Björn Säfsten is based in Stockholm. His work is centered around a curiosity of sign and representation bending and of what arises from transformation of gesture and sound, lately also including text and singing. He build his practice through long-term exploration of specific ideas, often with failure, humour and the details of a movement in focus. His body of work includes over 15 original creations as well as curation of festivals and platforms. Also, a strand of well-developed practices for workshops is continually presented both at home and abroad. Read more at www.bjorn-safsten.com

Anna Efraimsson is the Theater director of MDT Moderna Dansteatern. She has shifted between roles as curator, producer, administrator, teacher and dramaturge. She is senior lecturer in choreography with a focus on curatorial practices, and was the head of department at the Department of Dance at DOCH/Stockholm University of the Arts. Since 2014, she also runs the experimental business The Blob.


Efraimsson is educated at the Department of Cultural Studies at Stockholm University, Études théatrâles at the Sorbonne in Paris and at Icpp, Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance at Wesleyan University in the USA. She has previously worked at The Kitchen, Kulturhuset, Konstnärsnämnden's international dance program, Moss exhibitions, Perfect Performance and more. She has also started the feminist network W.I.S.P. with Sandra Medina, Tove Sahlin and Johanna Skobe.