Björn Säfsten

This That Unravels

Three people dancing in smoke on dark background

Photo: Märta Thisner

Th 21.4.2022, 20:00-21:00, MDT

Fr 22.4.2022, 20:00-21:00, MDT

Sa 23.4.2022, 20:00-21:00, MDT

Su 24.4.2022, 17:00-18:00, MDT

"This That Unravels" is a meditation on five dancers, after an idea by Björn Säfsten. Here something appears and disappears, is repositioned and shifted. All in an intertwining, a journey where things become visible and take shape, find expression in different situations, and then fade away like a long chain where the end is hidden in the fog. "This That Unravels" creates moments of cacophony and exponential increase, sprung from a common pulse that is shifted between five people.

“Ever since I was a child, I have been fascinated by patterns. Of how varying small components can be joined together in a variety of different ways to create different formations. Of how the components, which make up a pattern, are put in relation to each other and determine the type of chain of logic that will be able to be repeated. Of how such a provision, logic can be repeated indefinitely.

There is no clear start or beginning to a pattern and perhaps it was this feeling of constant continuation that fascinated me? I felt as though, in a pattern, I could get a feeling of eternity. At the same time, I found it enjoyable to trace the logic, understand it and break down the mathematics. When patterns are embodied, they approach being or acting as behaviors. There are a number of risks and also potential for how bodies can be created within collective systems. At the time of writing, there is a hope to be able to both arouse and fool these concepts and twist them towards a kind of hopeful criticism.”
                                                                                                                                                               – Björn Säfsten

Björn has invited five dancers to the process that are all completely new acquaintances – Pär Andersson, Yared Tilahun Cederlund, Daniella Eriksson, BamBam Frost, and Maia Means. The performance is developed in close collaboration with the dancers in the studio during the autumn of 2021 and the spring of 2022.

Björn Säfsten

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

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Choreography

in close collaboration with the dancers

Light Design

Costume Design

Co-production

Säfsten Produktion, MDT and Rum för dans

With support from

Kulturrådet, Stockholms Stad, and Region Stockholm

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