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. Sign up to our newsletter here, follow us on Instagram, or keep an eye on our website to hear more.
Browse all upcoming workshops below, plus explore our archive of previous workshops at MDT. Where possible, you can download supporting materials like reading lists, selected texts and related video/audio content.
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 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".
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.
During their residency at MDT, ICC will host several public events – from workshops and research presentations to ghost choreography and morning dreaming.
During their residency at MDT, STEAM ROOM will host several public events – from performances and DJ sets to morning training.
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.
DarkMarik invites us to a movement workshop, conversations and a movie night.
Vania Vaneau will share some of her research for the solo piece Nebula (2021) which takes place both in natural places and in theaters.
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.
Welcome to join us for KRITIKLABBET: The Listening Criticism experiment
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.
We, Anna & Leandro from QUARTO, warmly welcome you into our room, our practice, our rope in a 4-day long workshop.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
Auditions for professional training in contemporary dance at P.A.R.T.S., Brussels.
Dance workshop at MDT organized by Dansalliansen, where Marie Topp will share parts of her movement practice.
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.
Workshop at MDT with Siegmar Zacharias together with Anna Pehrsson, organized by Dansalliansen.
This workshop offers an introduction to sensation and state-oriented bodywork with Margret Sara Guðjónsdóttir, organized by Dansalliansen at MDT.
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.
MDT hosts pre-selection for the P.A.R.T.S. audition for the Training Cycle 2016-2019.