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DANSBYGD
Choreography and movement meet the world of literature
DANSBYGD is a reading-promotion and method-development initiative where choreography and movement meet the world of libraries and literature. The target group is children aged 6–9, and the project is rooted in the children’s right to participation and influence. Within the project, a library-specific choreographic journey is created, where children are invited through movement to explore and take space in the library environment.
The project is run by Biblioteksutveckling Västerbotten in collaboration with Johanssons pelargoner och dans and Dans i Västerbotten.
Participating libraries in 2025 include Åsele, Vindeln, Boliden, Jörn, and Burträsk.
During the project’s first year, the work includes establishing at libraries in Västerbotten, artistic research and creation during residencies at selected libraries, as well as workshops with the target group.
Artistic team KARIN WIKLUND; ANNICA STYRKE & ANNA HAGLUND
In collaboration with BIBLIOTEKSUTVECKLING VÄSTERBOTTEN & DANS I VÄSTERBOTTEN
Supported by THE SWEDISH ARTS COUNCIL
SKAPA/OMSKAPA
Att främja deltagarbaserad scenkonst i skolan
Projektet SKAPA/OMSKAPA syftade till att utveckla den deltagarbaserade scenkonstens förutsättningar att möta publik inom skola. Det är en konstform som många lärare inte är bekanta med, särskilt i områden utanför de större städerna. Den kräver också mer förberedelser än en mer traditionell scenkonstföreställning då eleverna kan behöva få information innan om att/hur de ska delta.
Samtidigt är deltagarbaserad scenkonst en konstform med stor potential. Den kan skapa möten mellan eleverna som deltar tillsammans, ge nya kroppsliga upplevelser eftersom eleverna är med och rör på sig och främja elevernas agens genom att eleverna är aktiva deltagare som är med och skapar/omskapar verket.
Genom ett pilotprojekt med utgångspunkt i vårt deltagarbaserade hörlursverk MEDELGYMPA fördjupade vi oss i hur scenkonstaktörer kan arbeta med kommunikation, paketering, pedagogik och inramning för att skapa bättre förutsättningar för samverkan med skolan. Projektet resulterade i en skrift som sammanfattar de lärdomar vi gjort, för att sprida kunskapen vidare till andra som arbetar med deltagarbaserad scenkonst för barn och unga. Pilotprojektet genomfördes i tre skolor i Västerbotten.
Läs skriften SKAPA/OMSKAPA - Om deltagarbaserad scenkonst i skolan >
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Projektledning ANNICA STYRKE & KARIN WIKLUND
I samarbete med DANS I VÄSTERBOTTEN
Med stöd av KULTURRÅDET
FOLK//BIBLIOTEK
Performing art as a way to make public spaces accessible
FOLK//BIBLIOTEK is a performing arts project in which a site-specific and interactive performance will be created, that takes place in a public library. The audience – children and young people between the ages of 10-15 – will participate in the performance by following instructions in headphones and moving around in the library environment.
The performance invites the audience to a different and innovative way of visiting the library. Instead of going there as a regular visitor, the performance is an opportunity for an artistic exploration of the place.
The performance is created at the City Library in Uppsala in collaboration with Uppsala City Theater, to then be reworked and moved to 10 other public libraries around Sweden.
The project is part of a larger exploration of how performing arts can be used to make important public environments accessible to children and young people.
Project management ANNA HAGLUND, ANNICA STYRKE & KARIN WIKLUND
Coordinator CLARA BANKEFORS
Sound designer ANNA HAGLUND
Choreographers ANNICA STYRKE & KARIN WIKLUND
Playwright GUSTAV TEGBY
Scenographer ERIKA SJÖDIN
With the support of the POST CODE FOUNDATION, SWEDISH ARTS COUNCIL & STOCKHOLM REGION
PLATSVERKSTAN DANS
Portraying people's thoughts, memories and stories
Choreography and concept ANNICA STYRKE, LINNEA SUNDLING & KARIN WIKLUND
Sound design ANNA HAGLUND
Film maker JENNIFER DROTZ RUHN
With the support of HANINGE MUNICIPALITY, STOCKHOLM REGION & STOCKHOLM COUNTY MUSEUM
In collaboration with a filmmaker, we have been commissioned to portray people's thoughts, memories and stories connected to Brandbergen.
The project was carried out as a dance residence between January and March, in collaboration with the dance consultants of Region Stockholm, the County Museum and Haninge municipality.
If you live in Haninge municipality we would be happy if you share your memories and stories in this digital survey>
Movement-based participatory performing arts
Johanssons pelargoner och dans became the first resident at Huddinge Municipality and Södertörn University's stage art residence. In 2021, we were on site at Södertrön University and in Flemingsberg to deepen our work with movement-based participatory performing arts.
The project consisted of:
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Further developing our artistic methods for how the audience can be physically involved in participant-based works, and deepening the theoretical and practical knowledge about movement-based performing arts in which the audience participates.
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Arranging open studios where we invited to a sharing of our process. During these occasions, we have both physically tried and talked about themes related to participant-based performing arts.
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Inviting to a work-in progress view of an upcoming work.
The project was led by ANNA HAGLUND, ANNICA STYRKE & KARIN WIKLUND
With the support of HUDDINGE MUNICIPALITY & SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY
Photographer LINNÉA SUNDLING
For a multilingual performing arts
The project was led by ANNA HAGLUND, ANNICA STYRKE & KARIN WIKLUND
With the support of the GENERAL HERITAGE FUND, STOCKHOLM MUNICIPALITY, SWEDISH ARTS COUNCIL & INSTITUTE FOR LANGUAGE & FOLKLORE
In collaboration with HANINGE MUNICIPALITY, ABF STOCKHOLM & UNGA KLARA
Photographer REBECKA HOLMSTRÖM
THE CHOREOGRAPHY - Interactivity, language and integration was a three-year project with support from the General Heritage Fund carried out between 2018-2020. The aim of the project was to translate THE CHOREOGRAPHY to 10 languages to create a cultural experience where the audience has the opportunity to meet beyond language barriers. It was also and to work with method development in multilingual performing arts.
Subsequently, another project has enabled translations into some of Sweden's official minority languages: Northern Sámi, Southern Sámi, Meänkieli, the Romani variant Arli and Finnish.
In the project we have:
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Translated THE CHOREOGRAPHY into ten languages spoken by newly arrived children and young people, as well as five national minority languages, and thus created a multilingual cultural experience at the intersection between equality, norm creativity and integration.
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Developed methods and knowledge for multilingual and accessible performing arts collected in the book Anthology for a multilingual performing arts (Haglund, Styrke & Wiklund red. 2020).
