DancePod with Skånes Dansteater

By DancePod with Skånes Dansteater in collaboration with TanzKongress 2022. ‘Because we’re curious’ is a series of interviews with dancers about curiosity. Is curiosity a simple delight in small discoveries or the incendiary desire for an imagined future? Is it a chain of momentary fascinations or a lifelong and stubborn investigation? We want to learn more about curiosity by digging deeper into w...

By DancePod with Skånes Dansteater in collaboration with TanzKongress 2022. ‘Because we’re curious’ is a series of interviews with dancers about curiosity. Is curiosity a simple delight in small discoveries or the incendiary desire for an imagined future? Is it a chain of momentary fascinations or a lifelong and stubborn investigation? We want to learn more about curiosity by digging deeper into w...

By DancePod with Skånes Dansteater in collaboration with TanzKongress 2022. ‘Because we’re curious’ is a series of interviews with dancers about curiosity. Is curiosity a simple delight in small discoveries or the incendiary desire for an imagined future? Is it a chain of momentary fascinations or a lifelong and stubborn investigation? We want to learn more about curiosity by digging deeper into w...

By DancePod with Skånes Dansteater in collaboration with TanzKongress 2022. ‘Because we’re curious’ is a series of interviews with dancers about curiosity. Is curiosity a simple delight in small discoveries or the incendiary desire for an imagined future? Is it a chain of momentary fascinations or a lifelong and stubborn investigation? We want to learn more about curiosity by digging deeper into w...

By DancePod with Skånes Dansteater in collaboration with TanzKongress 2022. ‘Because we’re curious’ is a series of interviews with dancers about curiosity. Is curiosity a simple delight in small discoveries or the incendiary desire for an imagined future? Is it a chain of momentary fascinations or a lifelong and stubborn investigation? We want to learn more about curiosity by digging deeper into w...

By DancePod with Skånes Dansteater in collaboration with TanzKongress 2022. ‘Because we’re curious’ is a series of interviews with dancers about curiosity. Is curiosity a simple delight in small discoveries or the incendiary desire for an imagined future? Is it a chain of momentary fascinations or a lifelong and stubborn investigation? We want to learn more about curiosity by digging deeper into w...

In his work choreographer Fernando Melo often paints powerful visual images with stage elements and the human body, full of detail and sensitivity. A choreographic approach that demands both leadership and collaboration. Fernando Melo joins DancePod host Kit Brown to talk about many different aspects of a life in performing arts. The conversation spans from what he enjoys in a piece when he is sit...

Carl Knif is a dancer, choreographer, and the artistic director of Carl Knif Company in Helsinki. He visited Dancepod when he was in the later stages of his creation ‘ Vinterresa ‘ , a new solo made for Skånes Dansteater’s dancer Madeleine Månsson.  The episode is divided in two parts. In part 1 we learn more about Carl’s personal relationship to dance. How dance saved him and still helps him to f...

In part 1 choreographer and dancer Carl Knif talked to host Samuel Denton about his personal relationship to dance. In part 2 you get to hear more about ‘ Vinterresa ‘ , Carl’s new solo for Skånes Dansteater’s dancer Madeleine Månsson. You’ll also get to listen to an audio described excerpt of the piece. ‘ Vinterresa’ is an autobiographical work about Madeleine. Carl wants to visualize her inner t...

Chiara Bersani is an ltalian dancer, choreographer, and artist. In this episode she also talks about her work as an activist. Chiara speaks openly about the traumas of Covid, about being a disabled person during the pandemic’s first wave in Italy. She does not only share her anger as a woman and as a disabled person in the current moment, but also her optimism and the possibility of rebuilding new...

Jessica Helbach is a Dutch designer and one of the co-creators behind ‘Out of the Blue’. In this episode Jessica talks about her role as a costume designer and about her process: starting broad then getting down to the details. She also speaks about co-creating the world of ‘Out of the Blue’ with all its historical references, colours and textures, and the language of her collaboration with choreo...

We chat to Tina Tarpgaard about her latest work for Skånes Dansteater, ‘Vår Dag’. Tina is a Danish choreographer and founder of Recoil performance group based in Copenhagen. In this episode, she talks about making the durational dance experience that is ‘Vår Dag’; how we need to value a broader spectrum of dance; and the energy she gets from meeting people and doing dance in different social conte...

Anouk van Dijk is a Dutch choreographer, director and the creator of Countertechnique. In this episode, she talks about the underlying themes in the work ‘Out of the blue’. The performance is a carnival of colour that celebrates the power of the imagination and the resilience to adapt. She explains some of the rationale behind her movement system Countertechnique and emphasises the power of distra...

Roser López Espinosa creates a lively and playful physical universe of refined poetic imagery, intense teamwork, and, very often with a touch of humour. Roser introduces you to her duet 'Fine Lines'.  The work is a danced dialogue between two outstanding women who are constantly challenging and pushing each other. 'Fine Lines' was premiered in the Netherlands in 2020 as part of...

How do you preserve a movement? How do you archive a dance? What do we want to pass on to future generations? Celine Orman works as a dance archivist at Skånes Dansteater and is the project manager for Bevara rörelse (Preserve Movement), a project that raises many intriguing questions about dance. About its past, present och future. About the inherent volatility. Celine introduces you to her work...

Marcos Morau is a choreographer and the artistic director of La Veronal in Barcelona. The hallmarks of his work are a strong visual design and distinctive and technically ambitious movement material.  Macros introduces you to Djurens karneval , The Carnival of the Animals, a performance for all adventurous souls from school age and up set to Camille Saint-Saëns’s classic masterpiece. Hear him talk...

Fabio Liberti, choreographer and dancer, introduces you to his new piece NOOK . An outdoor   production for 7 dancers that will perform in parks around Malmö and Lund.  In NOOK dancing bodies become a building collective. A few weeks before premiering Fabio and host Samuel Denton talk about our ability to adapt to change and our need to create small tribes. Fabio also share his thoughts on the phy...

Madeleine Månsson took a different route than many on her journey towards a professional career as a dancer. A former social worker who found dance as an adult. Madeleine has toured around the world with the highly acclaimed duet Dare to Wreck . Today she is working on a new solo with choreographer Carl Knif called Vinterresa . Madeleine shares how she uses translation in her creative work and tea...

Tanja Mangalanayagam is a quiet force behind the scenes: committed, hardworking and a real advocate for change. As project manager at Skånes Dansteater she designs and leads projects that want to use our art form to bring communities together and give ownership of dance to people who traditionally have been excluded from it.  Tanja and dancer Kit Brown join host Samuel Denton to talk about general...

In part 1 Tanja Mangalanayagam, project manager, Kit Brown, dancer, and host Samuel Denton talked about general ideas about community, participation, engagement and access. In part 2 you get to hear more about dance and disability specifically.  Join us for a conversation about key projects like Europe Beyond Acccess and iDance. The trio explores in greater detail the practice, politics and ideals...

Tilman O’Donnell, choreographer and dancer, introduces you and host Kit Brown to his new work The View From Here . The piece presents us with a community of eight dancers entangled with and defining procedures of change – corporeal, spatial, and temporal. The episode is an in-depth conversation about the inseparable nature of what dancers do in the dance studio and what they eventually perform on...

Mari Carrasco, choreographer and creator of the new work Remind Me I’m Not Dead , and choreographic assistant Stacey Aung join host Kit Brown. The intensely physical work for ten dancers premieres with a live-streamed performance in just a few weeks, in a gallery-like setting with a vast LED screen hanging above the dancers.   An episode about dealing with doubts during creating, about being a lon...

Heidi Vierthaler, freelance choreographer and teacher of the Stream-Flow movement method, is joining Skånes Dansteater and host Samuel Denton. Heidi talks about reaching a point in her career where she both gets to develop her own work, work with other artists in multidisciplinary projects and teach.  Heidi shares her thoughts on getting in tune with your body, section by section, and take yoursel...

Lidia Wos’ choreography is full of fantasy, highlighting obscure perspectives on the body. Lidia and host Samuel Denton think back and discuss the work 'Snapshots of a Crowd's original creation in 2019. You’ll also get to hear a brief excerpt of the piece and join a short rhythmic movement exercise with one of our dancers, Matthew Branham.   Lidia Wos’ work 'Snapshots of a Crowd&apo...

Amy Raymond, freelance choreographer and teacher of classical ballet and improvisation, is joining Skånes Dansteater’s dancers for a week of workshops. Amy and host Samuel Denton talk about observing dancers, decision making and how critical analysis can be a good thing. Amy shares her experiences of iconic choreographer William Forsythe’s improvisation technologies. She has also been studying Jap...