DancePod with Skånes Dansteater

Kit Brown talks to Swedish choreographer and dancer Sindri Runudde about the new work “A sensoral lecture”. A solo performance that deals with dating scenarios, auditory romance and love at first frequency. The episode is divided in two parts. In part 1 you’ll hear Sindri and Kit discuss the new work, its themes and the process of making it. Part 2 invites you to experience Sindri’s world. The gue...

In part 1 Sindri Runudde, dancer and choreographer, and host Kit Brown talked about the new work “A sensoral lecture”. Part 2 gives you a taste of what the audience get to experience in Sindri’s interactive world. You get to hear an audio described extract of “A sensoral lecture” and a series of short guided somatic practices from the piece. Get ready to get involved and try something new with us!...

Kit Brown and guest Toby Fitzgibbons dive deeper into the theme of choreographer Tero Saarinen’s new work Transit and talk about dance in relation to sustainability. Toby is a dance artist who alongside his artistic work a master’s student in environmental studies.    Join Kit and Toby for an hour about the big questions. How can dance be related to climate change?  Can art provoke change? Is what...

Tuomas Norvio is a sound designer and electronic artist. He is the next DancePod guest from the artistic team that choreographer Tero Saarinen has brought together to create "Transit". A work that highlights humanity’s impact on our vulnerable ecosystem and combines Tuomas Norvio’s electronic soundscapes with Sebastian Fagerlund’s live orchestral music.  Hear Tuomas’ thoughts on composin...

Award-winning lighting designer Minna Tiikkainen has made a significant international career in performing arts in Europe. Minna is one of the exciting artists that choreographer Tero Saarinen has brought together to create “Transit” and collectively address one of the most crucial issues of our time. You get to hear a description of a duet, fresh from "Transit" rehearsals. You also meet...

Get to know Tero Saarinen, internationally acclaimed choreographer and creator of Transit, this fall’s big dance performance with Skånes Dansteater, played at Malmö Opera. Tero shares his thoughts on his new work and on the process in the dance studio.  Transit is an ambitious, multidisciplinary work with 19 dancers exploring the contemporary crisis of mass extinction and the world’s alarming loss...

A throwback to last year’s highly acclaimed performance Mozart’s Requiem, a collaboration between Skånes Dansteater and Malmö Opera. A work that swept the audience through darkness, joy, sorrow and gratitude. Dancers Samuel Denton, Anette Jellne and Emma Välimäki talk about working with Örjan Andersson, one of Sweden’s most renowned choreographers, and share their experience of dancing side by sid...

This episode explores some of the pathways that today’s young dance artists take into the profession. We focus on the transition that dance students make in becoming professional artists, and the role a dance company like Skånes Dansteater plays in supporting and nurturing young talent through the dance apprenticeship scheme. Line Branchereau and Ischa Statie reflect on their apprentice year in Ma...

An episode about SWOP Dance Club. A club where young asylum seekers and young people living in Skåne, with all kinds of cultural backgrounds and cultural traditions, meet to create things together through dance. Atoosa Farahmand, Dina Matskevich and Mostafa Jalali Farahani share their SWOP experiences and talks to Kit Brown about the power of dancing together.  You’ll also get to listen to a brief...

An episode about Dayglow, a performance created in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, and our desire as a company to continue sharing dance with our audience in a safe and novel way. Samuel Denton, Kit Brown, Marion Rastouil and Jing Yi Wang talk about the challenges and opportunities of creating pieces that can be performed and shared at a social distance. You’ll also be hearing a brief exc...

Dancers Kit Brown and Sarah Bellugi-Klima explore the magical universe of Djurens karneval (Carnival of the Animals). Created by Spanish choreographer Marcos Morau to the tones of Camille Saint-Saëns’s classic masterpiece ‘Le carnaval des animaux’. Sarah shares her experience with working with Marcos and his team’s spectacular visual design and distinctive and technically ambitious movement materi...

Dancers Kit Brown and Samuel Denton share their reflections on Second Landscape, a new work by choreographer Marina Mascarell. You get insight into the production, learn some secrets from behind the scenes and even get to listen to a brief excerpt from the performance. Also join dancer Laura Lohi in her ten minutes guided movement exploration. Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton Music: Yamila Ríos J...