Sweden

Mixed Doubles

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An evening of four new dance duets with disabled dancers commissioned by Skånes Dansteater, Onassis STEGI, Oriente Occidente and Holland Dance Festival as part of Europe Beyond Access.

A disabled white female performer with blond hair balances on one leg above a man writhing on the floor. A black and white photo of a performance outside.

Mixed doubles at Kalamata Dance Festival

July 16, 2021 Kalamata Dance Megaron, Greece

Danskompaniet Spinn is a professional dance company based in Gothenburg, Sweden. They are passionate about the art of dance and about challenging stereotypes regarding what dance is and can be. It is about different bodies with different functions and new ways of creating and presenting dance art. In their world, everybody is welcome. It is not about how many pirouettes you can do, but what you want to express with the pirouette that you do.

A female dancer with blonde hair using a wheelchair duets with a non-disabled male dancer outside in the sun.

Uncharted

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Photos by David Thibel.

DansFunk: conference on dance and disability

November 20, 2020 Online

Madeleine Månsson

Artist

Madeleine is a dancer and choreographer based at Skånes Dansteater in Malmö, Sweden.

Two dancers with their eyes closed touch one hand in the middle, sensing each other's presence

Film: The Importance of International Collaboration

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An enhanced transcript for visually impaired audiences is available at the bottom of the page.

Countries across Europe – including the UK – make an international commitment to presenting disabled dancers, performers, directors and choreographers on mainstream stages as part of Europe Beyond Access. This project, coordinated by British Council, demonstrates how transnational collaborations offers powerful benefits for artists, venues and the wider public. Disabled artists and industry leaders involved discuss how multi-country partnerships:

Two dancers, one a male wheelchair user the other a female sitting on the floor, are in a large skatepark

Unexpected Bodies in Unexpected Places

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The second Europe Beyond Access laboratory for disabled artists from across Europe, took place in Skånes Dansteater in Malmo, Sweden.

A woman dressed in black with short hair and a dyed blonde fringe sits smiling next to a man wearing a summery white vest

Artist laboratory #2: Unexpected Bodies in Unexpected Places

June 3 – June 7, 2019 Skånes Dansteater, Malmö, Sweden

Skånes Dansteater

Partner

Skånes Dansteater is Sweden’s largest independent dance company. We commission creations performed in our own venue in Malmö, nationally and internationally. In addition to our performances, we run several community projects and organize an annual dance festival.