FULL BIOGRAPHY

Education

Teaterverkstan, Stockholm 1978-79

Balettakademiens yrkesförberedande linje 1978-79

Balettakademiens yrkesdansarlinje 1979-82

Dance studies at Merce Cunningham Studio, New York City 1983

Private studies in modern dance and contact improvisation by a.o. 1983-99

Steven Petronio, Julyen Hamilton, Nancy Stark Smith and Karen Levey

 

Dancer in works by

Margareta Åsberg Arsinoe, Pyramiderna , Organon,Downstairs 1982-85 Installation at the Moderna Museet, Dans på Stockholms torg, Aniara (Kungliga Operan)

Susanne Jaresand Om 1985 Alarme 1989

Greta Lindholm Drån 1981-91 ( tours in Sweden, Norway, India and Mexico )

Birgitta Egerbladh Dans för sju damer 1989, Vintermadame 1989, Madam 1990, Wonderland 1993-94. Retro 1999

Efva Lilja Volt 1989

Kenneth Kvarnström Clubb 1989

Claire Parsons Birthday B 1990, Guatemala Remix 1997-98

Dansgruppen Floke Hemma hos ( Norway ) 1992, Flokedanser 1993, Skalla ( Denmark ) 1993, Wolkenstein Mobiliserum ( Italy ) 1993

Bogdan Szyber Birger Jarls fontän 1993

Carina Reich Inlagd teater 1994 The Hidden 1999

Ivan Ossoinak Oaxis ( Holland ) 1993, Voices from a dessert 1995, Nattstycke 1995

Lisbeth Hagerman Intervall 1995

Linda Forsman Menhir 1996

Gunilla Heilborn Tistlar 1996, Lost in space 1996, 400 meter kvar till stranden 1998, Prinsessorna (film) 1998, Salongen 2000

Lotta Gahrton Kulturstafetten 1998

Dorte Olese´n Djävulens Polska ( film ) 1999

Anne Külper Danshotellet 1999, Tolv TIGER 2000

 

Own work

Helikopterkonster 1991

Vindpinad 1991

Biber ( Chicago ) 1995-97

Koreografi för uppstoppad gås 1995

Molloy B 1997

Nedfall 1998

Ä gglossing 1998 Luminous performance 2000

Molloy M 2000

Profylax 2000

E 212 2000

Closed Eye (New York) 2001

Bordsdamen 2001

Homage a´ Hodell 2002

 

Die Audio Gruppe/ Benoit Maubrey

Audio Dance nr.1 (Ystad )+ nr.2 (Monaco) 2000

New Arts And Idees Festival (New Haven) 2001

25th Utah Arts Festival (Salt Lake City) 2001

New Genre Festival IX (Tulsa-Oklahoma) 2001

Phonomaniac - Dock 11 (Berlin) 2001

Seoul Performing Arts Festival (Seoul-Korea) 2001

Klang und Bewegung (Berlin ) 2002

Musée Art and Industrie (Lyon) 2002

 

Collaborations with other choreographers

Gunilla Heillborn On Top 1998, Information till fysiska personer 1999, MATS MATS ANNA 2002

Lotta Engelkes Landet Akasha 1999

Ingo Reuleke Closed Eye 2001

 

Collaborations with Music

AALY Trio Offset ( Swedish tour) 1990-91

Mats Gustafsson, Lars Almkvist, Kjell Nordeson, Nathalie Ruiz, Nathalie Ruiz, Lotta Gahrton Mycel (Stockholm) 1994

Helena Franze'n, Jaap Blonk, Mats Gustafsson Marmartuq (Umeå ) 1996

John Corbett, Terri Kapsalis, Mats Gustafsson Nio or nine ( Chicago ) 1997

Mats Gustafsson Bevllohallat ( Sweden, Germany, Portugal, USA) 1993-02

Thomas Witzman Mobile Hausmusic ( Dortmund ) 1995

Michael Zerang, Fred Lonberg-Holm Lunar Cabaret ( Chicago ) 1997

Maya Homburger, Barry Guy no title ( Chicago ) 1997

Christer Bothen, Katarina Eriksson, Benno Vorham, Subrig Dokter no title ( Helsinki, Tallin ) 1998

Raymond Strid, Barry Guy, Mats Gustafsson no title ( Gävle konsthall ) 1998

GUSH & Helena Franze'n Gushtanz ( tour in Germany ) 1998 ( Sweden ) 1999

William Parker/Patricia Nicholson Project with the Nya Perspektiv-ens no title (Swedish tour) 2000

Sonic Youth (Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Steve Shelley, Lee Ranaldo, Mats Gustafsson and Jim O´Rourke Kulturbro 2000 (Ystad) 2000

Michael Zerang, Terri Kapsalis, Fred Lonberg-Holm Apostrophe S (Chicago. Milwaukee) 2001

Thomas Lehn , Mats Gustafsson Bevllohallat Analogue (Greifswald) 2001

Ingo Reuleke, Mats Gustafsson Closed Eye 2001

SPUNK Fylkingen 2002

Terri Kapsalis At Renaissance society (Chicago) 2002

Paal Nilsen-Love, Thomas Lehn, Mats Gustafsson Yellow Bend (Kongsberg) 2002

Kim Gordon, Jim O´Rourke, Ikue Mori, Kjell Nordeson Kulturbro 2002 (Ystad) 2002

Michael Zerang, Terri Kapsalis, Fred Lonberg-Holm Outer Ear Festival (Chicago) 2002

Fe-mail+Lotta Melin Tours (Västerås, Stockholm, Trondheim, Helsinki)ü 2002

 

Performance Art

Mats Flink, Mats Gustafsson, Leif Elggren Istället för Sobril (Stockholm) 2002, Kontors Aktion (Stockholm) 2002, Leftovers (Stockholm) 2002

 

Theatre projects

As choreographer Backanterna, directed by Mattias La Folie 1994

As dancer and actor Camille , written and directed by Mikaela Granit 1996-97

As dancer and actor Dabloiderna , written by Leonid Tishkov 1998directed by Mikaela Granit

As dancer and actor In och ut i barnbokens värld, written and directed by Marie Öhrn 2000

As dancer and actor Saftsalonger Written by Marie Öhrn 1998-01

 

Educational work

Teaching in Modern Dance and dance improvisation for children, youths and adults since 1982

 

Workshops

 


Seminars