• +Corduroy

    • Premiere: 2010
    • City: Stockholm, Sweden

    Info:

    The piece is co-produced with Dansenshus and Norrlandsoperan dance in Umeå. The research will be based on the working methods developed in the project Compact conversation. This piece is doing so by looking in to Symmetry, it´s politics, agenda and visual aspects. A piece for the big stage and 12 dancers.

    Credits:

    • ChoreographyBjörn Säfsten
    • DanceAnja Arnquist, Sophie Augot, Allison Ahl, Madeleine Lindh, Linda Blomkvist and the student at DOCH Angeliki Kourtopoulos, Tara Motazed Kivani Sara Sellberg, Per Sundberg, Erika Thalinsson Ranhagen and Cicilia Östholm
    • MusicVictor Saiz
    • Light designSuToDa Susanna Hedin

    Founded/Suported by:

    Kulturrådet, Konstnärsnämnden, Stockholmstad, Dansenshus Stockholm, Norrlandsoperan, Danscentrum, ccap
  • +Compact conversations

    • Premiere: 2009
    • City: Oslo, Norway

    Info:

    The piece was made as a co-production together with the House of Dance Oslo, Moderna dance theater in Stockholm. The artist had one mounth in Stockholm to research a new method called Domestic gestures. The piece was later build around the meeting and coalision between this method and the earlier methods created by the team of artist. Bouth methods aims to analyse the lingvistics in within the discourse of contemporary dance.

    Credits:

    • ChoreographyBjörn Säfsten
    • DanceAnja Arnquist, Sophie Augot, Madeleine Lindh
    • MusicVictor Saiz
    • Video and set designJoanna Zawieja, Jesús Franch
    • Light designJan Pettersson
    • PhotographerNicklas Dennermalm
    • Graphic designJonas Ahlgren

    Tour:

    • Zagreb, Kroatia - 2009
    • Stockholm, Sweden - 2009

    Video Credits:

    Klara Berggren

    Founded/Suported by:

    Kulturrådet, Konstnärsnämnden, Stockholm stad, Jardin d´Europe, Cullberg baletten, Moderna dansteatern Stockholm, Dansenshus Oslo, Norrlandsoperan dans
  • +Cuatro Estaciones

    • Premiere: 2008
    • City: Stockholm, Sweden

    Info:

    The piece was created at the House of Dance in Stockholm Sweden 2008. Thanks to the price of the competition Koreograf 2007 the piece was made as the Dance network Sweden residency.
    The piece is a fullevening piece made of the same artist that made In trembling space with the addition of two new dancers. The main aim in the research was to look in to the point of deconstruction created with in the methods that the artists has developed the last years. Through examine that find new ways of questioning their own method and discours.

    Credits:

    • ChoreographyBjörn Säfsten
    • DanceAllison Ahl, Anja Arnquist, Sophie Augot, Peter Jansson
    • MusicVictor Saiz
    • Video and set designJoanna Zawieja, Jesús Franch
    • Light designJan Pettersson
    • Costume designSpastor
    • TechnicianAnton Sjöstrand
    • PhotographerNicklas Dennermalm
    • Graphic designJonas Ahlgren

    Tour:

    • Malmö, Sweden - 2008
    • Varberg, Sweden - 2008
    • Gävle, Sweden - 2008
    • Jönköping, Sweden - 2008
    • Linköping, Sweden - 2008
    • Västerås, Sweden - 2008
    • Sundsvall, Sweden - 2008
    • Umeå , Sweden - 2008
    • Göteborg, Sweden - 2008
    • Vasa, Finland - 2008

    Video Credits:

    Klara Berggren

    Founded/Suported by:

    Kulturrådet, Västerbottens läns landsting, Dansnät Sverige, Danscentrum Stockholm, Dansenshus Stockholm, Norrlandsoperan dans
  • +In Trembling Space

    • Premiere: 2008
    • City: Stockholm, Sweden

    Info:

    The piece was created at the House of Dance in Stockholm Sweden 2007. The director Kenneth Kvarnström founded a choregraphic competition inviting four young choregraphers to make a 15 min piece. An international jury selected Bjön Säfsten as the winner of the competition and he was rewarded a residence at Dansens Hus for the making of a new piece and a tour provided by Dance network Sweden. The piece has aswell been shown in Vasa Finland.

    Credits:

    • ChoreographyBjörn Säfsten
    • DanceAnja Arnquist, Sophie Augot
    • MusicVictor Saiz
    • Video designJoanna Zawieja
    • Costume designSpastor
    • ProducerJesús Franch

    Tour:

    • Vasa, Finland - 2007

    Founded/Suported by:

    The House of dance Stockholm
  • +Master Minds

    • Premiere: 2008
    • City: Umeå, Sweden

    Info:

    The production was initiated by Anja Arnquist in co-operation with Norrlandsoperan and developed through an investigation project in 2007. During one and a half month Björn and Anja developed the project that in spring 2008 became a stage pruduction. Master Minds is an interactive piece for kids between 10 to 13 year old. The aim is to let the kids act as choreographers. During one hour and through choreographing together with professional dancers the students get an insight in contemporary dance and the working field of the choreographer and the dancers.

    Credits:

    • Idea/conceptAnja Arnquist
    • ChoreographyBjörn Säfsten
    • DanceAnja Arnquist, Sophie Augot, Peter Jansson
    • ProductionNorrlandsoperan

    Tour:

    • Skellefteå, Sweden - 2008
    • Storuman, Sweden - 2008
    • Tärnaby, Sweden - 2008
    • Malå, Sweden - 2008
    • Göteborg, Sweden - 2008
    • Stockholm, Sweden - 2009
    • Tjörn, Sweden - 2009
    • Kalmar, Sweden - 2009
    • Borgholm, Sweden - 2009

    Founded/Suported by:

    Norrlandsoperan
  • +I say tomato and you dont even talk about vegetables

    • Premiere: 2006
    • City: Vasa, Finland

    Info:

    The piece was created in co-operation with the production company Watt in Vasa Finland and had its premiere 2006. Since that it has been shown in Hammerfest Norway, Rovaniemi, Oulo and Kristine Stad Finland. The piece was made for schools and students in the age between 13 – 19.
    Trough out the tour the artist offers workshops to the audience and dance schools in the cities that they toured to.

    Credits:

    • ChoreographyBjörn Säfsten
    • DanceAnja Arnquist, Sophie Augot, Jussi Hanhirova
    • ScenographyJesús Franch
    • MusicVictor Saiz
    • Graphic designJonas Ahlgren
    • ProducerMia Wiik

    Tour:

    • Hammerfest, Norway - 2007
    • Rovaniemi, Finland - 2007
    • Oulu, Finland - 2007
    • Kristinestad , Finland - 2007

    Founded/Suported by:

    Swedish arts council Finland, Kvarkenrådet, Swedish Art Grants Committee and Nordscen.
  • +The adaptation

    • Premiere: 2006
    • City: Madrid, Spain

    Info:

    The adaptation was created in residence at the Aula de danza Estrella casero in Alcala de Henares Spain and had its première 2006. Since then it has been shown in Umeå Sweden (Umeå dansar med fler), Hammerfest Norway, Madrid La casa Encendida 2007 and at the dancebiennial in Umeå Sweden 2008. The project was selected for the making of a book treating the process, this project is named Documentos de danza and the book was published in 2007.

    Credits:

    • ChoreographyBjörn Säfsten
    • DanceAnja Arnquist, Sophie Augot
    • ScenographyJesús Franch
    • MusicVictor Saiz
    • VideoAlejo Maside
    • Graphic designJonas Ahlgren

    Tour:

    • Umeå , Sweden - 2006
    • Hammerfest, Norway - 2007
    • Madrid, Spain - 2007
    • Dancebiennial, Sweden - 2008

    Founded/Suported by:

    Aula de danza, La casa Encendida, Swedish Art Grants Committee and the Swedish Embassy Spain

Work

In this section you can find a selection of my work as a choreographer.
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