Within Practice is a festival for contemporary dance practices. In 2022 Within Practice will be in conjunction with the final week of MDTs summer festival Lustholmen. Teaming up with Anrikningsverket, we will also present a number of concerts. So, come, take part, share, listen, watch and indulge yourself in the core of dance-making, and experience the practices themselves.
This year’s festival will open up to include even more formats: a series of artist conversations, contemplative concerts, and performances, as well as a festival finale party – a celebratory bang! As in previous editions of the festival, you will find a rich program of workshops, practice presentations, and sharing sessions with a fantastic line-up of artists, including Bambam Frost, Liz Kinoshita, Samlingen, Alma Söderberg, Tiran Willemse, Andros Zins-Browne among others.
The festival focuses on practice and practices from the perspective of the practitioner. The concept of practice(s) is widely-used within dance and choreography today; some would even say it is overused. However, the idea of practice can provide an opportunity to move beyond the projectification of the art and instead insist on other long-term approaches. Practice can offer a way of generating choreography and movement – to train/repeat (to practice). At Within Practice, we aim to emphasize the inherently experimental and insistent qualities of practices, offer a space for practicing, discussions, and artist presentations and continue to build community among practitioners in resonance with discussions on what contemporary practices can be today.
Welcome!
- Initiator and concept, Björn Säfsten, Säfsten Produktion
- Curation, Björn Säfsten, Säfsten Produktion and Anna Efraimsson, Theater director MDT
- Curation concert programme, Johan Östman, Anrikningsverket
- Production, Vilma Sohlberg, Björn Säfsten & Magnus Nordberg/Nordberg Movement in collaboration with the team at MDT.
- Partners, SKH and Anrikningverket
Within Practice 2022 is a collaboration between Säfsten Produktion and MDT in collaboration with SKH and Anrikningsverket. Säfsten Produktion is supported by the Swedish Arts Council and Stockholms Stad.