modul-dance

an artist’s-eye view

STOCKHOLM

Modul-dance is a multi-annual cooperation project with the participation of 20 European dancehouses

from 16 countries.  

One of the project’s key elements is the promotion of mobility, so that artists receiving its support follow itineraries across

Europe to develop their creative work and present it to different audiences.

 Each of the guides in this collection shows a city from

the viewpoint of a local artist, who proposes his or her own particular route to artists in transit, seeking to put them in connection with their host city. While these city routes

share some basic features, each one is different and in their differences lies a wealth of gazes, aesthetics, approximations to the local and much more. In a word, they form a mirror of

the diversity that modul-dance has always fostered.  

The Stockholm city guide has been possible thanks to the curatorial work of Dansens Hus, a partner

in the modul-dance project.

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Jefta van Dinther presents Stockholm

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Jefta van Dinther

Jefta van Dinther (SE/DE) is a choreographer and dancer working between Stockholm and Berlin. He grew up in Sweden and then moved to The Netherlands. He graduated from the Amsterdam School of the Arts (MTD) in 2003. His work is characterized by a rigorous physical approach and always implies a staged research of movement itself. The moving body is centrefold in his work but belongs to and interacts with a body of light, sound and materials that constitute an environment of perception and sensation. The dancers work and dance their way through various environments: their processes exhibited live on stage become performances. Jefta’s works deal with illusion, the visible and the invisible, synaesthesia, darkness and light, labour, the uncanny, affect, voice and image. He often plays with different presentation formats, ranging from traditional set-ups to installation-like settings, and from smaller-scale intimate performances to large-scale productions. As It Empties Out (2014), Plateau Effect (a commission for the Cullberg Ballet in 2013), THIS IS CONCRETE (2012) and also the earlier GRIND (2011) are currently on tour. His other works include The Blanket Dance (2011), Kneeding (2010), The Way Things Go (2009) and IT’S IN THE AIR (2008). His forthcoming show, with the working title EXTENSIONS, will be premiered in January 2016. From 2012 to 2014 he was artistic co-director (with Frederic Gies) of the MA in Choreography programme at the University of Dance and Circus in Stockholm. In 2012 he was selected by the modul-dance project to develop As It Empties Out.

jeftavandinther.com

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A small but essential sample of Swedish identitiesRestaurant TennstopetDalagatan 50

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04 Out of rangeMillesgården

out of rangeDone!

05horsesDetailAll the statues of horses…

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Trendy (3 in 1)Great coffee places: Caffé NeroRoslagsgatan 4 or Sosta Sveavägen 84

MellkwistHornsgatan 78 or Rörstrandsgatan 4

Il caffèDrottninggatan 85 or Södermannagatan 23

Drop CoffeeWollmar Yxkullsgatan 10 – the list is endless

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A scenic alibi of StockholmPrins Eugens Waldemarsudde

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07Swedish meatballsTraditionTulegatan 10

meatballsDone!

08 A strange placeNo place is strange in Stockholm. The moment it is called strange it is immediately hyped and exploited. Hmm, actually, the new part of Torsgatan near the central station is really strange, but not in a good way, so don’t go there

strangeDone!

Something for freeNothing is for free (maybe the museums if we get a new left-wing government in autumn 2014)

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spendTrendy (3 in 1)Great coffee places: Caffé NeroRoslagsgatan 4 or Sosta Sveavägen 84

MellkwistHornsgatan 78 or Rörstrandsgatan 4

Il caffèDrottninggatan 85 or Södermannagatan 23

Drop CoffeeWollmar Yxkullsgatan 10 – the list is endless

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A place where you can find meArlanda airport

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09A restaurant with no starsThe new sushi place on the corner of St Eriksplan/Torsgatan

restaurant Done!

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12 One place I personally recommendThe archipelago of Stockholm for day trips, weekends, weeks

recommendationDone!

13A panoramic viewIvar Los park on Södermalm

panoramic viewDone!

14A secretMushroom hunting forests just 45 min from the centerGo to Akalla, take the bus and get off at Hästa Gård. Walk into the nearest forest and voila

secretDone!

11 ShowcasingContinuous fashion show on Götgatspuckeln street: morning, noon and night

fashionDone!

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A souvenirThe summer/garden game: kubb

An open marketThere is only one and I do not recommend it (Hötorget). But on Saturdays during the autumn you can buy mushrooms there for a heavily reduced price, just before closing

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Check out the Google maps version:goo.gl/maps/Fbwwj

17Something not to be missedA walk on one of the green city islands: Djurgården or Långholmen

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Gunilla Heilborn presents Stockholm

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Gunilla Heilborn

Gunilla Heilborn is a choreographer and filmmaker based in Stockholm. After studying under Anna Halprin in San Francisco, and following film studies and the choreography programme at the University of Dance in Stockholm, she set about creating performances and movies that have toured the world. Her artistic trademark is a headstrong mix of dance, text and projected images, always presented in a melancholic low-key style. With cinematic timing and dry humour, she shows us the extraordinary by presenting the ordinary. A red thread throughout her work is the individual in the collective, a vague alienation in the modern world, our struggle to try and live our lives and the human tenderness we find in imperfection. Heilborns works include, among others, Gorkij Park 2, This is not a love story, The Five Year Plan, Potato Country and Alaska created for the Göteborg Ballet. Her films include The Lodge, This is Alaska and What you do. In 2010 she was selected by the modul-dance project to develop the piece The Academy that premiered in Stockholm in 2012. Her productions are supported by the Swedish Arts Council, the Culture Committee of Stockholm and the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.

gunillaheilborn.se

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Out of rangeRosenhill. A hippie style half outdoor restaurant and café way out at Ekerö. Best reached by car

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DetailIn Björns Trädgård in the children’s playground there are some small bear statues you can sit on which are warm! They are heated in some way. Very good in the winterMedborgarplatsen

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02Trendy (3 in 1)Just go to Södermalm! It’s said to be the second most hip place to be in a European city (I can’t remember the first). You’ll find guys with big beards, good coffee and small shops. It is also where I live

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A small but essential sample of Swedish identitiesSkansen outdoor museum. When I was a child I loved looking at the animals. Now I like looking at old Swedish houses...

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100% SwedishDone!

A scenic alibi of StockholmWalk across Västerbron

Or have a drink at Södra Teaterns bar Mosebacke Torg 1

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07Swedish meatballsHmm, I think I make the best, with feta cheese inside. Contact me: gunillaheilborn.se

meatballsDone!

08A strange placeThere’s not much left in Stockholm that has not been revamped, so I can’t think of any strange places. Of course, it depends on what you mean by strange, but some places have benches right next to a major noisy street, which always makes me wonder: how did anyone think THAT would work?

strangeDone!

09A restaurant with no starsA very bad pizza place at Mosebacke Torg. If it’s warm you can sit outside and that can be nice

restaurantDone!

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A place where you can find meHa ha... KAFFE. Every morning from around 8:30. See you there (they only take cash)St Paulsgatan 17

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Something for freeWalking by the water. For example around the island Långholmen

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12One place I personally recommendMy way of being in the city is basically to take walks or sit at coffee shops. Already mentioned one. If it’s summer and warm the outdoor café at Mosebacke Torg is also really great. Or walk all the way to the tip of Djurgården and there you can sit in a lovely garden and watch the boats

recommendation13A panoramic viewDefinitely, looking down at the city from Fjällgatan. It is beautiful even though EVERY tourist bus stops here.

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14A secretKonstnärsbaren is a secret even for me because I always forget that the bar exists and every time I remember it makes me very happy and I tell myself to go there all the timeSmålandsgatan 7

Oh, there is also a very cute, small French style restaurant in Gamla Stan named PastisBaggensgatan 12

secretDone!

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11 ShowcasingMagasin 3. An art gallery with great exhibitions and a small library where you can sit and browse through art booksSituated in the only harbour still operating in Stockholm

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15An open marketThe super gentrified but also great farmers market at Skånegatan on Saturdays. Ecological and expensive…

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17Something not to be missedTake a boat out to the archipelago and go as far out as you can

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A souvenirAccording to my new Austrian friend Theresa, you should all buy lots of smågodis; they are pick’n’mix sweets you put in a bag, available at all food shops

sweetsDone!

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Check out the Google maps version:goo.gl/maps/YiEuc

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Helena Franzén

Helena Franzén was educated at Balettakademin in Stockholm and at the Institute of Choreography at Danshögskolan (University of Dance and Circus) in Stockholm. Over the years she has choreographed more than 70 pieces. Helena has been commissioned to create works for The Göteborg Ballet, Skånes Dansteater, Norrdans, DDT Company, Copenhagen Royal Opera, the Edge Company in London, among others. She also gives classes on technique and repertoire in Sweden and abroad. In her work, Helena Franzén focuses on the dancing, musical body. Anatomical structures, dynamic progression and physical functions are recurrent themes in her artistic pursuits. Over the years, she has developed a personal movement vocabulary, charged with intricate, physical challenges and explosiveness - a special poetry of the articulated body. All of her dancers contribute with their individual integrity of motion and a strong and intense presence. In her most recent productions, she has developed a close collaboration with musicians performing live. In 2007 Helena Franzén obtained a 10-year grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee. She is also supported on long-term basis by the Swedish Arts Council. In 2011 she was selected for the modul-dance project to develop the piece Slipping through My Fingers.

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Out of rangeWhere is the beach in the city... But just sitting in Kungsträdgården with a view of the water is a good alternative

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escalators

DetailWe stand on the right side of the escalator when not walking and this is very serious

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02Trendy (3 in 1)KaffebarSt. Paulsgatan 17

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A small but essential sample of Swedish identitiesThe belief of Sweden being so clean and that we all love to be out in the nature - and most of it is true :)

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A scenic alibi of StockholmHmm... an alibi for me is probably at the Skeppsholmsbron

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2107Swedish meatballsI don’t know because I don’t eat them, but falafel is a good alternative when you are a vegetarian and you can find it at Folkets Kebab Folkungagatan 63

meatballsDone!

08A strange placeIs Sergel Torg (square) in the middle of Stockholm but it’s a place you just passing. I don’t know what you do there…. Beautiful black and white pattern of the floor though

strange Done!

09A restaurant with no starsFang Yuan Shi WuSödermannagatan 37

And the café MellqvistHornsgatan 78

restaurantDone!

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Trendy (3 in 1)KaffebarSt. Paulsgatan 17

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A place where you can find meIn my studio where I’m rehearsing - SkeppsholmsstudionSlupskjulsgatan 34

And at Gateau caféÅlstensgatan 26

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Something for freeOur fantastic water: drinking water, and also the water we swim in everywhere

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12One place I personally recommendThe park café in my ‘hoodVästerled 4. Äppelviken

recommendationDone!

13 A panoramic viewThe Modern Museum restaurant. Great views and delicious foodExercisplan 4

panoramic view Done!

14 A secretBiking in the city is the best way ever to discover Stockholm

And another one: Skeppsholmen is a great place to walk around when you are tired of the city but not willing to go home

secretDone!

11 ShowcasingCome to my studio at Skeppsholmen and I’ll share something with you

dance Done!

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15An open marketHötorget

marketDone!

17Something not to be missedCinnamon bun/Kanelbullen at the café VurmaPolhemsgatan 15

don’t missDone!

A souvenirAn amulet from the Mediterranian MuseumFredsgatan 2

amuletDone!

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Check out the Google maps version:goo.gl/maps/IZcCz

ShowcasingCome to my studio at Skeppsholmen and I’ll share something with you

COLLECTION

Athens (GR)

Barcelona (ES)

Bassano del Grappa (IT)

Dresden (DE)

London (GB)

Paris (FR)

Poznań (PL)

Stockholm (SE)

Toulouse (FR)

Vienna (AT)

MODUL-DANCE PROJECT MANAGEMENTMercat de les Flors

Coordination of the guide at Dansens Hus Stockholm:Eva Broberg

Printed in 2014

MODUL-DANCE PARTNERSadc Genève CH (associated partner) - Art Stations Foundation Poznań PL - CDC Toulouse FR - CND Paris FR - Centro per la Scena Contemporanea Bassano del Grappa IT - Dance Gate Lefkosia Cyprus CY - Dance Ireland Dublin IE - Dansens Hus Stockholm SE - Dansehallerne Copenhagen DK - DeVIR/CAPa Faro PT - DDRC Athens GR - HELLERAU-Europäisches Zentrum der Künste Dresden DE - Kino Šiška Ljubljana SI - Maison de la Danse Lyon FR - Mercat de les Flors Barcelona ES - Plesna Izba Maribor SI - Danshuis Station Zuid Tilburg NL - Tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf DE - Tanzquartier Wien AT - The Place London GB

Project leaderFrancesc Casadesús

Project assistantMara Maso

Project advisorUlrike Kuner

Communication managerSílvia González

Project managerAmélie Louys

Lleida, 59 ES Barcelona · 08004 Tel. + 34 932 562 600 modul-dance.eu

modul-danceStockholm, an artist’s-eye view

This work programme has been funded with the support of the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be hold

responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.