“Tonight is Miss Julie crazy again, absolutely crazy!” The opening line said by the servant Jean in August Strindberg’s classic work Miss Julie, has inspired the choreographer Jeanette Langert to work with Jean as a starting point in her project Jean.
Jean is the first work created within Dansnät Sverige’s new national co-production model and will do an eleven week tour in Sweden this autumn. Langert works with the local context by staging the work in different rooms that can be symbolise the stables, the kitchen and the manor in Strindberg’s play. We will meet the complexity of the power hierarchies of today in the show, in various talks and at different geographic rooms, from the Piteå in the north to Malmö in the south.
Jeanette Langert has been recognized as one of Sweden’s most interesting choreographers and has created several critically acclaimed dance productions. Among them is Rite of Spring, on tour with Dansnät Sverige in 2014, kopplad (2012), fuktig (2011), JULIE3 (2010) commissioned by GöteborgsOperans Balett, inuti (2009), Fröken (2008), MERA MERA (2006) and in 2011 Langert was assigned the Birgit Cullberg award.
Choreography and concept: Jeanette Langert
Dancers: Dan Langeborg, Jimmie Larsson, Timo Nieminen
Light design: Johan Sundén
Assistant choreographer: Dan Langeborg
Technician: Imre Zsibrik
Music: Byetone
Production: Dansnät Sverige
Co-producers: Dansnät Sverige’s partners
Financing: Kulturrådet, PostkodLotteriets Kulturstiftelse and the partners
Portrait photo: Anna Hult
