2025

Ángel Durant / Loraine Dambermont (ES/FR)
Clinch / Toujours de 3/4 face!

In the duet Clinch, Àngel Duran grapples with macho culture’s virile attitude and the way it represses emotion. The name of the show refers to the moment when two boxers wrap their arms around each other and lock each other in place until the referee separates them.

The second item, Toujours de 3/4 face!, is presented by Loraine Dambermont, who reveals her savviest secret self-defence techniques. Set to the sassy voice of karate king Johnny Cadillac, we are treated to a “live tutorial” that will leave us both laughing and feeling slightly uneasy.

Clinch / Toujours de 3/4 face! performed in Örebro, Säter, Linköping, Gävle and Umeå

Company Nicolas Huchard (FR)
The barefoot diva

Dansnät Sverige is taking Huchard’s The Barefoot Diva on tour, a production featuring five black female divas. Using waacking, krump, hip hop, house and afro, they celebrate the female body in all its individuality and diversity. Collectively, they express the feminine movement and energy that pulses through history, driving change.

The barefoot diva performed in Jönköping, Knivsta, Västerås, Vara, Göteborg, Piteå, Luleå and Umeå

Mari Raudsepp (SE/ZA)
Groove

For the production Groove, choreographer Mari Raudsepp has teamed up with three South African dancers. Together they bring gqom – a dynamic dance style packed full of rhythm and attitude – straight from the clubs of Durban and into the spotlight. The collective explores dance’s groove, its vibe and its connection to both music and the individual. Expect to be wowed by synchronized movements, super-fast footwork and plenty of bass. Groove celebrates the energy and distinctive character of gqom, which allows each individual dancer’s creativity and personality to shine.

Groove performed in Kalmar, Malmö, Jönköping, Alingsås and Älvdalen

Virpi Pahkinen (SE)
Change

Welcome to a fun, kaleidoscopic show concept where chance determines the how the performance will pan out. Five choreographies are paired with five different pieces of music and lighting designs, all with their own distinctive flavour. In an initial lottery, the audience gets to spin a fortune wheel to decide on the evening’s unique combination of dance, music and light.  Will it be a trio in purple dancing to electronic sounds, a solo performance featuring yellow percussion, or maybe a quartet with piano accompaniment in blue?

Change performed in Falun, Linköping, Västerås, Göteborg and Uppsala

Silvia Gribaudi (IT)
Graces

Silvia Gribaudi is one of those rare artists who dares to be funny, irrelevant and empathetic all at the same time. She is always shifting fluidly and seamlessly between dance, theatre and performance. With her self-indulgent and queer approach, she creates entertainment at the highest level. Purposeful and to the point, her work has the ability to stimulate reflection through both the unconventional and the unexpected.

Graces performed in Växjö, Karlshamn, Malmö, Kungsbacka and Säter

Sofia Södergård (SE)
MASC

In the performance MASC, choreographer Sofia Södergård portrays an intense longing for love, a longing we all carry with us, but which can have many different faces. With a feminist perspective and queer stories, she takes us on a charged journey about masculinity and femininity, same-sex love, violence in intimate relationships and the fight for freedom. In a mix of reality and fiction, Södergård combines drama, fantasy, seriousness, humor and absurdity. From kitchen sink realism to escapist club nights, a life is revealed where a polished facade hides a painful reality.

MASC performed in Umeå, Vara, Stockholm, Falkenberg and Malmö

James Batchelor (AU)
Hyperspace

Hyperspace is a visually captivating solo piece that took shape during a scientific expedition to Antarctica. As the ship’s crew explored the seabed, choreographer James Batchelor instead turned his attention inward, analysing himself, his masculinity and his vulnerability.

Hyperspace performed in Umeå, Gävle, Uppsala, Malmö, Jönköping and Gränna

Majeko, Iron skulls, Kaê Brown Carvalho & Jerson Diasonama (SE/ES/FR)
Attitudes

Hip hop and raw excellence: Attitudes offers audiences a varied palette of street styles from Sweden, France and Spain. One trio and two duos will take to the stage to deliver street, breaking and acrobatics, as well as capoeira and house. Quite simply, it will be an exhilarating evening with three vibrant performances.

Attitudes performed in Umeå, Göteborg, Stockholm, Malmö, Jönköping, Örebro, Kungsbacka and Västerås