Choreographing the gaze

Welcome to a conversation with choreographer Björn Säfsten and Ph.D. Fellow Pernille Welent Sørensen.

There will be a brief presentation of the two and then a talk about artistic practice, methodology and interactivity with the children’s performance The Canteen (2016) as an example.

More specifically they will talk about choreographing the gaze and different modes of being an audience that they both share an interest for. 

The Canteen is a commissioned work for the Regional Theater Väst and Gothenburg Opera’s Dance Company. The two institutions wanted an interactive work to deal with a room at a school – it became The Canteen.

About Björn Säfsten
He has been working as a choreographer and dancer since 2003, and also researched choreography at Umeå Art Academy. Säfsten is particularly interested in how body is produced through the language and how the language shapes our idea of ​​the world. He also uses choreography as a way of creating representation- and norm criticism. The Canteen is Björn Säfsten’s first work for Regionteater Väst.

About Pernille Welent Sørensen
She likes the color blue, dark water scares her and and makes her curious. She is currently moving me mostly on dark water.
Cand. Mag. employed at Teatercentrum, Copenhagen. PhD Fellow at Performance Design, RUC.
She examines children’s encounters with performing arts in school. She works with children as co-researchers.

Part of CHOREOGRAPHY IN ACTION
This is a weekly event throughout the season. Every Monday at 7-9 pm artists and other professionals share thoughts about their artistic work and research through conversations, installations, performances and films. New presentation every monday. Open to all with an interest.

The program is in English.

Free entrance.