Performance & Dance program

In 2016, Wanås Konst began actively making performance and dance a part of the programme. Not just a one-time event, but a long-term investment in “live art,” art that must be experienced in the moment and requires your presence then and there. This means more chances to take part in dance and performance at Wanås. This year we dive into the specific effects of dance and choreography using the sculpture park and the outlying areas as the grounds for a series of live art encounters and experiments in the form of performances and workshops. The artists dialogue with the existing collection and nature. They play and tease, and deepen our connection to visitors of all ages. They change the way we experience our bodies in relation to time and space.

“Coming into contact with art at Wanås Konst is not superficial. It is live, physical and could be characterized as unavoidable: you feel the dirt under your feet, understand the weight of your body relative to a river of concrete, sense its width in a maze of trees, or its height distorted through bent glass. You seek out the specific work you would like to see and your sense of time is altered. The journey becomes just as important as the object you are looking for. Art is all around. Nature is all around. You activate it, it activates you.” – Rachel Tess, Associate Curator Dance, Wanås Konst

FALL

Björn Säfsten Samtal och rörelse för dig som är pensionär

Saturday October 14, 10 am–4 pm, Wanås Konst
Björn Säfsten’s workshop for retirees takes a physical leap into contemporary dance, exploring different working methods and movements. No previous experience needed. Price: SEK 100, lunch and coffee included. Limited seats available. Please book in advance at albin[at]wanaskonst.se.
The workshop is presented in collaboration with MARC and Östra Göinge Riksteaterförening.
Swedish only.
 

LATE SUMMER

Maria Hassabi STAGED? (2016) – undressed, outdoor performance

Saturday August 19 & Sunday August 20, Wanås Konst, at 1 pm, duration 40 mins.
In STAGED? (2016) – undressed, four performers in abstractly patterned clothing are entangled in a slowly metamorphosing living sculpture. In its 'undressed' iteration presented at Wanås Konst, away from its theatrical setting, the work invites the context of the sculpture park to influence its form and become its new stage.
Performers Jessie Gold, Hristoula Harakas, Oisin Monaghan, Maria Hassabi Outfits Victoria Bartlett Management Alexandra Rosenberg
Co-production Dance4 (Nottingham, UK), FIAF’s Crossing the Line Festival (New York, NY), High Line Art (New York, NY), The Keir Foundation with the support of Dancehouse (Melbourne, AU), The Kitchen (New York, NY), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels, BE), Onassis Cultural Centre (Athens, GR), and Summer Stages Dance @ ICA (Boston, MA).
STAGED? was created during residencies at Bard College (New York, NY), the Camargo Foundation with funding from the Jerome Foundation (Cassis, FR), and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (Captiva Island, FL). STAGED? was supported, in part, with contributions from Randi & Jeff Levine, and Leo Koenig & Maggie Clinton.
 

SUMMER

William Forsythe Walk & Talk and the first performance of new choreographic objects

Sunday June 4, 2–4 pm, Wanås Konst, assembly at the art gallery
Meet the dancer and choreographer William Forsythe, for a Walk & Talk in Wanås park, together with Magnus af Petersens, Head of Bonniers Konsthall, and Elisabeth Millqvist, Artistic Director, Wanås Konst. Forsythe's choreographic objects are part of this year's exhibition, SculptureMotion. Only in English. Limited seats available. First come, first served! Please book in advance at shop[at]wanaskonst.se, or at the art gallery entrance, tel. +46 (0)44 253 15 68.
 

Sonia Khurana Lying-down-on-the-ground: figuring the ground – Situation V, Live Event

Saturday June 17, 1 pm, Wanås Konst, assembly at the art gallery
Sonia Khurana invites the audience to a performative situation that combines the playful and the poetic, body and resistance, when an everyday movement becomes a group activity as participants and observers explores tha act of lying down on the ground. Participants are encouraged to book in advande at konsthall[at]wanaskonst.se, drop in is also possible. Approx. duration: ongoing from 1 pm to 4 pm.
 

Mammalian Diving Reflex These Are the People in Your Neighbourhood – Guided Tour

Saturday June 17 & Sunday June 18, 1–3 pm, Knislinge, assembly in front of Coop Konsum
In a guided tour led by 8- and 9-year-old children from Östra Göinge, audiences will get to meet the people who work and have their businesses in Knislinge. Together with the artists, the children prepare the tour and get to know each other and their surroundings, and more voices are heard and a variety of perspectives are created. Join the tour and discover Knislinge in a completely new way, including visits to the pizzeria and the hair dresser.

These Are the People in Your Neighbourhood in Knislinge has been made possible thanks to support from the Canada Council for the Arts Theatre International Program, and Gertrude och Ivar Philipsons Stiftelse, and in collaboration with Västerskolan, Östra Göinge.
 

SPRING

Peter Mills Den kosmiska havsträdgårdspassagen

Saturday April 15 & Sunday April 16
Wanås Konst caters to a younger audience than ever before with Den kosmiska havsträdgårdspassagen—an interactive, choreographed installation for babies from 2 to 18 months created by choreographer Peter Mills along with Rachel Tess (dance) and Marta Cicionesi (set design). From strange wonders of the cosmos, under the sea, and in the botanical world, Mills creates a voyage of discovery for the participants. The performance is created by the babies’ freedom to move around and interact with the dancers and the installation.
 

The programme is curated in collaboration with Rachel Tess, Affiliated Curator Dance, and made possible with the support of Swedish Arts Council and Kultur Skåne. Contact, tel: +46 (0)44 660 71.