All those things left behind, for now

“In this residency, I will engage with the project All those things left behind, for now. This project emerged during my master’s studies in Choreography at Stockholm University of the Arts (2022-2024). A research that, for two years now, is weaving itself from behind the back and backspaces, into the deepest vulnerability and out through the relationality. From there, it weaves further out and finds its way to memories and ghosts that most often appear in the middle of everything and everywhere. This research has so far made me dance every day, at home, in the streets, in the studio, on travels, behind others, in front of myself, and within the felt sense of the present moment on our planet. This research has also made me make 20+ casts of human backs, write more than 100 letters, take photos, and videos, create a part of a collective ZINE, use my voice (often for others), and engage with Swedish society and its history of individualism and my experience of loneliness.

Now, it has brought me to Vitlycke for a residency in which I will practice with my back as my front and engage with deepening and reworking my solo: All those things left behind, for now proposes a shift of attention, from a forwardoriented gaze to a backward-oriented embrace. Rooted in relationality, backspaces, and the fragility and resilience of our porous bodies, this dance performance engages with its paradox: a solo where multiple bodies occur in one. It tends to the ever-changing reality of today, allowing movements to become voices to become space. With an intimate presence, she, the performer, a vessel of experiences, moves from behind and around. Dances become cast and suspended as she invites the audience to hold hands with our future past."

Upcoming performances:
May 8th Västerås Konserthus
May 23rd Atalante Göteborg
May 24th Atalante Göteborg
June (tba) Weld Stockholm

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Matilda Bilberg (she/her) was born and raised in Västerås and now lives in Stockholm. Since 2013 she has been active in the freelance field of dance and choreography both in Sweden and internationally. As a dancer, she has collaborated with choreographers and artists including Cristina Caprioli / ccap, Helena Franzén, Nicole Neidert, Livekonstkollektivet MELO, Ionnalee, David Zambrano, Maria Ulriksson, Torbjörn Grass, Julia Kraus, Linda Forsman, HDN Studio and Tove Skeidsvoll. Matilda’s own choreographic works have been presented at venues such as Dansens Hus, Västerås Konserthus, Tanzhaus Zürich, and Théâtre Sévelin 36, as well as at festivals such as IDEA in Jordan, B.A.D. in the Basque Country, Les Rencontres Chorégraphiques de Casablanca in Morocco, and within an exchange during the KINANI festival in Mozambique. Together with their longtime collaborator Jenna Hendry, they were selected as Aerowaves Artists 2021 with the work IUMI. Matilda has a master’s degree in choreography from Stockholm University of the Arts and is trained in Thai massage. For her, dance is a way to explore and play with the experience of existing.

Sophie Vitelli (Perugia 1989) is a Swedish-Italian composer of electroacoustic music and artist based in Stockholm. In her youth she studied classical guitar and later went on to study art theory and directing (Central Saint Martins, London). Her interest in sound and music goes from specific aspects of the musical language to their conceptual and dramaturgical potentials. Primarily using a modular analogue synthesizer and plucked string instruments, she implements minimalist structures to explore emotion in states of stillness and fluctuation.