Akt 23 – Nina De Heney & Anna Westberg

“I take myself for a walk, again” – Anna & Nina work together as a duo since more than twenty years now. In 2008 they formed the ambulating festival Dance’nBass, making a point out of the fact that many dancers and double-bassists seem drawn to each other, forming duos of this specific combination of sound and movement. Some years have passed since Anna & Nina last performed together, and they very much look forward to meet again – and to meet you.

Anna Westberg is a dancer working in various aspects of contemporary dance since 1989. Originally based in Gothenburg and mainly affiliated with the venue Atalante. Since ten years working out of Stockholm, performing in experimental scenes such as Weld and Fylkingen. Her practice is drawn to investigating fields of somatics, archive and memory rituals.

Nina de Heney is a double bass player and improviser with many musical collaborations, also as a musician in collaboration with dance and interdisciplinary projects. Nina’s solo albums have been critically acclaimed. She prefers playing in duo or trio rather than bigger ensembles.

More about Dance’nBass: www.dancenbass.se

Akt 24 – Henrik Wartel & Lisa Larsdotter Petersson

Lisa and Henrik generate rhythm, hasty maneuverability and ingenious sensitivity. The artist’s performative duo-escapade accommodates
both humor and seriousness as well as aesthetic whims and fiascos, where multiple expression are played out simultaneously.

Henrik Wartel is a drummer based in Gothenburg, well established nationally and internationally on the jazz and improvisation scene. Henrik collaborates with musicians, dancers, artists and is one of the driving forces behind the jazz/improv club Brötz. He is part of groups such as Quagmire, Jonny Wartel New Quartet, John Holmström Trio. More info: www.wartel.se

Lisa Larsdotter Petersson is a performance and visual artist based in Gothenburg. In addition to her own performances, she runs multidisciplinary performing arts projects and works with exhibitions, public work, moving images and sound. In scenic collaboration, she takes as her starting point both in the unpredictable and the obvious. More info: www.lisalarsdotterpetersson.se

Akt 25 – Henrik Olsson & Francesco Scavetta

In Olsson/Scavetta improvisation-performance it’s about listening via intermittent flow of give and take.
It’s about sudden interruption, a series of beginnings and allowing the unfinished.

Francesco Scavetta has developed a reputation on the international dance scene for his wildly inventive work, playful humour and subversive intelligence. Francescos company “Wee” is at the forefront of the Nordic dance scene. More info: www.wee-francescoscavetta.no

Henrik Olsson is born in Kyrkhult, a small industrial community in the south of Sweden. He moves freely between notated music and free improvisation, blending acoustic and amplified sounds with the use of contact microphones as well as conceptual approaches often involving sonic readymades. More info: www.readingmusic.se/2021/11/02/henrik-olsson