Gala Dance Bergslagen
Gala Dans Bergslagen is an initiative by choreographer Ellinor Ljungkvist, who with her artistry embraces contemporary dance and performance art in her stage works. These modern dance performances are presented with a lot of humor, advanced choreography and ambient music.Together with dancers who have strong dance technique and charismatic aura, composers with musical skills and innovative costume designers, she choreographs a new production every year while the others continue to tour around Sweden and internationally.
Gala Dans repertoire includes performing arts for children and young people as well as performances for the older, more thoughtful audience. The children's performances are based on well-known literature and the youth and adult performances on current themes. References in the history of art and ideas are presented in an educational way. Workshops and audience discussions are included at the performances. The dancers engage the audience well when talking about the artistic process.
Ellinor Ljungkvist
Choreographer Ellinor Ljungkvist is educated at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Inter-University Center for Dance Berlin and Master in Choreography at the Academy of Dance and Circus in Stockholm. She is a scholarship recipient of the Studienstiftung de deutschen volkes Germany, SrD - The Council for Regional Dance Development Sweden, the Arts Council's work scholarship, Adolf Lindgren and Örebro County's cultural scholarship.
Ida Hellsten
Dancer Ida Hellsten is trained at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance. She previously worked as a company dancer at En-Knap Dance Group Company in Ljubljana, Slovenia for at least five years. She participates in independent projects mainly in Sweden and teaches contemporary dance, yoga and pilates.
Jessica Andrenacci
Dancer Jessica Andrenacci is educated at the University of Music, Art and Show and the Accademia Danza Giselle in Italy. She has previously worked as a company dancer at Regionteater väst in Borås for a period of several years. During her employment, she has worked with several guest choreographers. Today she participates in independent productions for established freelance choreographers mainly in Sweden.
Maria Teresa Tanzarella
Dancer Maria Teresa Tanzarella is educated at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance and the University of Trento, Italy in literature and philosophy as well as cultural heritage in music and performance. She participates in independent projects and runs her own dance-related projects. She has initiated a collective for research and production whose performances tour in Sweden and Germany.
Mira Jägemar
Dancer Mira Jägermar is educated at the Ballet Academy in Gothenburg and Kävesta Folkhögskola in Örebro. She has danced for freelance choreographers nationally and been part of several collaborative projects. She teaches dance classes for young people in modern and contemporary dance. Mira currently lives in Örebro and participates as an ensemble dancer in Rosea Dans, Sjöängen's own dance ensemble.
Signe Willmarsson
Dancer Signe Willmarsson is trained at the Ballet Academy in Stockholm in modern and contemporary dance and at Kävesta Folkhögskola in Örebro. Signe is from Karlstad and works nationally. She participates as a dancer in freelance choreographers' projects and teaches dance and training classes. Signe participates as an ensemble dancer in Rosea Dans, Sjöängen's own dance ensemble.
Love Andersson
The dancer Love Andersson is educated at the Dance and Circus School in Stockholm. She has created her own dance group together with other newly graduated dancers. Their projects focus on participatory art and integration as well as performances for children and young people.
Emelie Wahlman
Dancer Emelie Wahlman is educated at the Academy of Dance and Circus in Stockholm. She often appears in smaller company productions whose works are aimed at children and young people. She has experience of touring throughout Sweden and meeting audiences through interactive stages.
Amanda Billberg
The dancer Amanda Billberg is educated at Iwanson international education in contemporary dance in Munich, Germany and Master in new performative practices at the Dance and Circus School in Stockholm. She has worked with alternative performing arts projects presented in the countryside in addition to touring internationally with self-produced solo projects such as to Tokyo, Iceland and Germany.
Sonjis Laine
The dancer Sonjis Laine is educated at the University of Dance and Circus in Stockholm and at the University of Helsinki in sociology. She works as a freelance dancer in collectively run dance projects and as a coordinator at dance festivals in Finland. She has visited various places in Europe in relation to her studies in dance and sociology.
Miranda Wallmon
The dancer Miranda Wallmon is educated at the Academy of Dance and Circus in Stockholm. She has participated as a dancer in several independent projects and created her own solo works that have been presented in various contexts in Sweden.
Alexandra Svensson
The dancer Alexandra Svensson is trained at the ballet academy in Stockholm. She participates as a dancer in independent projects and creates her own choreographies for young and old and contributes as a jury member in the holiday practice in the various counties.
Julie Rasmussen
Dancer Julie Rasmussen is trained at the School of Modern Dance in Copenhagen, Denmark. She participates as a dancer in independent productions and is a coordinator at established dance festivals in the Nordics. She tours nationally with self-produced and others' works to England, Japan, Norway and Denmark.
Mikael Karlsson
The musician Mikael Karlsson is educated at Örebro Academy of Music in contemporary music, composition and arrangement. He works at the Pops Academy in Stockholm as a guitar and composition teacher. He writes and produces music for performing arts, film, concerts and exhibitions in the open field.
Annelie Nederberg
The music and sound artist Annelie Nederberg is educated at Strömbackaskolan in Piteå, Gotland's Composer's School, Gothenburg School of Art De Montfort University in music, technology, drama, as well as a Master's in research and composition at De Montfort University in England and a PhD in composition at the University of Surrey. Annelie experiments with sound in different constellations in addition to her position as a professor at the Academy of Music in Stockholm.
Karin Bjurström
Costume designer Karin Bjurström is educated at Örebro Art School, Kubens Art School in Örebro, Gerrit Ritveld Academy in Amsterdam and Konstfack in Stockholm in liberal arts, ceramics, textiles, design and fashion. She runs her own clothing brand and dyes and sews her own clothes. She participates in performing arts productions and produces costumes for dancers, artists and actors both for artistic and commercial purposes.
Charlotte Persdotter Andersson
Costume designer Charlotte Persdotter Andersson is educated at Konstfack in ceramics, glass and crafts. She has previously worked as a ceramicist at the artists' collective workshop and art teacher at upper secondary school level in Örebro. Currently, she paints pictures and sews clothes for musicals and dance performances and works in psychiatry.
Charlotte Ostritsch
The illustrator Charlotte Ostritsch is educated at Eberharts Karls universität Tübingen, Lund University, Örebro School of Art and Umeå Academy of Arts in art, language and culture. Charlotte works as a teacher at Örebro Art School and as a freelance artist. She draws, paints and illustrates.
Magdalena Isaksson
Magdalena Isaksson is trained at the ballet academy in Stockholm. She works with administration at Region Örebro County and Gala Dance and as a dance teacher at the cultural school in Karlskoga. She has experience in coordinating, organizing and teaching.
Christel Molin
The producer Christel Molin have many years of experience within the field of performing arts. She has worked with development of touring and artistic production for Nordberg Movement, Dansstationen Malmö and Dunkers kulturhus Helsingborg and at Gala Dance.