KATARINA ERIKSSON
Katarina Eriksson has been involved with improvisational dance since 1989, collaborating with artists, such as Benno Voorham, Cathie Caraker, Bronja Novak, and as a member and co-founder of Swedish improvisation ensemble Floke.
She teaches Contact Improvisation and other improvisational forms in Europe and the US, and since 2000 she curates the performance series Moments Notice in Berkeley.
Katarina's traditional dance background includes graduation from The Ballet Academy, Gothenburg and working at The Gothenburg State Theater and Opera, as well as with numerous choreographers and dance companies in Sweden.
Some of her performance endeavors are; Artist in Residency at CounterPULSE, San Francisco, touring in Europe with improv project Hoppalappa, site-specific work with Siljeholm/Christophersen in Beirut, clowning at Noh Space, San Francisco, and Teatro C'Art,Italy, performances in Oslo and New York with Siri og Snelle Produksjoner, and, most recently, choreographing the piece "Stumbling Beauties" for herself and 3 other 50+ dancers at Stage Werx, SF. She is a regular collaborator and performance coach with ETS, San Francisco (https://echotheatersuitcase.com), and Spinn Dance Company, Sweden (http://danskompanietspinn.se).
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Katarina’s teaching and directing supports collaboration, diversity of expression, and “beginner’s mind. Her main guides in art making are vulnerability, musicality and deep play.
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KATARINA'S CV
TRAINING
Ballet Academy’s Dancer Training Program, Gothenburg, Sweden,1985-88
Intensives in Modern Dance and Improvisation in Sweden and abroad
(ca 4 weeks per year), 1989-2001
Month-long Action Theater workshop with Ruth Zaphora, Berkeley, 1999
Roy Heart Theater based voice work with Jan Radvik, Physical Theater and Dance with Krista De Nio, Character Clowning with Christina Lewis, Body Mind Centering with Cathie Caraker, Contact Improvisation with Scott Wells, Nancy Stark Smith, Karen Nelson & Tomas Kampe, Theater Improvisation with Andrew Morrish and Al Wonder, Dance- and Music Improvisation with Julyen Hamilton and Barre Philips, Tuning Score with Margit Galanter, 2006-2019
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Non-Violent Communication with Newt Baily and Katy Simon, 2011-2017
Clown Through Mask training with Sue Morrison; 5-week Training and showing, Toronto, Canada, Master Class Workshop and showing, Turin Master classes Ibiza, and Valencia, 2016-2023.
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Monthly Zapchen class with Rabia Mead, 2011-2018
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ARTISTIC WORK
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NATIONALTEATERN: Peter Pan, Det Susar i Saven,1986-87,1990
STORA TEATERN: Csardasfurstinnan, Lionardo, 1989-90
RUBICON: Stadens Dansare I Gudars Skymning, I Sinom Tid, Två Vägar, Inte Nu Men Nu (co-coreographer), Dans och Kult, Världens Tak, Objudna Gäster, I...Tid, 1987-1997
ULLA ECKERSJÖ: Trans, 1991
MARIA MEBIUS-SCHRÖDER: Fallfrukt, 1991
STINA HEDBERG: Annika och Siv, Friska Fläktar, Koreograferad Kammarmusik, 1992-98
FLOKE (co-founder/co-choreographer/improvisor): Hemma Hos, Åkarbrasa, Kojan, A Hand in the Honey (artistic director: Julyen Hamilton),Springende Punkt, Lanterna, In Search of...(chor. Palle Dyrvall & Caroline Hainaut), 1992-2006
GOTHENBURG STATE THEATER: Madame Bovary (chor. Kaisa Giertz),1996
HOWARD SONNENKLAR: Improvisation project (Lisbon, Portugal),1996-97
EMBLA DANS & TEATER: Vattenfantasi, Annanstans (co-choreographer in both), 1996-1999
LAVA DANSPRODUKTION: The Tail of the Tail (Estonia, Finland, Sweden), 1997
Improvisations (Ytterjärna Kulturfestival, Sweden), 2002
RAY CHUNG: Improvisation duets (Sweden and US) 1997-2015
BRONJA NOVAK: Flamingos, Improvised duet (Improvisation Salon, Berlin), Hoppalappa Schlappstitski Dansiteatteri (with Susanna Martin) (ECITE, Estonia), 1997-2005
CLAIRE PARSONS: Absolutely A (Sweden, Denmark, Austria),1998-99
SCOTT WELLS: Group Improvisations (ODC, San Francisco), Zen If You Don’t Mind (848 Community Space, San Francisco), U.S and Them (Dance Mission, San Francisco), 2000-2005
TOM TROSS & ANN WOODHEAD: Group Improvisations (848 Community Space, San Francisco), 2000
MOMENT’S NOTICE ,A Monthly Salon Devoted to Improvised Dance, Music & Theater (founder/curator/improviser)(Berkeley, US), 2000-2015
CATHIE CARAKER, RAY CHUNG,
PETER WHITEHEAD: Everybody’s Birthday (848 Community Space, San Francisco), 2003
T.I.G: Group Improvisation (Wild Cat Studio, Berkeley) 2003, Untold Stories (Wild Cat Studio, Berkeley), 2006
SOLO IMPROVISATIONS: Moment's Notice (Berkeley), Zielona Gora Improvisation Festival (Poland), 24 Kvadrat (Gothenburg, Sweden), Nordic Improvisation Festival (Stockholm), Breitenbush Contact Jam (Oregon), The Moab Contact Jam (Utah) Scott Wells & Dancers Benefit, (CounterPULSE, San Francisco), European Contact Improvisation Teacher’s Exchange (St Petersburg, Russia, Karja,
Finland, Bern, Switzerland), Creative Conspiracy (Vancouver), E/merge (Earthdance,Mass.), 2000-2016
HILARY BRYAN: Complexity Addicts (Mills College & Temescal Art Center,
Oakland, Jon Sims Center, San Francisco), 2005
THE CREATIVE CONSPIRACY:Co-facilitator of collaborative, Contact Improvisation based art project. Artistic director of concluding performance evening (Capris Hall, Vancouver),2007
KATARINA ERIKSSON: In a State (choreography and dance),(Life After Birth Festival, ODC, SF), 2006, Eugenia Frank (choreography, text and dance) (The Garage Art Space, SF), 2008, Safe Way (director of improvisation-based multi disciplinary performance, E/merge Festival, Earthdance, USA), 2010, Awkward Silence (director of improvisation-based multi-disciplinary performance, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York), 2011, The Ambassador (creator/performer, The Foundry,Berkeley, DansIt,Trondheim, Norway, and Danceground, San Francisco), 2013-2016, The Ambassadörs (director/performer, Improfestivalen, Norway, Tanzfabrik, Berlin, Konstepidemien, Gothenburg, Sweden, and Breitenbush, Oregon), 2014-2016, Stumbling Beauties (choreography and dance), Stage Werx, San Francisco, 2019, Växprocesser, Konstepidemin, Göteborg, 2021 and 2022, Väx Upp, Vibrationsverket, Gotland, 2023.
ROWENA RICHIE: LandEscape (dancer/actor/collaborator, The Garage Art Space, San Francisco), 2008-2009
CATHIE CARAKER: Experiment 2.5 (WCCIF Benefit CounterPULSE,SF), Experiment 3.5 (co-choreographer and dancer, 2nd Sundays, CounterPULSE, SF), Animoid (co-choreographer and dancer, Artist in Residency, CounterPULSE, SF), 2007-2009
BIG WIND: Hoppalappa Postfolki Tanzi Teatteri (evening length improvisation piece with Bronja Novak and Susanne Martin), (tours in Sweden, Liverpool, Berlin, Freiburg), 2008-2013
Blommornas Vals (Alingsås, Helsingborg, Göteborg, Vänersborg, Jönköping, Mölnlycke, Sweden), 2012-2018, Hovet (Göteborg, Stenungsund), 2021, Vind, Blås Mig! (tours in Sweden) 2022-23, Julgruppen (Göteborg), 2023
KRISTA DE NIO: Limblimb(performer/collaborator, Earthdance, Mass. USA) 2010, EchoTheaterSuitcase Project (dancer/actor/collaborator, performance coach, San Francisco), 2013-19
ROSEMARY HANNON: I'm Only Dancing (co-creator/performer Artist In Residency, Danceground Keriac, San Francisco), 2011
SILJEHOLM & CHRISTOFERSEN:An Absolutly Safe Hideout (co-creator/performer, Beit Beirut,Lebanon), 2011
GABRIELA REUTER, SUSANNE
MARTIN, RAY CHUNG (Group improvisation, Tanzfabrik, Berlin), 2012
KAREN NELSON: Deal (Wild Cat Studio, Berkeley), True Reverse (Hanna Barn, Vashon Island,WA), 2013
ERIKSSON & MORI: Cut 1 & 6 (Varia Improvisation Festival, Sweden),2017, (Tiny Festival, Göteborg), 2022
SIRI OG SNELLE DANSPRODUKSJONER: Collapsing Distance (Dansens Hus, Oslo, and Kortreist Dansefestival, Trondheim, Norway), 2018, (Performance Mix Festival, New York City), 2019
BONNIE WONG: Liriope (Jasper’s Ridge, USA), 2018
CLOWNS GO INTERNATIONAL (Teatro C'Art, Castelfiorentino, Italy), 2018
CHRISTINA LEWIS/NANCY O KAIN: What Shall I Do With My Life? (Noh Space, San Francsico, USA), 2018
GUN LUND: I Gudars Skymning (Vadholmen, Sweden), 2019, I Mellanrummet, 3e Våningen, Göteborg, 2023
CHRISTINA LEWIS (co-director and performer) House (Stage Werx, San Francisco), 2019
BENEDIKTE ESPERI; DET FINNS INGA DUVOR HÄR LÄNGRE (Contact improvisation coach), 3e Våningen, Gothenburg, 2021
DANCE REMAININGS Lecture Performance (Världskulturmuseet, Göteborg), 2022
TUVA HILDEBRANDT Performing Underscore (Dansstationen, Malmö), 2023
ELISE NUDING På Plats, Götaplatsen, Gothenburg, 2023
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TEACHING
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Children’s dance, Jazz Dance, Ballet, and Modern Dance in Southern and Western Sweden, 1984-89
Contact Improvisation and Modern Dance at Dansares Dagliga Träning, Dans i Vast, and through touring performance projects with Big Wind, Floke, and Embla Dans & Teater, 1990-2006
Dance Improvisation at Ballet Academy’s Preparatory Dancer’s Training Program, Gothenburg, Sweden,1994
Dance Improvisation at The Actor’s Union, Gothenburg, 1995
Contact Improvisation at Danscentrum, Stockholm, 1998
Contact Improvisation at 8th Street Studio, Berkeley, 2000-2003, 2009-2016, Contact Improvisation at The West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, Berkeley, US, 2000, 2001,2006,2011
Action Theater at The Cathedral Hill School for Boys, San Francisco, 2002-2005
Dance Improvisation in Zielona Gora, Poland, 2002, Contact Improvisation at Freiburg International Contact Festival, Germany, 2003 &2013,
Contact Improvisation at Lillsved Contact Jam and Seminar, Sweden, 2003,
Dance Improvisation at Danceground Keriac Studio, San Francisco and Scenehuset, Oslo,Contact Improvisation at 848 Community Space, San Francisco, Tamescal Art Center, Oakland,
Spring/Fall Studio, Berkeley, and NoTaFe Festival, Estonia, 2004-2005,
Contact Improvisation at CounterPULSE, San Francisco, 2005-2014,
Contact Improvisation & Dance Improvisation at Danscentrum Syd, Malmo, Sweden, 2006
Contact Improvisation and collaborative art in the Creative Conspiracy Project, Vancouver, 2007-2008
Contact Improvisation at University of California, San Francisco, 2007, 2008 & 2010
Contact Improvisation at Kimpro, Copenhagen, Denmark Oki, Oslo, Norway, Transcontact Festival, Cluj, and Studio Experimental, Bucharest,Romania, 2009
Improvisation at the E/merge Festival, Earthdance, USA, 2010
Dance Improvisation at Tanzfabrik, Berlin, 2011-2014
Contact Improvisation (co-taught w Ray Chung) at The Champlimaud Foundation Neuroscience Program,
Lisbon, Portugal, 2012
Contact and Dance Improvisation at Dance Company Spinn, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2011, 2013, 2015-2019
Contact Improvisation at Breitenbush CI Jam and Conference, Oregon, 2013
Contact Improvisation at DansIt, Norway, 2013-2015
Contact Improvisation at Tumblebones, Boulder, Colorado, 2013
Contact Improvisation at Portland Regional CI Jam, 2014,
Contact Improvisation Kimpro, Malmö, Sweden, 2014, 2016,
Contact Improvisation at ODC, San Francisco, 2014-2020
Contact Improvisation at Studio Leviathan, BC Canada, 2014-2016
Contact Improvisation at Finnish Hall, Berkeley, 2015-2019
Contact and Dance Improvisation at Danskompani SpinnUnga, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2015-2017
Contact Improvisation at Mazopaloza Dance Festival, Wisconsin, Spring/Fall Studio, Berkeley, CA (co-taught with Hannah Wasielewski), & Göteborgs Kontaktimprokollektiv, 2016
Dance and Contact Improvisation for immigrant youth with Lava Dansproduktion, Tanum, Munkedal, and Gothenburg, Sweden, 2016-17
Contact and Dance Improvisation at Spinn Dance Studio, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2017
Dance Improvisation at Danscentrum Väst & Swedish Ballet School, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2017
Dance Composition and Creative Writing (co-taught with Stina Hedberg) at Move and Mind Studio, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2017-2021
Dance Improvisation (co-taught with Johanna Meyer) Dansens Hus, Oslo, Norway, 2018
Contact Improvisation, Uppsala Kontaktimpro, Sweden, 2018
Contact Improvisation at Vibrationsverket, Gotland, Sweden, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Dance and Theater workshops for children with special needs through Big Wind's project Dansande Hjärtan, Göteborg, Härryda, Stenungsund, 2021-23
Contact Improvisation, Världskulturmuseet, Göteborg, 2022
Contact Improvisation, PIS, Malmö, 2022
Contact Improvisation, Brännöskolan, 2022
Contact Improvisation, Kimpro Höör, Spinn Dance studio, Gothenburg, and Vibrationsverket, Gotland, 2023
Contact Improvisation and performance, Studio Movity, Uster, Switzerland, 2023
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GRANTS
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Scholarships:
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Konstnärsnämndens Kulturstipendium, 1995,-97
Göteborgs Stads Kulturstipendium, 1998
With Floke:
Statens Kulturråd, yearly grants, 1993-95, -99, 2006
Göteborgs Kulturnämnd, yearly grants, 1993-96,-99, 2006
Västra Götalandsregionens Kulturnämnd, 2006
Wikanders Stiftelse, 2006
Konstnärsnämnden, 2006
Project grants;
Göteborgs Kuturnämnd for Amabassadörsfestivalen , 2015
Göteborgs Kulturnämnd for Växprocesser, 2022
ORGANIZING:
Coordinator of daily classes and organizer of CI, improvisation and somatics workshops for professional dancers at Dans i Vast, Sweden, 1990-97
Host for the Gothenburg Contact Jam, 1991-94
Co-organizer of Nordic Improvisation Meeting in Gothenburg, 1997, -98
Co-organizer of The European Contact Teacher's Exchange in Sweden, 1998
Founder and curator of Moment's Notice - performance series for improvisation, Berkeley, 2000-2015
Organizer for Double Bear New Years Jam, 2002
Producer, voice workshops with Jan Rådvik, Sn Francisco Bay Area, 2006
Host for New Years Jam, Berkeley, 2007
Co-facilitator of The Creative Conspiracy, Vancouver, Canada, 2007
Host for Chinese New Years Jam, Berkeley, 2008
Producer, Clown Workshop with Christina Lewis, San Francisco, 2008
Producer, CI Workshop and performance with Karen Nelson, Berkeley, 2013
Co-facilitator, Teachers’ Meeting, Freiburg CI Festival, 2013
Co-producer w Bronja Novak, Ambassadörsfestivalen, Göteborg, 2015
Co-producer w Christina Lewis, Fall, Stage Werx, San Francisco, 2019
Producer, Växprocesser, Konstepidemin, Göteborg, 2021-23
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