Performance / Live Art / Choreography / Dance for Screen

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every action
comes from somewhere
and continues into next

there is no beginning and no end

every movement can tell us something
it can be used in several ways
and carry its own narrative

gestures and figures

spoken words

duplicated
mirrored
repeated
copied

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‘In my practice it’s about being present and curious, playing with risk and trust at the same time
mirroring not only the society but also the representation of a political body
I use my body as a tool to let the spectator interpret the world and our role within it
through performative actions’

Company Director Benedikte Esperi is a performance artist, choreographer, film maker, researcher, producer and curator based in Sweden. She is published in a variety of venues, such as public sites, galleries, theatres, festivals and elsewhere. The encounter with sites, intentions and people nurture her choices and actions where the body is both an object and a subject, mediating current topics. Her works range from solo, co-lab and community art within the genres performance/live art, installations, dance for screen and choreography. Artistically she´s often referred to post-modern dance and avantgarde aesthetics. She invented the public video concept KOREOARTscape

Coordinator & Administration: Cheyenne Esperi
Assistant & Graphic Design: Olivia Alf

Esperi is artistic director, board member and curator at Finnekumla Dance & Art space, Galleri 54 , Dansfilmfestivalen & The Tiny Festival Producers 
Member of professional associations Galleri 54, Konstliv Sjuhärad, Konstnärernas Riksorganisation, Scen & film, Danscentrum Väst, Filmcentrum Väst, Konstnärscentrum Väst,

(swe)‘I samtidskonstens prövande mot en nutida kontext står jag som konstnär med lyhördhet inför det jag möter. Ständigt nya förutsättningar ställer krav på att förstå situationer innan de är formulerade. Jag ser samtidskonsten som en emanciperad orienteringspunkt vilken kan företräda den enskildes röst i en flyktig, ofta upplevd svårgripbar, tillvaro.’

– Benedikte Esperi, 2018

Selection of Work & Art Grant Konstnärsnämnden 2018-2023, Göteborg Stad 2020, Längmanska Kulturfonden 2020, Svenskfinska Kulturfonden 2019, Adlerbertska Stiftelsen 2018, Västra Götalands Regionen 2017, Frimurarlogen 2016, Helge Ax:son Johnson 2015+2017+2022.

Presented at Herrgårdsgalleriet Kinna, Ålgården Borås, Stateless mind festival Copenhagen, La Fabrica Havanna, Dansfilmfestivalen på Ringön, Tiny Festival Producers, MSGSÜ Bomonti, Müze Gazhane, Arter Müzesi Istanbul,  Scenkonstbiennalen, Scensverige Hotel Plaza Västerås, Centre Pompidou Paris, Screendance festivals, Konstepidemin, Finnekumla Dance & Art Space, Galleri 54, Vegby x-sites, Spira Jönköping, VULKANO, Galleri 3, Stationen SVG, Centralen Tranemo, Waterfront hotel Göteborg, Skövde Konstmuseum, ZAZ Gallery NYC, Tel Aviv, Shibuya, Tokyo, Kungsbacka Konsthall / offentlig konst, Galleri PS, Limmared Glasets Hus, Hjo Teater, Los Angeles Experimental Film Festival, Physical Cinema Festival Reykjavik, FilmFest by Rogue Dancer, USA, Rydals Museum, Cinnober, Oceanen, Live Action 15, Seoul(KR), Kulturtemplet Gbg, FRAME filmfestival, Margate Festival(UK), Huuto Galleri(Fi), University of Wrocław(PL), European Humanities University(Lt), Ramintoja(Lt), Trafikverket ‘planksidan’ GBG, Fringe Festival Brighton(UK), Royal College of Arts(UK), PAGE(UK), Centre 151(UK), WHAT IIIF? London, Gordon House Margate(UK), Pikkuteatteri(Fi), Nordic Fringe Network, c.off Studio, Wu-Art Space, Ö-festen, Nordic Summer University FÅRÖ, Galleri 54, Last Frontier NYC, Writing Movement 2.0 GBG/NYC, Castellum, Vasakronan, Movement Research NYC, Julstaden Göteborg, NOFOD, Live Action 11, ComLab Gothenburg, Performance Art Bergen, Newcastle Dance City(UK), Nordic Fringe Festival, Gibney Dance NYC, Belfast Bbeyond, IIIF Amsterdam, Tiny Festival, Atalante, Högskolan för design och konsthantverk, Akademin Valand, Högskolan för scen och musik, Stockholm Dance film festival, DOCH Stockholm, FRINGE festival, Avantgarde festival, La Caldera Barcelona, MOTIF festival Reykjavik, Konstepidemin 13Festivalen, 20 Arrondissement Public Space Paris, Pouilly sur Loire France, Röda Sten Konsthall, Röhsska museet, Världskulturmuseet,  Screen dance festival Dansmuseet, Kulturkalaset 2011-2021, Clandestino Festival, Bok- och Biblioteksmässan, Hängmattan, Kulturnatta Gbg, Kulturnatta Mölndal, Litteraturhuset, SOLO festivalen ”Teater Trixter”, Vrångsholmen, Danscentrum Väst, Trädgårdsföreningen, ’24m2′, 3:e våningen, CLASH of the poets Kafe 44, Improvisation festival Konstepidemin Gothenburg, International Art Biennial, Högskolan för scen och musik, Gothenburg International Dance- & Theater festival, Teatro de los sentidos, ‘Live Art’ performance festival Strömstad 2014-2015, Chicago ”Going Dutch” Women dance festival, BIDE Barcelona International Dance Exchange, A-Venue Gothenburg, GIBCA Extended Gothenburg invited to several residencies, community art projects and artistic research seminars.

”If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” – Emma Goldman

contact info(at)dansverk.se

org nr 559343-1124

instagram @benedikteesperi @dansfilmfestivalen