Bio

Madeleine Karlsson – dancer, choreographer and teacher. Educated at the Ballet Academy and at the University of Dance in Stockholm. Active with contemporary dance and installation performances, teaching and other research projects that has choreography as initiator. The investigation in movement as personal and contextual is an important part of her work. Intimacy, instability and the senses effect on the body are reoccurring themes. Teacher in contemporary dance, improvisation and composition at the Royal Swedish Ballet School, the University of Dance and Circus and guest teaching and lecturing both nationally and internationally. Choreographic works in selection: “I mellanrummen” (2005), “Walk the walk” (2007), “Ishi” (2008), “Textures” (2009), “folding” (2011), “In Motion” (2012/2014), “flow” (2013), “fallen”(2014), “Solo-n” (2014).