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DancePod with Skånes Dansteater

A podcast brought to you by Sweden’s largest independent dance institution. Your chance to hear from dance artists, engage with movement, and delve deeper into our creative process.

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Episode 59: Panel: The Upheaval

Panel discussion recorded on 13 June 2026 at Malmö Konsthall as part of Malmö City’s Democracy Week, ‘Malmö möts’. In 2025, choreographer Philippe Blanchard, dramaturge Maika Knoblich, and Skånes Dansteater initiated an ongoing inquiry into how the Performing Arts Society might assume a more active, accountable role in addressing the current ecological crisis. In a time when the climate emergency…

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Episode 58: Won't stop dancing

A conversation with former Skånes Dansteater dancers on how they are defying the prevailing conventions that a dancer’s career ends at 40. Our dancer Sam Denton meets Anette Jellne, Jan Vesala and Laura Cheesman - dancers born in three different decades - in dialouge about the challenges they face to keep dancing for longer, and how the working conditions and practices for dancers have and…

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Episode 57: Susan Kozel – The dance is dancing

In this special episode, dance archivist Celine Orman talks with Professor Susan Kozel to explore the intersections of dance, philosophy and digital technologies. Susan’s research in phenomenology, somatics, and responsive technologies has influenced archival practices, including Skånes Dansteater’s project Bevara Rörelse (Maintaining Movement). The conversation delves into the unique ways bodies…

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Episode 56: Mira Helenius Martinsson – Leda dansen in i framtiden

I år firar Skånes Dansteater sitt 30-årsjubileum på flera olika sätt. Bland annat genom en serie samtal med olika röster som är och har varit delaktiga att skapa Skånes Dansteater. I detta specialavsnitt, för ovanlighetens skull helt på svenska, möter vi Skånes Dansteaters vd och konstnärliga ledare Mira Helenius Martinsson. Hon har lett kompaniet sedan 2019 och är en central kraft i utvecklingen…

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Episode 55: Ben Wright – A whale of a time

Between 2010 and 2019, Ben Wright choreographed over eight original works with us and served as Associate Artistic Director from 2014 to 2017, collaborating closely with former CEO and Artistic Director Åsa Soderberg. He is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking production The Feeling of Going , a large-scale pop-opera-dance-theatre piece built around Jónsi’s album Go . As part of our 30th…

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Episode 54: Patrick King & Johan Silverhult – Humanity with poise

Patrick King, Skånes Dansteater’s first Artistic Director, and his partner Johan King Silverhult, one of the ensemble’s dancers during its early years, are still active as choreographers, dancers, and now Artistic Directors of Salon K Privé. As part of Skånes Dansteater’s 30th anniversary, we revisit the birth of an independent dance institution. Patrick King set the tone for the company’s new…

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Episode 53: Live with Lidia Wos

‘Wing Ding’ is a vibrant, absurd and wonderful celebration of dance – and a dream come true. For choreographer Lidia Wos, it's personal. In 2002, she took the Malmö Opera's stage as a young dancer. Now she's back - as a choreographer - with a marvelous team, the Malmö Opera Chorus, the Malmö Opera Orchestra and our dancers, who together bring three decades of dance memories to life. In 'Wing Ding'…

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Episode 52: Live with Ludvig Daae

Meet Norwegian choreographer and dancer Ludvig Daae in this live episode of Dance Pod with Skånes Dansteater. An artist talk about dance, thoughts on utopias and the new dance performance ‘Attempting Alchemy’. Medieval alchemy, the dream of making gold, may be the most utopian of all sciences. Alchemy pushes the boundaries of science and finds a home in the world of imagination. For Ludvig Daae,…

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Episode 51: Within Practice 2024, Anna Biczók, Tova Gerge, Laura Linna, Elise Nuding – Practicing Practice

By DancePod with Skånes Dansteater in collaboration with Within Practice 2024. Within Practice is a festival in Stockholm for contemporary dance practices that showcases the work of dancers and choreographers through various formats such as workshops, classes, panel discussions and practice presentations. Dancepod host Samuel Denton endeavour to explore all things ‘practice’ through a series of…

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Episode 50: Within Practice 2024, Stina Nyberg – Sharing Practice

By DancePod with Skånes Dansteater in collaboration with Within Practice 2024. Within Practice is a festival in Stockholm for contemporary dance practices that showcases the work of dancers and choreographers through various formats such as workshops, classes, panel discussions and practice presentations. Dancepod host Samuel Denton endeavour to explore all things “practice” through a series of…

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