Anna Pehrsson is based in Stockholm, Sweden. Anna studied Political Science and French at Stockholm University before training at Ballet Academy, and The Performing Group/Dansarutbildningen as a dancer. She has danced with Alias Compagnie, Cullberg Ballet, and Stockholm City Theatre, in works by Edouard Lock, Guilherme Botelho, Jefta van Dinther, Benoît Lachambre, Deborah Hay, Eszter Salamon, Cristian Duarte, Stina Nyberg, Alexandra Waierstall and Rachel Tess among others. She is also active as a mentor and rehearsal assistant in different constellations.
In 2013, she received her MFA in Choreography at DOCH, School of Dance and Circus in Stockholm. As a freelance choreographer and dancer, she continues to create and perform her own work in different constellations. At the Bottom of the Left Corner (2015) is a collaboration between Frédéric Gies and herself, and Matter Moves, but You Can’t Escape Its Weight (2018) is a commission for Ballet Contemporaneo do Norte, Portugal. Within the format of a trilogy, Trilogy for Singular Bodies; Cut in/Fold out(2016), In [Brackets] (2017) No longer, Not yet (2018) she started exploring choreographic methods in relation to the bodily structure of the female subject. Elsewhere, Within Here, a solo for five bodies, is a development of these ideas planned for late 2019.
Anna Pehrsson is an artistic advisor for MARC (Milvus Artistic Research Center) in Kivik (Sweden) and continuously works as an examinator, mentor and tutor for the MA in Didactics and the MA in Choreography at DOCH. She has taught at the BA in Dance at DOCH, Ballet Academy, and Dansalliansen, all Stockholm, the Bronnbacher Stipendium in Mannheim, Germany, as well as at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, China.
WHAT DOES THE SITE RESIDENCY ENABLE YOU TO DO?
It helps me to challenge and clarify choreographic methods and provides a context where I can further articulate my artistic practice.
WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT?
I have started to practice something that I call ‘movement clusters’ which are actions or initiations grouped together that produce a body. I am currently mapping out what this concept might form in terms of strategies and structures.
The residency aims to enable artistic and organizational development, through free access to office space and studio time as well as counselling. Please contact Anne-Sofie Ericsson for more information.
Photo Luis Alberto Rodriguez