Yared Tilahun Cederlund continues his investigation into the pulse, exploring the power it possesses. From the heartbeat that gives us life, to the feeling of a city pulsing - to the base of house music. Like fire, the pulse has brought people together since ancient times. Where do we end up if we follow the pulse?

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Venue

Elverket, Linnégatan 69

Duration

60 minutes

12 Dec

19:00

13 Dec

19:00

14 Dec

15:00

By tapping into the powerful force that happens when people synchronise with each other, and together can move mountains, build pyramids and create change, Yared Tilahun Cederlund has once again found the superpower that drives the pulse. 

In pulse At MDT 2024, Yared Tilahun Cederlund invited the audience to witness some of the most skilful and respected dancers from the Swedish street and freestyle scene: Yared Tilahun Cederlund, Maele Sabuni, Niki Tsappos, Alexander Dam Ida Holmlund and Nataşa Baykal. The artists took to the stage and explored pulse, beat, rhythm and tempo. 

Puls is a long-term project that will take shape in many versions and formats with different dancers. The project centres on the deep knowledge and skills of street and freestyle dancers and aims to work on their own terms. In parallel with the artistic work and the exploration of pulse as a theme, the project aims to highlight and make visible the talent, creativity and originality of the street dance / freestyle field, under the direction / choreography of a choreographer who is at home in the dancers' expressions and movement worlds. The PULS project had its first public meeting through "PULS pt.1" at the MDT during March 2024. PULS pt.2 is a brand new show and can be seen completely independently from pt.1.

Yared Tilahun Cederlund is currently with: PULS pt.1 (MDT) in spring 2024, FESTIVAL by Viktor Fröjd (Dansnät Sweden - spring 2024) and IT IS CONTAINED IN by Yared Tilahun Cederlund and Joanna Holewa Chrona (Riksteatern - Tour 2025) 

In co-production with Dansens Hus.

Rehearsal and residency at Scenkonst Sörmland with Puls pt.2

About Yared Tilahun Cederlund

Yared Tilahun Cederlund, born on 18 January 1989 in Stockholm Sweden, is a dancer, sound/music composer, choreographer and DJ active in the street dance scene and in other performing arts spaces.

Yared began his dance journey at the age of 9 and has since been seen on stages around the world. After many years of studying dances and techniques from the Streetdance vocabulary and exploring several types of dance, Yared's unique movement language has emerged. From 2006 to 2013, he was most active in the Battle scene, often appearing at events such as Streetstar (Sweden) and Juste Debout (France). In recent years, he has been involved as a dancer in a variety of performances, such as "IDIOM" and "DRONE" by Erik Linghede, "Mental State of Sweden" with Cullberg by Mattias Andersson, "Life" and "Feasts" by Viktor Fröjd, "Contact us" by Lisa Janbell, "This That Unravels" by Björn Säfsten, "The clearing" by Lotta Gahrton, "[... it is contained in...]"by Joanna Holewa Chrona & Yared Tilahun Cederlund,"Raised On Rhythm". by Niki Tsappos.

As a sound composer, Yared has composed works such as "So Sorry" and "YES" by Bam Bam Frost, "YEBO YES" by Theresa Gustavsson and Joanna Holewa Chrona, "conflict" by Ida Holmlund and Alexandr Antochvili, "[... it is contained in...]" by Joanna Holewa Chrona & Yared Tilahun Cederlund, "Tr3i" by Bianca Traum

About Omar Velasquez Rojas

Omar Velasquez Rojas, born and raised in Stockholm started dancing at the age of five. Partly self-taught, partly through courses, fryshuset's dancer line and Åsa Folkhögskola (Sweden's only dancer training in the street dance field). Omar found his passion in dance early on through expressions related to hip hop, rnb & house with freestyle / improvisation as the core. In recent years, Omar has been active in the battle scene both as a dancer and as a judge. Among other things, Omar won Battle Bad - Prelims (Hip Hop) - 2022 and was invited to Marseille, France the same year to participate in the competition "Battle Challenge South". Omar judged "Whos Got The Funk - Vitabergsparken (2024)" and Up North (2022). Outside of the battle/competition scene, Omar has appeared as a dancer at the Grammis Gala (2022) behind artist A36 and in Labyrinth's music video "We Dance"2018: Omar's participation in Cullberg's - "While in battle I'm free, never free to rest" by Homan Sharifi and "PULSE" by Yared Tilahun Cederlund.

About Maele "CHEZA" Sabuni 

Maele "CHEZA" Sabuni has been dancing since childhood and started taking classes in 2002 in various street dance styles. He has a long background as a participant in various competitions/battles and over the years won titles such as Juste Debout Nordic (Nordic championship), Baltic Session (Estonia), The Abyss Housedance experience (USA) and others. Studied two years at Åsa Folk High School. Today he freelances as a dancer / choreographer in various contexts, TV, artists, performances and on tours. Melodifestivalen, Polarpriset, toured with Riksteatern, Dansnät, Scenkonst Sörmland and co-creates / participates with other choreographers in various productions.

Performed a dance solo at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (NRKTV). Currently on tour with the self-choreographed award-winning performance Bach In The Street and touring with FESTEN and choreographing
THE MIND EXPERIMENT. In addition, Maele participated in Yared Tilahun Cederlund's - PULS pt.1 and will work with Cullberg in a new production in 2025.

About Niki Awandee

Niki Awandee is a spiritual explorer and artistic alchemist that found a guiding light in dance, rhythm and music at a very young age. Her artistic expression and unique touch has brought her global resonance within the HipHop dance community. She is regularly seen flying out from her residence in Stockholm - Sweden to perform, teach, judge and host events and battles around the globe. In 2024 she reached an amazing and astonishing 54 countries, of which many she has visited multiple times. Niki is a pioneering force questing for freedom and self expression through the practice of freestyle, rhythm, playfulness and intuition training. She has a deep interest in sharing these practices and methods with the aim to contribute to a global growth in creativity, personal resonance, heightened sensibility, genuine expressions and artistic/movement refinement.

Niki is well known in the established global Hip Hop community through her various achievements related to her dance practice, winning many of the worlds most prestigious titles but foremost inspiring a world through her unique craft and powerful presence on and off stage. In recent years she has also made a name for herself creating and choreographing her own stage productions. "Head Peace" (2022) and "Raised on rhythm" (2023).

About Ida "Inxi" Holmlund

Ida "Inxi" Holmlund is a freelance dancer, choreographer and dance teacher based in Stockholm, Sweden.

She is educated in streetdance styles at Åsa Folkhögskola Five Styles and One Style programme in Sweden, and at the Juste Debout school in Paris. Since 2013 she became part of the Majeko Dance Crew.

Now she is the first international member of the house of Alphaomega, who are mainly based in NYC. Inxi got titled as Legendary in the ballroom scene at the "Abow the Rainbow ball" in Paris 2019. Her first recognition in ballroom is the Vogue femme final at streetstar 2013. In may 2023 she was voguing at the Beyonce Renaissance concert in Stockholm.

Inxis wins in popping are Streetstar 7 to smoke final edition, Hiphop weekend in Malmö, Battle bad Sweden, Juste Debout Scandinvia, Ladies of hiphop in NYC , Soul session Oslo etc .

During her career Inxi has been touring in Europe, Asia, Usa, Russia and South Africa to give workshops, judge, battle guest or perform. She has also worked as a dancer in productions in the contemporary field with Örjan Andersson, Kenneth Kvarnström, Mari Carrasco & Cullberg Dance Company.

As a choreographer she made a solo piece "OctoThe Vogue piece " for Detour Festival in Copenhagen 2023 "bitch please" together with the house of prodigy in 2019. And duo piece "conflict" in 2018 for Urban Connection and Dansnät Sweden.

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This could be one of the most beautiful dance pieces of the autumn.

-SvD

Dancing is a necessary and natural extension of living together, an artery to the beating heart of existence

-SvD

Overall, the mood of "Pulse pt 2" is soft and at the same time intense, as when the body of the superb Niki Awandee Tsappo is intercepted by rhythms and becomes one with the flow.

-SvD