BA - Ballet Academies SUCK IT! 24-25 May 2024

Programme

Works developed together with choreographers Anton Lachky, Jennifer Archibald, Gabriella Engdahl, Subjazz, Hlin Hjalmarsdottir. The evening is curated by Charlotta Öfverholm.

”Suck it - often used to rub something in someone's face, for instance, something they didn't think you could do. Once it is accomplished, you could use this term as an expression to say "even though you thought I couldn't, look I just did it anyway.". 

Everyone has felt that feeling of accomplishing something against all odds. During these three years, everyone has had setbacks, both alone and together, and sometimes you have probably doubted yourself, your place (in school, in life). Suck it is a way to put an end to all the doubts you have had about yourself, and from others.

When the Ballet Academy was founded in 1957 by Lia Schubert, it was the first professional dance school that included not only classical ballet but also modern and jazz dance. The school was founded based on several needs: there was a need for an education for students who started their main dance training late, and there was a great need for a comprehensive dance education with different forms of dance. The Ballet Academy's Professional Dance Education is a versatile, qualified and internationally characterised education that provides students with the dance technical and artistic skills required in the musical and entertainment industry or in dance as an independent art form.