{"id":23129,"date":"2018-11-13T20:39:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T19:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dansenshus63c7e7a70b457.cloud.bunnyroute.com\/?post_type=dh_event&#038;p=23129"},"modified":"2025-03-17T16:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:11:36","slug":"slick-2019","status":"publish","type":"dh_event","link":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/program\/slick-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofia S\u00f6derg\u00e5rd [SWE] | SLICK 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In SLICK, Sofia S\u00f6derg\u00e5rd enters the stage transformed into drag king Qarl Qunt. We follow his fourth world tour both on and off stage. Qarl has the firmest handshake and thinks few things compare to picking vegetables. With an interest in power and sexuality, he offers a crossover show that lands somewhere between cabaret and performance. Through the dance styles of voguing and waacking, he delivers butch realness that challenges the stereotypically masculine and feminine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sverigesradio.se\/sida\/artikel.aspx?programid=478&amp;artikel=7063317\">Listen to Kulturnytt P1's feature on Sofia's transformation into Qarl Qunt.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SLICK premiered at Dansens Hus festival Urban Connection 2018 and went on tour around the country in the autumn of 2018 in collaboration with Dansn\u00e4t Sweden.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/316507334<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>About the choreographer<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2472\" height=\"2026\" class=\"wp-image-20443 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Sofia-Sodergard_Elisabet-Olson-Wallin_beskuren_WEBB.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Sofia S\u00f6derg\u00e5rd\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Sofia-Sodergard_Elisabet-Olson-Wallin_beskuren_WEBB.jpg 2472w, https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Sofia-Sodergard_Elisabet-Olson-Wallin_beskuren_WEBB-450x369.jpg 450w, https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Sofia-Sodergard_Elisabet-Olson-Wallin_beskuren_WEBB-1024x839.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Sofia-Sodergard_Elisabet-Olson-Wallin_beskuren_WEBB-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Sofia-Sodergard_Elisabet-Olson-Wallin_beskuren_WEBB-1536x1259.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Sofia-Sodergard_Elisabet-Olson-Wallin_beskuren_WEBB-2048x1678.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Sofia-Sodergard_Elisabet-Olson-Wallin_beskuren_WEBB-15x12.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2472px) 100vw, 2472px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3>Sofia S\u00f6derg\u00e5rd<\/h3>\n<p>Sofia S\u00f6derg\u00e5rd is a freelance choreographer, dancer, actor and DJ. Trained in the club and street dance scene in New York, the Ballet Academy in Stockholm and at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts.<br \/>\nSofia is one of the founders of the dance company P*fect, which has been seen at Sadler's Wells in London, Melodifestivalen, Juste Debout in Paris and has been the support act for <strong>Lady Gaga<\/strong>.<br \/>\nOver the past year, she has choreographed <strong>The Chaos family<\/strong> last performance <em>Those already saved<\/em> as well as Farnaz Arbabis <em>Angels in America<\/em> at the Dramatic Theatre.<br \/>\nIn winter 2018-2019, S\u00f6derg\u00e5rd is working at Theatre V\u00e4sternorrland, playing Elake M\u00e5ns in Pelle Svansl\u00f6s.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Sofia was nominated for the Swedish Theatre Critics Association's Dance Award.<br \/>\nThe performance SLICK is selected for the Scenkonstbiennalen 2019 which will be arranged 14-19 May 2019 in Sundsvall\/H\u00e4rn\u00f6sand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Butch realness when Qarl Qunt takes the stage.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":47673,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-23129","dh_event","type-dh_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dh_eventcategory-forestallningar"],"meta_box":{"components":[{"embed_group":{"embed_type":"gallery"}}],"grid_description":"","mobile_featured_image":false,"show_group":[{"show_datetime":"2019-03-21 19:00"},{"show_datetime":"2019-03-20 19:00"}],"featured_image_position":"","event_address":"","event_google_maps_url":"","background_topbanner":"","color_topbanner":"dark","overlay_topbanner":"none","gradient_topbanner":"","reviews":[],"offstage_image":false,"offstage_group":[],"credits":[],"event_startdatum":"2019-03-20","event_slutdatum":"2019-03-21","event_duration":"","event_pause":"0","event_pause_length":"","event_tickets_url":"","event_extra_info":"","post_cards":[],"artist-to-event_from":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dh_event\/23129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dh_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dh_event"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dh_event\/23129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}