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BJ\u00d6RN S\u00c4FSTEN
\nHAUNTED DESIRES
\nStudio presentation as part of the \u201836 Hours of Dance\u2019 event on 24 October, 10.00\u201314.00<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We're all dancing to the tune of our own desires, wrapped in a pink string of digital obsession.<\/p>\n

In a raw exploration of digital algorithms, body ideals and the invisible communication that shapes our reality, three gay men delve into their feeds by examining what we all spend far too much time looking at. Through the reflections of our screens, the choreography delves into the mass production of the material that constantly overwhelms us. From this, a choreography is born: three beings immersed in their seemingly random scrolling, cast adrift in a place where the only thing they can do is practise their own language. By wallowing in their desires and inhibitions, these images and feelings are explored in a series of scenes that are as fragile as they are intense.<\/p>\n

In Haunted Desires, Bj\u00f6rn S\u00e4fsten continues to delve into humanity's constant failure in communication and what it does to the individual. In this piece, the gaze is specifically directed at iconography created by men who wish to be desired by other men, as the dancers arbitrarily transform select clips from the algorithms thrown at them in social media. On stage, the autobiographical merges with the fictional, the sought-after with the real, in a flicker of exposed haunted desire. The thing that you desire, perhaps you must become?<\/p>\n

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\r\nThe work takes visual twists and turns, often moulding itself while being performed, establishing itself anew each time for each audience encounter. He aims to expose physical dilemmas, deliberately creating situations where the performer\u2019s thoughts are revealed, opened up to the viewer. The work fools around with the notion of language \u2013 striving to confuse and divert the viewer from the regularity of bodily reading. The body is seen as a multiplex of wills, desires and directions, moving away from the notion of a bodily and mental entity. The exact texture of the singular movement stands at the core of the work."}},{"component_type":"wysiwyg","component_wysiwyg":"

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\r\n\r\nCredits Haunted Desires\r\n\r\nCredits:\r\nChoreography: Bj\u00f6rn S\u00e4fsten, in close collaboration with P\u00e4r Andersson, Philip Berlin and Sam Huczkowski, Marcus Baldemar and Joaqu\u00edn Collado\r\nScript: Bj\u00f6rn S\u00e4fsten and P\u00e4r Andersson\r\nDance: P\u00e4r Andersson, Marcus Baldemar and Joaqu\u00edn Collado\r\nLight design: Jonatan Winbo\r\nSet design: Bj\u00f6rn S\u00e4fsten and Jonatan Winbo\r\nCostume: Bj\u00f6rn S\u00e4fsten\r\nConstruction and manufacturing technician, Dansens Hus: Johannes F\u00e4st\r\nDramaturgy: Kristina Hagstr\u00f6m-St\u00e5hl\r\nPhotography: M\u00e4rta Thisner\r\nVoice actors: Klas Lagerlund och Dan Mclellan\r\nAudio editor: Joakim Lundgren\r\nIntimacy coordinator: Sara Arrhusius\r\nProduction: Nordberg Movement\r\nCo-production: Inkonst\r\nCreated in residence at: Inkonst and La Caldera Centre de Creaci\u00f3 de Dansa Barcelona\r\nWith support from: The Swedish Arts Council, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, The City of Stockholm and Region Stockholm\r\nSpecial thanks to: Palmer Lydebrant","linkbox":{"linkbox_background":"#f4f4f4"}}],"grid_description":"","mobile_featured_image":false,"background_topbanner":"","color_topbanner":"light","overlay_topbanner":"none","gradient_topbanner":"0","shows_mode":"","shows_posts":[],"shows_max":"","post_cards":[],"media_type_topbanner":"","single_image_topbanner":false,"video_topbanner":[],"rubrik_topbanner":"","underrubrik_topbanner":"","datum_topbanner":"","post_topbanner":"","featured_event":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49725"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49809,"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49725\/revisions\/49809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}