OPEN STUDIOS

Open studio is a concept where dance makers invite you to get a sneak peak in the middle of their process. It's a way of helping the artist to move forward but also a generous way to share with the audience. All dance maker have 30 min at their disposal.

During today's Open Studio you will meet artist Johanna Fröjd and here ongoing process Somnia Soma and the process of the recipent of the MDW residency 2026 My-Linh LE.

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RESIDENCY

Malmö Dance Week announces an open call for studio residency which are primarily aimed at artists in the street and club dance field. The two week residency will take place at Skånes Dansteater with support from Riksteatern Skåne. The residency ends up with a showing during Malmö Dance Week.

‍SOMNIA SOMA (Dröm Kropp) - JOHANNA FRÖJD

Somnia Soma (Dream Body) is a performance and audiovisual installation. In the meeting between two artists and the different art forms, the tension field between the ephemerality of the mind and the presence of the body is examined. Based on dreams, loops and rhythmic sequences, they investigate the cycles of being.

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The performance takes its starting point from the concept of Dreamtime. Through associative singing and dancing, the material emerges in the meeting between body, voice and space. Together they create a world that vibrates, pulsates and sings itself to life. In this world, the dream becomes an embodied experience, perhaps an opportunity to dream without getting lost?

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ABOUT JOHANNA FRÖJD

Johanna Fröjd is a dance artist based in Malmö. With roots in the House dance culture, she is inspired by its social and cultural aspect and context. Her practice revolves around an exploration of improvisation within music and dance experiences. Through a playful exploration of vibration, pulse and rhythm, she creates looping phrasings that open up for both stability and transformation. In this paradox, she explores bodily presence and musical dialogue. Her work has been shown at Dansens Hus, Palladium and Inkonst, among others.

The project is supported by: Scenkonst Sörmland, Malmö Stad and Danscentrum Syd

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RESIDENCE SHOWING - MY-LINH LE

My-Linh Le will be working on developing an auto-ethnographic performance research project investigating inherited survival behaviors within diasporic bodies shaped by war, migration, displacement, and assimilation. She will be working with Iranian-Swedish-American artist Nilo Zamiri drawing from popping/strutting styles in examining their shared and divergent histories of belonging through movement, improvisation, and the body as an archive of memory and survival.

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ABOUT MY-LINH LE

My-Linh Le (b. 1987, San Jose, California) is the first woman to represent the legendary popping and strutting crew, Playboyz Inc, since its formation in 1981. She is known as a multifaceted artist, filmmaker, and dancer. As the founding director of Mud Water Theatre since 2015, My-Linh has been a part of the Bay Area street dance scene for over 20 years. With a masters of fine arts degree in dance and a bachelor's degree in world arts & culture, her work experiments with dance as a form of research, community-driven education, and embodied storytelling.