Nordic Sustainable Dance Training

Nordic Sustainable Dance Training (SDT) SDT is a collaboration between Dansehallerne (DK), Danscentrum Sthlm (SV), PRODA (NO) and Tanssille Ry (FI), institutions that offer training for professional dancers. During fall 2023 and spring 2024, SDT has been carried out with the intention to share resources, expand and bridge various Nordic artistry with local dancers in Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Stockholm – while touring environmentally friendly. 

Within the framework of this new Nordic co-operation, one artist/teacher has been selected from each country to rotate between the cities. Each of the 4 artists has teached daily classes woven into each organization’s regular program. The artists are Daniel Sarr (NO), Dorte Bjerre Jensen (DK), Linda Blomqvist (SE) and Vera Nevanlinna (FI). These artists represent versatile and specific dance knowledge and artistic pedagogical practice of highest quality. Bringing them on tour to the other Nordic countries has been a possibility for enriching each country’s dance competence. The…