Vincent Jonsson

Dancer, Creator, Collaborator & Teacher

is a Swedish dance-artist based in Danmark and Sweden. He is a graduate from the Dance and Choreography program at The Danish National School Of Performing Arts.

It is important for him to both create, perform and teach because he believes these different ways of working with dance inform each other and they have an equal importance in his work.

He is inspired by and studied with: Matan Levkowich, David Zambrano, amongst others.

He has performed in pieces made by: Liz Kinoshita, Marina Abramović, Cyril Baldy & Tilman O’Donnell, Lea Anderson, amongst others. So far, he has taught and presented his own work in Denmark, Sweden, England, Spain, Finland and Germany.

Collaborators: Rebecka Berchtold, Lukas Racky, Maia Means, Karin Bergman, Riikka Laurilehto, Fuji Hoffmann, Emilie Gregersen, Josefin Rocén, Danskollektivet Ronny, amongst others.

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EDUCATION

2013 – 2017, four year Dance, Choreography education (240 ECTS) at The Danish National School of Performing Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark. The education focuses on educating diverse and individual dance artists. taught by: Rasmus Ölme, David Zambrano, Ursula Robb, Jeremy Nelson, Jozef Frucek, Linda Kapetanea, Martin Kilvady, Anna Grip, Tilman O’Donnell, Cyril Baldy, Barbara Mahler, Malcolm Manning, Libby Farr, Iñaki Azpillaga, Shai Faran, Khosro Adibi, Kirstie Simson, Kevin Cregan, Rebecka Hillton, Matteo Fargion, Sara Gebran, Mårten Spångberg, amongst others).
2015 Fall term, Exchange program atLondon Contemporary Dance School, The Place, London, England. (taught by: Leila McMillan, Kate Price, Susan Kline, Lauren Potter, Baptiste Bourgougnon, Raymond Chai, amongst others).
2012 – 2013, One year Preparatory Dance program at Lunnevads folkhögskola, Linköping, Sweden.

ADDITIONAL COURSES AND INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS

2019 August – present. Freestanding course in Dance didactics with focus professional dance education (5 ECTS), at DOCH, Stockholm, Sweden.
2018 September, Participer, EXINone month intensive with David Zambrano, in Korfu, Greece.
2017 September – October, Participer, The Passing Through Only intensive with David Zambrano, in Sicily, Italy.
2016 June, Participer, two weeks Play-Fight Camp with Bruno Caverna, Arezzo, Italy.
2012 September – October, Leadership course focusing on preventing suppression techniques, at Studiefrämjandet, Linköping, Sweden.
2011 May – 2012 April, Leadership course stage 1,2 and 3 at Studiefrämjandet, Linköping, Sweden.

PERFORMER EXPERIENCE

2019 September – present, Dancer, ”OCEAN”, choreography: My Grönholdt, MYKA, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2019 August – present, Dancer, ”Vem är ronny?” choreography: Sophia Örnell, Linköping, Sweden.
2019 June – present, Dancer, ”STRIKT” choreography: My Lindblad, koncertkirken, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2018 April, Dancer, ”You Can’t Take It With You” choreography: Liz Kinoshita, STUK, Leuven, Belgium.
2017 June – October, Performer, ”Imponderabilia” The Cleaner – Marina Abramović Louisiana museum in Humlebæk, Denmark.
2017 October & 2018 May, Dancer, ”X2” choreography: Ann Sofie Cleveland, Dansekapellet, Copenhagen, Denmark & SoloDuo Festival, Barnes Crossing, Cologne, Germany.
2017 February, Dancer, ”Radical Empathy”, choreography: Liz Kinoshita, DDSKS, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2016 April – May, Dancer, “Whatever Singularity #327: There & Those & Upon Us”, choreography: Cyril Baldy & Tilman ODonnell, DDSKS, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2015 September – October, Dancer, “Hand in Glove”, choreography: Lea Anderson, London, England.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching, Professional Training & Open Workshops

2019 October, Teacher, Morning training, at Stretch conference organized by Keðja, Turku, Finland.
2019 February, Teacher, Professional training at Tanssille, Helsinki, Finland.
2018 October, Teacher, Professional training at Region Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden.
2018 October, Teacher, Open workshop at Balettakademien, Stockholm, Sweden.
2018 August & 2019 March, Teacher, Professional training at Dansehallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2018 June, Teacher, Professional training at Tanzfabrik Berlin, Germany.
2015 July, Teacher, Play fight contact improvisation; workshop taught together with Maia Means, at the daCI conference, Dansehallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Teaching in Dance Educations

2019 October – present, Teacher at the dance program at SOZO visions in motion, Kassel, Germany.
2017 December – 2019 May, Faculty Teacher at the Dance program at Lunnevads folkhögskola, Linköping, Sweden.
2019 February – March, Guest teacher at efterskolen at Oure kostskole, Oure, Denmark.
2018 October, Teacher at the Dance program at Balettakademien, Stockholm, Sweden.
2018 October, Guest teacher at the Dance program at Kävesta folkhögskola, Örebro, Sweden.
2018 October, Teacher at the Dance camp at Oure kostskole, Oure, Denmark.
2018 March, Guest teacher at the Dance program at Kävesta folkhögskola, Örebro, Sweden.
2018 March, Guest teacher at the Dance program at Keski-Pohjanmaan kansanopistontaidelinjat, Kälviä, Finland.
2018 January – February, Teacher at the Dance program at Balettakademien, Stockholm, Sweden.
2016 October, Guest teacher, at the BA (Hons) Dance program, at Institute of the Arts Barcelona, Sitges, Spain.
2015 January – 2018 April, Teacher, of the junior company, at Dansebryggeriet, Copenhagen, Danmark.

CREATIONS, COLLABORATIONS & RESEARCH

2019 February – May, Co-creation, ”Meanwhile”, the dance company at Theatre Pforzheim, Pforzheim, Germany.
2019 April, Own creation, “Relatable” performed in Linköping & Copenhagen.
2018 November – present, Own research project, “Process Project 1“, in Copenhagen, Danmark & Linköping, Sweden.
2017 September, Own creation, ”Creature 1” performed in Catania, Copenhagen & Falun.
2017 May, Own creation, ”Circle Solo” in Copenhagen, Denmark.
2016 September, Research with Matan Levkowich, Kassel, Germany & Vienna, Austria.
2016 November, Co-creation with Lukas Racky, “Same, same, but different”, The Danish National School Of Performing Arts, Copenhagen, Danmark
2016 June, Collaborator and Creator, at “Different bodies meet, share and develop” residence, Umeå, Sweden.
2015 December, Choreographer, ”Constellations”, Robin Howard Dance Theatre at the Place, London, England.
2015 April, Teacher and researcher, “Teaching movement-research 1”, at Lunnevads folkhögskola, Linköping, Sweden.
2015 March, Choreographer and Collaborator, ”The Crossing Water Project”, Turku, Finland

RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS

2018 November, Project scholarship for “Process Project 1” from Region Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden.
2017 April, Educational scholarship from Anders Sandrews Stiftelse, Stockholm, Sweden.

Photo: Anne Rönkkö