Weld Extended continues with Brazilian choreographer Thiago Granato, who works with dancers Elise Brewer, Mikael Marklund, Ma Lin, William Nylind and Sanna Violeta Ribbing.

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WELD EXTENDED
In the Weld Extended project, dancers with different backgrounds, skills and experiences are invited to work together with Swedish and international choreographers in curious and exploratory processes. The invitation to the choreographer consists of sharing their practice, returning to older material or exploring new material. For the dancers, it provides an opportunity to experience new methods and aesthetics, to be enriched and challenged, and to meet colleagues they may never have worked with before.

We want to provide opportunities for both newly graduated choreographers and dancers and established Swedish and international artists. Sometimes, Weld Extended can also be linked to existing projects or concepts that need a cohesive group structure, which is what we did in the 2024 process with Jeanine Durning. Weld wants to open up opportunities for more Swedish and international dancers and choreographers to work together through curious processes.

Photo: Jan Fedinger

THIAGO GRANATO (DE/PT)
is a Brazilian dance artist whose works emerge from processes that insist on promoting experiences of political transformation through aesthetic innovation. He holds a Master’s degree in New Performative Practices (2021) from Uniarts Stockholm, directed by Chrysa Parkinson, and previously participated in the Ex.e.r.ce 8 Program at CCN Montpellier (2008), coordinated by Xavier Le Roy. Together with Catarina Saraiva, he co-curated the international festival and laboratory Linha de Fuga in Coimbra (2022). In 2023, he was one of the facilitators of The Listening Academy Berlin, in collaboration with Brandon LaBelle.
As an educator, Thiago has facilitated classes and workshops at institutions such as Cullberg (SE), Staatsballett Berlin (DE), Uniarts Stockholm (SE), Dansprogrammet (SE), the Modern Theatre Dance Department of the Amsterdam University of the Arts (NL), the Master’s in Performing Arts and Visual Culture – Madrid (ES), Institut del Teatre de Barcelona (ES), HZT/UDK Berlin (DE), Tanzfabrik Berlin (DE), and Puzzle #7 at Stanica Station Belgrade (SRB), among others. He currently lives between Berlin (DE) and Lousã (PT).
thiagogranato.com

Upcoming Open Showings with Weld Extended autumn 2025

Weld Extended + Björn Elisson
Open performance November 7 at 7 pm.

Weld is supported by the City of Stockholm, the Swedish Arts Council and Region Stockholm