Email: clara.folenius@gmail.com
Tel: 0046739981344Freelancing dance artist, based in Sweden, and a member of Raven Productions (ICE), Stigfurpatrullen (SWE), Danskonstkollektivet Sch!! (SWE), and MeeToo Moving Arts Network (Worldwide). Over the years, she has participated in various productions and residencies in Sweden, UK, Norway and Iceland. Clara graduated from BA(Hons) DanceTheatre at Laban, London, July 2009. One year of studies at Balettakademin, Stockholm, Sweden, 2005-2006. Clara has just finished off a project, Blötdjur, with Stigfurpatrullen in Sweden, performing at Stockholm Fringe Fest. She is currently working with Raven in Iceland to create a piece for Reykjavík Dance Festival 2011.
Education
2006–2009 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, BA (Honors) Dance Theatre, London, UK.
2005–2006 Balettakademin Stockholm, Sweden - Foundation course.
WORKSHOPS AND COURSES
2011 Tono Lackhy, Stockholm, Sweden.
2008 Dance For Camera (uni. course), London, UK. Teacher: Miranda Pennel.
2008 Yasmeen Godder workshop, Barcelona, Spain.
2007 Butoh, Nick Parkin, London, UK.
MEMBER OF
Raven Productions - Dance company based in Iceland and lead by choreographer Hrafnhildur Einarsdóttir. Productions performed in Iceland and UK. (www.raven.is)
Stigfurpatrullen – Dance Company based in Sweden and founded 2003. Artistic director: Sophie Stigfur. (www.stigfurpatrullen.se)
Danskonstkollektivet Sch!! – Live art collective based in Sweden and founded 2006.
MeeToo Moving Arts Network – Network including dance artists from Sweden, UK, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, Iceland and Austria. (www.meetooman.net)
PERFORMANCE
2011 Blötdjur-The Movie, film shooting in Ibiza, Spain, and Nattavaara, Sweden.
April-August 2011 Blötdjur, Stigfurpatrullen, Kulturhuset Stockholm during Stockholm Fringe Fest, Teater Martin Mutter, and TurTeatern, Sweden.
2011 Do The Perfromance, choreographer Emelie Wångstedt, The Place, London, UK.
2010 Work in Progress, Stigfurpatrullen, during Haninge Happening, at Haninge Kulturhus, Stockholm, Sweden.
2010 Work in Progress, Stigfurpatrullen, during ALTO audio visual night, Karlskrona, Sweden.
2010 Hulda – falið verkefni, Raven Productions, Klassíski Listdanskólinn, Reykjavík, Iceland. (http://raven.is/?page=works-hulda)
2010 Paradise Project, Stigfurpatrullen, Paradiso festival at UngaTur, Stockholm, Sweden.
2010 Butter Dance, choreographer Melati Suryodarmo (Indonesia/Germany), Moderna Dansteatern (MDT), Stockholm, Sweden.
2010 Paradise Project (work in progress), Stigfurpatrullen, Moderna Dansteatern. Presentation of result during residency at Moderna Dansteatern, Stockholm, Sweden. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2zYhlp_YaE)
2009 Hela Familjen, Danskonstkollektivet Sch!!, Högkvarteret, Stockholm, Sweden, and at Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway, where the collective also attended a residency.
2009 High Heels, choreograher Ruth Lux, The Shunt, London, UK. A combined movement installation and dance performance, part of The Shunt's curation Decay and Decadence, curated by Serena Bobowski.
2008-2009 Thethestatewearein, choreographer Struan Leslie, Bonnie Bird Theatre, London, UK, and touring.
2008-2009 Stories in the Rocks, choreographer Rosemary Butcher, Bonnie Bird Theatre and Siobhan Davies Studios, London, and touring in UK and Iceland.
2008 The Cardboard Café, choreographer Hanna Erlman (Danskonstkollektivet Sch!!), Uppsala International Performance Festival at Uppsala Stadsteater, Sweden, and Laban, London, UK.
2008 Green Clowns, Bonnie Bird Theatre, London, UK – A recreation of Rudolf Laban's piece.
2007 Dörrarna, Stigfurpatrullen, Hallstavik, Sweden.
2004 Två Liv, choreographer Ellinor Ljungkvist, Örebro Teater, Örebro, Sweden.
CHOREOGRAPHY
2009 Hela Familjen, Danskonstkollektiver Sch!!, Högkvarteret, Stockholm, Sweden and Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway.
2009 I have a dream, Laban, London, UK. My graduation work at Laban.
2008 Kampen I Rutan, dance film, Uppsala International Performance Festival, Uppsala Stadsteater, Uppsala, Sweden.
TEACHING
2009 Örebro Kulturskola, Örebro, Sweden - jazz dance and dance for children.
2009 Nerikes dansinstitut, Örebro, Sweden - contemporary jazz.
SCHOLARSHIPS
2010-2011 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee – Scholarship for international culture exchange.
2010 Grepska fonderna – Scholarship for project with Raven Productions in Reykjavík, Iceland.
2005 Adolf Lindgren Stiftelse – Scholarship for further education in dance.
2005 Örebro Kulturskola Stipendium – Dance Scholarship for further education.
OTHER
Fluent in Swedish and English.