MOA MATILDA SAHLIN

Moa Matilda Sahlin (born 1974 in Gävle, Sweden) reactivates postmodern/contemporary practice theories through a critical exercise of queer femmes' development, in her own body and societal corporeality. Her dance classes and choreographic practice, insist on the central role of art in society. She repeatedly offers up the hopeful serpentine paths towards the ongoing dream of Utopia.

MOA kompani, is a proposal to work through choreographic methods in projects, networks, choreographies and conversations. Community centered organizations modells started with Dansbyrån 2006-2018 and the dance bar was; Funmi Adewole, Inta Balode, Kate Elswit, Åsa Holtz, Rani Nair, Jannine Rivel, Petra Kuppers, Steinunn Ketlisdottir and others are and have been influential colleagues. With its new perspectives, formal experiments and bodily updates. The choreography "Curious on the border" was made in her master's degree in choreography in 2005 London, Laban, and was part of the dance biennial in Gothenburg in 2006.

MOA kompani do since the one new choreography per year.

Nowadays, MOA kompani works both locally with institutions; studio Skaftarp in Värnamo, Swedish Ballet School, Gothenburg Culture School, Gothenburg City Theatre, to Nordic / Baltic independent choreography projects such as Writing Movement 2.0, EXPRESSIONS, Danske Dansehistorier 2018. "The extended hand gesture" premiered in 2016. A group of eight dancers with expertise in a wide range of performative methods become part of the MOA company, synchronizing solidarity movements with newly composed music. It is in that context and on these stage spaces that create post-contemporary that the new choreography "Momentum-making kin with butterflies" developed and tours 2018-2022. Then a solo “En hink fred '' developed into a pratice with 10 dancers called 100 buckets of peace, working with the solution to climate change= less carbon footprints and firmer green handshakes in Värnamo municipality, Sweden. This work is durational 2023-2033 and also invites book readings and conversations.

Photo credit Tobias Lundqvist