CV

Selection of work experience circus/stage & teaching:

2022

2022

  • Acrobatical choreographer for the show "Ska det vara såhär??!" at Kungsbacka kulturhus. 
  • Played Det får bära eller brista at Kristofferscenen & Järfälla Kulturscen during Cirkusmania 2022 & at Sundsvall's theatre at International women's day. 
  • Played Att rymma med en cirkus in  Mölndal & Mora. 
  • Preparatory residnecies with the Aheing body project; Kroppen som åldras. 
  • Creation of new show CykelCirkus at Kristofferscenen & Riksteatern in Stockholm, Ågården in Skivarp, Stenkrossen in Lund and Karavan in Malmö. 
  • Bike summer tour with  Cykelcirkus, 13 performances in Skåne. 
  • Played Det får bära eller brista at Malmöfestivalen, Malmö & at Dynamo - workspace for circus and performning arts, Odense.
  • Residencies to create children's show SE OPP! in Oslo. In cooperation with Melanie Dahl produksjoner & Sagene Samfunnshus. https://www.melaniedahl.com/#/se-opp/

2021

  • Research residency for a brand new project about the ageing acrobat body. Together with Signe Veinholt at Scenstudion Gerlesborg. 
  • Live stream of children's show Tidsfördriv at Culture house Kungsängen. 
  • Played four shows of Det får bära eller brista at Sommarscen Malmö.
  • Playing Tidsfördriv in Linköping. 
  • Residency and premiere for Sorti, a contemporary circus show with live music, in Dala-Floda. Performed at Stora scen Dieselverkstaden, Stockholm, Sweden. 
  • Played Det får bära eller brista at Karavans Nycirkusfestival 2021, Malmö and Folkets hus i Sandviken. 
  • Research residency in Skåne with project Fly. Flyga. Illa fäkta. in collaboration with Mimbre acrobats. 
  • Organised, cofunded and performed in Det får bära eller brista tour at Faroe Islands.
  • Played family show Att rymma med en cirkus in Västerås, Sälen and Malung. 
  • Recieved one year work grant from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee to able to continue  research in own projects during 2021. 

2020

  • Residencies for Det får bära eller brista in Tampere, Finland and at Landskrona teater, Sweden. Premiere at Landskrona teater. 
  • Participated in #thesofadance with UK based acrobatic theatre company Mimbre. Commissioned for Culture in Quarantine by Arts Council England and BBC Arts.
  • Recieved a research grant from The Arts Council Norway for a choreographic project around the theme relational violence. 
  • Performed Att rymma med en cirkus in Mora and Djurås, Sweden.
  • Performed Tidsfördriv in Ale, Järna, Salem & Vetlanda, Sweden.

2019

  • Rebecka was one of 18 female acrobats who took to the runway for the specially commissioned and choreographed performance for Christian Dior’s Spring Summer 2019 (SS19) show at the Musée Rodin, Paris. Choreographed by Mimbre co-artistic directors Lina Johansson and Silvia Fratelli. http://mimbre.co.uk/mimbre-perform-at-dior-paris-fashion-show/

  • Played 29 shows with Att rymma med en cirkus. Selection: Vara konserthus, Maximteatern in Borlänge, Dalateatern in Falun and at Teaterstudion Lederman at Stockholm Craft week.
  • Residencies for Det får bära eller brista at Dynamo - Odense and DansIt Trondheim. 
  • Taught circus at Nysirkus Bjerke and Cirka Cirkus in Oslo. 

2018

  • Organised a creative international convention for female acrobats in Skivarp, Sweden.
  • Had four different residencies to create the children's show Att rymma med en cirkus that premiered at Meken, Smedjebacken, Sweden in November.
  • Taught circus at Nysirkus Bjerke and Cirka Cirkus in Oslo. 

2017

  • Toured Punkclown show with Clowns without borders Sweden for Unaccompanied minors in Stockholm.
  • Played Djeliya at Aprilfestival, Sönderborg, Denmark & at Emanuelskolan in Sjöbo, Sweden.
  • Gave holiday workshop at Ecole de cirque de Bruxelles in dance & acrobatics.
  • Played Djeliya at Festival Rythmes et Formes du Monde & with Pôle Culturel Djaram'arts, Toubab Dialaw, Senegal 

2016

  • Planned, organised and toured Djeliya in schools, 19 shows, Skåne & Halland, Sweden.
  • Played Djeliya at Sommarlund, Lund & DaFlo, Dala-Floda, Sweden.
  • Performed with duo The Walkers at Sommarlund, Lund, Sweden.
  • Tourleader & artist for Clowns without Borders clown tour for refugees in north of Greece.

2015

  • Premiere for Djeliya, Circus By Me's own production, at Regionteater Väst & Äsperödsskolan in Uddevalla. Director: Pelle Hanaeus. Artists: Los Errantes.
  • Taught partner acrobatics at an event for Judo students, Skateholm, Sweden.
  • Played Djeliya at Scenkonstdagarna in Hässleholm, Lendahlsskolan in Alingsås and Halmstad teater in Halmstad, Sweden.

2014

  • Played the Hip Cirq Europ' at the Jeugdtheater De Krakeling, Amsterdam and the Maastheater, Rotterdam, Holland.
  • Premiere for Bench at Crossing the Creek, Greenwich Dance, London.
  • Tour with Mimbre och Bench in Europe; Bath Fringe Festival, Bath, Visueel Festival Visuel, Belgium, SuperVliegSuperMouche, Belgium, Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, London, City of London Festival, London, Mouth of the Tyne Festival, Tynemouth, Alles Muss Rauss, Kaiserslautern, Germany, Blysh, Cardiff, Stockton International Riverside Festival, Stockton, Spoffin Festival, Amersfoort, Holland, Nycirkus festival, UMEA European Capital of Culture, Sweden, Tarrega Festival, Spain, Mimbre Circus Central, Hackney Central, London & Fêtes Romanes at Wolubilis, Belgium. 
  • Residencies for Djeliya at Wolubilis Theatre, Belgium & Aldea del Encuentro, Santiago de Chile.

2013

  • Employed at L’école de cirque de Bruxelles.
  • Premiere in Tampere, Finland with the show Hip Ciq Europ'! Played the same at The Festival of Fools, Belfast, Hip Cirq Hop in Bagneux, France, L'école de cirque de Bruxelles, Belgium and at the L'artchipel in Basse Terre, Guadeloupe.
  • Created the duo Las errantes in Santiago de Chile.
  • Participated in l'Ommegang, la Grande Place, Brussels.
  • Toured with Les Errants in a Clowns Without Borders project in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Performed with The Walkers at Août en Éclat in Soignies, Belgium.

2012

  • Employed at L’école de cirque de Bruxelles.
  • Gave workshops at the dance school Decodanse in Sète, France and at Le plus petit cirque du monde in Paris.
  • Participated in l'Ommegang, la Grande Place, Brussels.
  • Created the duo Les Errants with dancer Antoine Dutrieu, toured with our performance Wondering wandering and participated  in different projects between May and September. Performed at festivals such as  Sortilèges in Ath, Belgium, WA! in Lille, France and La Sémo in Hotton, Belgium. Da-Flo in Dala-Floda, Urkult in Näsåker, Malmöfestivalen in Malmö and Stoff in Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Created the show Hip Cirq Europ’ in Paris and Brussels.

2011

  • Employed at L’école de cirque de Bruxelles.
  • Held courses in trust and community with acrobatics as a tool at the Health and care program, Österportsskolan in Ystad, Sweden.
  • Worked with social circus projects and team-building for companies.
  • Development project in acrobatics and hip hop with Le plus petit cirque du monde in Paris and Guadeloupe.

2009 & 2010

  • Employed at L’école de cirque de Bruxelles.
  • Won the culture price of Ystads allehanda, a contest in the south of Sweden, with the Danish acrobat Jens Knudsen.
  • Played an improvisation performance at Jazz en Nord in Lille, France and at Edsviks konsthall in Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Played my solo Popcornsperformance at Teater Kapija in Abbekås and at Kulturnatten in Öland, Sweden.
  • Circus project for the humanitarian organization Le monde Autrement in Ramallah, Palestine.

2007 & 2008

  • Performed in circus festivals such as Circa in Auch, Tremplin 2008 at Italo Medini in Paris, Cirque en scene in Niort and La Piste au soleil in Cannes,  France.
  • Participated in Nycikus Seminar and Nat cabaret in Copenhagen and performed at Bakken’s Kildemarked in Klampenborg, Denmark.
  • Played the street show Les petits moments rouge at Malmöfestivalen in Malmö and Göteborgskalaset in Göteborg, Sweden and also all around the streets of France.
  • Circus project for the humanitarian organization Clowns Without Borders in Beirut, Lebanon.

 2004 – 2007

  • Circus projects for the humanitarian organization Clowns Without Borders in Damak, Nepal and in Ramallah, Palestine.
  • Performed at Les Turbulents, a festival of circus and street art in Vieux Condé, France.
  • Presentation of the short act One trivial day like the others in festivals such as Cirque en cavale in Oeuf en ternois, Petits formes in Rouen, Boule à facettes in Soissons, France, Festivitas in Copenhagen, Denmark and Da Flo in Dala-Floda, Sweden.
  • Different events for Cirkus Cirkör, Circus Arts, Zin-Lit’, AFUK, Tabletonic' s and Umlaut Records, in Sweden, Germany, Norway and Denmark.

 2002 – 2003

  • Different events and teaching jobs for Cirkus Cirkör, Circus Arts, Cirkus Olympia and with our own company Stint in Sweden.
  • Final school production: Shadow Comics a contemporary circus show directed by Nalle P. Laanela at Gävle Stadsteater, Sweden.
  • Participation in the performance group Nova Exit in Denmark.

2001 – 2015

  • Organized circus courses every summer in Abbekås, Sweden

 

 

 

Education:

2010/2012 French literature studies (60 p) – at the university Högskolan Dalarna, Sweden.

2009/2011 French I – IV (30 p) – at the university Högskolan Halmstad, Sweden.

2004/2007 3 years of professional training at Et vous trouvez ça drôle !!! - The centre of circus arts in Lomme in Lille, France.

2002/2003 1 year at AFUK - The academy of untamed creativity in Copenhagen, Denmark.

1999/2002 3 years at Vasaskolan - Upper Secondary school with circus as a head topic, in Gävle, Sweden.