We are interested in crossing genre boundaries and collaborating with other artists. About us
We:R Performance Collective is a dance and performance collective based in Sweden and directed by Rebecca Björling and Rebecca Rosier. Coming from two different perspectives, and two different countries, our focus lies both in creating work that tells meaningful stories, and bringing dance to a wider aud
ience. We often work across genres and collaboratively with other art forms. Our projects are often based around text (traditional and contemporary texts as well as our own material). CV
We:R Performance Collective, Stockholm - Sweden. Choreographers/directors: Rebecca Rosier, Rebecca Björling
Guest performers and collaborators: Tim Davis, Daniele Varallo, Lisa Cowling. Rebecca Björling was born in Stockholm but raised in La Paz, Bolivia. Today she is based in Stockholm and works as a contemporary freelance dancer and choreographer. Rebecca trained at the official ballet school in La Paz, Iwanson International School of Contemporary Dance in Munich and took an internship at the dance company Tanztheater Wuppertal (Pina Bausch). She completed her studies at Stockholm University with two bachelor degrees in the field of ethnology and dance & theater studies.
- www.rebeccabjorling.com -
Rebecca Rosier is a British dancer and choreographer with a special interest in cross-genre performance. Rebecca has training and experience with immersive theatre company Punchdrunk, performing alongside Marina Abramovic in a promenade performance art work, as well as creating dance work in collaboration with opera performance, folk song and clowning. Her personal projects are often based around text. Rebecca trained at Roehampton University in London, UK and graduated with a first class combined degree in Dance Studies and Creative Writing. She also works as a writer and editor.
- www.rebeccarosier.com -
2017:
Schubert vs. The Muse
A dance film created in collaboration with visiting artist Daniele Varallo. We created this work in just five days and shot it in one day with our collaborator, musician and film-maker Tim Davis. We kept a video diary along the way and will be sharing the result soon. We:R summer workshop
A two-day open-level workshop diving into the techniques We:R use to create our work and repertoire. The tickets to this event were completely sold out with people on a waiting list, the feedback was incredibly positive. Ode to my Bitchface
A short dance film inspired by the slam poem of the same name by Olivia Gatwood. Created and performed by Rebecca Rosier and Rebecca Björling.
- Selected to be shown at DanceLab Nicosia Moving Images festival 2017
Dancing Shakespeare: Macbeth
A short film created by Rebecca Rosier and Rebecca Björling that takes the transformational Lady Macbeth speech into a movement context, showing the multi-dimensional character through a duet. Shot at Dansmuseet, Stockholm.
- A live, extended and interactive version was selected to be premiered in August 2017 @ HAUT Young Choreographers Festival in Copenhagen.
2016:
Dancing Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
A short film created by Rebecca Rosier that displaces the famous 'Friends, Romans, countrymen...' speech from Julius Caesar and reworks it into a feminist, movement-based video work.
- Selected for Stockholms Dansfilmfestival 2016
- Chosen as a video work for Dansens Hus foyer 2016/21017
