Anna Öberg
Choreographer

ANNA ÖBERG (S) is a dancer and choreographer who uses her background in Swedish folk dance as the starting point for both her artistic and research work. In 2015 she was awarded an MFA degree in Choreography at Stockholm University of Arts (Uniarts), as the first traditional dancer in its history.  She also holds a Post Master from The Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm.

Anna’s work comprises her own artistic projects as well as commissions from different venues and institutions in Sweden and abroad. Her deep knowledge of tradition in combination with her innovative approach has drawn a lot of attention to her choreographic work, which is characterized by the creation of multilayered performances with a strong physical approach, often using the interaction between music, space and movement as a central core. Even if she nowadays often works with ensembles she has grounded her practice in a number of solo performances in which she has explored craft and concepts embedded in the genre of folk dance, striving towards the shift from what those areas depict and represents to the effects and experiences they produce. Her work is often described as innovative and with subtlety and perceptual acuity.