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Jag tänker på dig (I'm thinking of you) - Johanssons pelargoner och dans

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Foto: José Figueroa

The jury’s motivation

A gentle voice in the headphones guides us through the library. On the basis of our own bodies, we move through the room in a choreography. Alone and together with others. With assignments we are taken into the world of literature. Words connect time and space. Simple actions make us part of history. The performance is a celebration of reading and libraries as defenders of democratic values and freedom of expression. Libraries as meeting places all over the world - a cultural policy statement.

 

I’M THINKING OF YOU lets you discover or rediscover the library. As a participant you are invited to follow instructions through headphones, and interact with the library environment. With a touch of magical realism, you will experience sneak choreography, censorship and get a glimpse of thousands of years of books’ history. You will get to perform covert acts of resistance and discover secret messages right in the middle of a public space. I’M THINKING OF YOU offers a playful opportunity to look at one of our most important public spaces with new eyes, and to make the library your own.

I'M THINKING OF YOU is played both as a school performance and public audiences, from 10 years. During a five years period, the work is also available for individual lending at 11 libraries around Sweden, to give library visitors a moment of artistic experience in the middle of everyday life.



NOTE: This performance can be held both in Swedish and English

Credits:

Created by: Anna Haglund, Erika Sjödin, Annica Styrke, Gustav Tegby and Karin Wiklund.

Choreographers: Annica Styrke and Karin Wiklund 

Dramatist: Gustav Tegby

Sound designer and composer: Anna Haglund

Stage designer: Erika Sjödin

Voice actor Swedish: Bashkim Neziraj

Voice actor English: Benjamin Quigley

Voice actor Arabic: Fadi Al-Suhaili 

English translation: Fern Scott Olsson, Gabriella Berggren

Arabic translation: Jasim Mohamed

Recording technicians: Anna Haglund and Cicely Irvine

Target group work: Clara Bankefors

In co-operation with: Uppsala City Library and Uppsala City Theatre 

With support from: Postkodstiftelsen, Kulturrådet, Uppsala kommun and Region Stockholm.

From 10 years

Time and place

11:15 - 12:15
13:15 - 14:15
15:15 - 16:15
09:45 - 10:45
11:45 - 12:45
13:45 - 14:45
17:00 - 18:00
09:45 - 10:45
11:45 - 12:45
13:45 - 14:45
15:15 - 16:15

Play time: 60 minutes

Jag tänker på dig (I'm thinking of you) - Johanssons pelargoner och dans