Else Tunemyr

About:

Else Tunemyr (1984, Sweden) lives in Frankfurt, Germany. Her research centres on the question of how the political is read through choreography, and if it is possible to talk about feminist dramaturgy. Currently, this includes work on the idea and practice of weary and passive bodies and a choreography of withdrawal. Parallel to her own choreographic work Else works as a dramaturg and performer and have been performing and collaborating with Andrew Hardwidge, Benjamin van Bebber, Carolina Mendonça, Catalina Insignares, Les Trucs, Lygia Clark, Mårten Spångberg, Jamila Johnson-Small, Janine Harrington, Mike Kelley, Simone Forti, Tino Sehgal, Xavier Le Roy and others.

Education:

She engages in different collaborations, sometimes as a dancer and sometimes as a maker, often without a clear division. She studied for a BA in Dance Theatre at Laban, London, and a MA in Choreography and Performance at the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies, Giessen. Else was an emerging Dance Artist in Residency at the Southbank Centre London, where she developed work shown at the Southbank Centre, Chisenhale Dance Space and Sadler’s Well’s Theatre.

Choreographic Work:

2018/08 Allting nu: ecstasy. Klosterruine, Berlin.
2017/02 weary. Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt. Villa Empain, Brussels 
2015/10 sweet new styles sweet new styles. With Catalina Insignares, Works at Work Festival, Dansehallerne, Copenhagen.
2015/07 Version #2. Group piece for 7 dancers. Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt. Untitled Lightpicece. With Catalina Insiganre and David Rittershaus. Frankfurt LAB.
2014/07 Intermedium. Group piece for 7 dancers. Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt. Duncan Delivery Service. Re-enactment of Isadora Duncan Dances on Demand. With Catalina Insignares, Theatremaschine, Giessen, Works at Work Festival; Dansehallerne, Copenhagen.
2013/11 Fusing with an ovum. Performed by Tuuli Hynynen at Cue Positions. Chisenhale Dance Space, London.
2012-2013 For example, much of the human body. Performed in London at: Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Chisenhale Dance Space and Hotel Elephant Gallery.
2012/01 Petit Mort. Developed and performed as part of Emerging Dance Artist in Residency at the Southbank Centre, London.
2010/05-07 Else-The unauthorised version. Performed in London at Laban Studio Theatre, Shunt Theatre and Somerset House Art Centre. Performed at Summer Dancing Festival, Coventry.

The residency is supported by Deutsch-Tschechische Zukunftsfonds.