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svankvinnan / the swan woman

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winner: 

spirit of the fringe award 
bergen fringe festival 2019

outstanding performance award 
reykjavik fringe festival 2019

nordic fringe network award 
gothenburg fringe festival 2018

shortlisted:

pick of the fringe
stockholm fringe 2018

 

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av och med / by and with:

rebecka pershagen

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in 2011, the police force a one-room apartment at kungsholmen in stockholm, after the neighbors alerted a stench. in the 25m2 large apartment they find 11 living swans.

 

the whole flock lived there with a woman who neighbors and other people saw feeding and carrying birds around the closely adjacent park for several years.

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this piece is a fantasy about who she may have been, loosely based on newspaper articles and inspired by all mythical symbolism about the swan as an animal.

 

the inspiration for the work is autobiographical. all scenic links to the real events are pure occasions, and do not strive to portray actual events.

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THE PIECE IS PERFORMED IN SWEDISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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