ABOUT
WE ARE SARA RIBBENSTEDT FROM SWEDEN, LENA BONDESON FROM DENMARK, AND ANNA KUUSAMO FROM FINLAND, AND TOGETHER WE FORM BRAVO TOGA – A PAN-NORDIC PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE. WE CREATE CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCES THAT MOVE FREELY BETWEEN DANCE AND THEATRE, AND ACROSS NORDIC BORDERS.
AS PRACTITIONERS WITHIN THE PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT FIELD, WE CONTINUOUSLY EXPLORE HOW TO RETHINK AND HYBRIDISE THEATRICAL FORMATS, OFTEN WITH A DARK SENSE OF HUMOUR AT THE CORE.
WE ARE PRACTISED IN CREATING BOLD, GENRE-DEFYING AND UNCONVENTIONAL CONCEPTS. WE ENJOY FINDING THE CHAOTIC WITHIN THE STRUCTURED, THE HUMOROUS WITHIN THE SERIOUS, AND THE ABSTRACT WITHIN THE POLITICAL.
SINCE 2016, WE HAVE PRODUCED, PERFORMED, AND TOURED WORKS AT VENUES, INSTITUTIONS, AND FESTIVALS IN SWEDEN, DENMARK, AND FINLAND, AND SOMETIMES WORK IN SETTINGS THAT DON’T LEND THEMSELVES TO DEFINITION.
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We produce all our performances through our production cooperatives:AS PRACTITIONERS WITHIN THE PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT FIELD, WE CONTINUOUSLY EXPLORE HOW TO RETHINK AND HYBRIDISE THEATRICAL FORMATS, OFTEN WITH A DARK SENSE OF HUMOUR AT THE CORE.
WE ARE PRACTISED IN CREATING BOLD, GENRE-DEFYING AND UNCONVENTIONAL CONCEPTS. WE ENJOY FINDING THE CHAOTIC WITHIN THE STRUCTURED, THE HUMOROUS WITHIN THE SERIOUS, AND THE ABSTRACT WITHIN THE POLITICAL.
SINCE 2016, WE HAVE PRODUCED, PERFORMED, AND TOURED WORKS AT VENUES, INSTITUTIONS, AND FESTIVALS IN SWEDEN, DENMARK, AND FINLAND, AND SOMETIMES WORK IN SETTINGS THAT DON’T LEND THEMSELVES TO DEFINITION.
Interim Kultur - an artist-owned production company in Sweden,
and KOMMA Performance Productions cooperative in Denmark
We have performed at:
Konträr, Turteatern, Potato Potato, Inkonst, Institutet, Atalante and Teater Tribunalen in Sweden; Sydhavn Teater, Åbne Scene, Warehouse9, and Dansekapellet in Denmark; Viirus Teatteri and Teater Universum in Finland.
With artist residencies at: The Bergman Estate on Fårö, Estrad Norr, HAUT, DOCH, and Ponderosa (including many of the venues mentioned above)
We have received funding from:
Nordic Culture Contact, Nordic Culture Fund, Swedish Arts Council, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, The City of Copenhagen, Vesterbro Lokaludvalg, Region Stockholm, The City of Stockholm, The City of Gothenburg, Längmanska Cultural Foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation (Suomen Kulttuurirahasto), The Cultural Foundation for Denmark and Finland, KONE foundation...among others
BRAVO TOGA was established during Lena and Sara’s BA in (Physical) Acting from Stockholm University of the Arts 2012-2015 where Anna did an exchange from the MA program in Acting from Tampere University (NÄTY) in Finland (2009-2014). Lena also did a MFA in Performing Arts (Directing) from The Danish National School of Performing Arts (2019-2022) with an exchange to the Choreography & Performance program at Justus Liebig Universtität in Giessen, Germany (2022).
