Öfverholm studied at Balettakademien (Gbg), Alvin Ailey ADC (NYC) and is a theatre graduate of UCLA in Film/TV/Video and from The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute (LA). She has had a long international carrier as a dancer with choreographers such as DV8 Physical Theatre/Lloyd Newson, Bill T. Jones, Dwight Rhoden, Viliam Docolomansky, Roberto Galván, Joseph Tmim, Ramon Oller, Robert Poole, Corinne Lanselle, Sharon Friedman, Martin Harriague and Sol Pico as well as Dorte Olesen, Björn Elisson and Alexander Ekman in Stockholm.
Lead roles include The Death in Ingmar Bergmans Det Sjunde Inseglet (Uppsala Stadsteater, by Hugo Hansén and Benke Rydman) Shakespeare’s Hamlet (Landestheatre Linz) Alice in Alice in Wonderland (Stadttheater Giessen) and Lola in Lola and Mr Talk at Divadlo Archa (by Jan Kodet) for which she was nominated a Thalia Prize at the National Theatre in Prague CZ.
Charlotta started her Compagnie Jus de la Vie 1995, and since created over 30 productions, which have toured all over the world. Her work is physical dance theatre with depth, irony, brutality and humour. Commission work includes among others Göteborgsoperans Danskompani, Norrdans, RTV, Spira Jönköping, Folkoperan, Svenska Kammarorkestern med Nina Stemme, Vertedance Prague, Ballet Linz, Tanztheater Münster and Peridance Contemporary Ballet. Since 2015 focusing on celebrating maturity on stage through the project AGE ON STAGE with productions and festivals all with performers with an age over the norm.
Level: All levels - for participants over 60 years of age.
Booking: To book the course, please press "BOKA NU". You will then be redirected to a booking form. The form is also available in English.
OPEN: Drop in/single class is available
If you want to try out several different classes and techniques - BA Summer Dansa-kort is perfect for you! Read more here: BA Summer Dansa-kort. Please note that our regular Dansa Kort and klippkort are not valid during BA Summer (week 22-33).
Kursledare
Charlotta Öfverholm
Charlotta Öfverholm studied dancing at Balettakademien in Göteborg with Lia Schubert, continued at Alvin Ailey's American Dance Theatre in NY, and is a graduate of UCLA in Film/TV/Video and from The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in LA.
She has had a long international career with companies such as DV 8 Physical Theatre/ London, Bill T. Jones and Complexions/ NYC, Joseph Tmim Toláda /Berlin, Ramon Ollers Metros/ Barcelona, Cie Corinne Lanselle/Paris, Farm in the Cave/Viliam Docolomansky/Prague, Dorte Olesen and Björn Elisson Kompani in Stockholm. She is currently working with Alexander Ekman.
Lead roles include DEATH in SJUNDE INSEGLET by Ingmar Bergman directed by Benke Rydman and Hugo Hansén, Shakespeare’s Hamlet (Landestheatre Linz by Robert Poole), Alice in Alice in Wonderland (Stadttheater Giessen by Roberto Galvan), and Lola in Lola and Mr Talk at Divadlo Archa (by Jan Kodet) for which she was nominated for a Thalia Prize at the National Theatre in Prague CZ.
Charlotta choreographs commissioned works for companies such as GöteborgsOperan, Norrdans, RTV Borås. Folkoperan, Tanztheater Münster, Landestheater Linz, VerTe dance Prague and Peridance CDC among others as well as for film and TV.
She teaches and choreographes for schools and universities all over the world and enjoys meeting and giving to new generations of dance.
She is the coordinator and programmer of Balettakademiens International Summer Festival in Stockholm since 2005.
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