OM MIG

M.A. - DANSPEDAGOG & DANSVETARE

I hold a Bachelor degree in Political Science and a Master of Arts degree in Dance from Paris 8 University, where I specialized in norm-critical and feminist dance pedagogy in the field of Argentine tango. Currently I continue to study dance (creative/contemporary, improvisation & choreography) and dance didactics at the Stockholm University of the Arts (Dans och Cirkushögskolan) and at the Stockholm University College of Music Education (Stockholms Musikpedagogiska Institut).
I teach Argentine tango within adult educational associations (ABF & Bilda), and various dance styles for children and youth with emphasis on improvisation and creative/contemporary dance - within primary school and at the Stockholm Community School of Music and Arts (Kulturskolan).

I started teaching different social dances with a gender/queer pedagogic approach in 2010 within popular education, feminist- & LGBTQ community contexts in Sweden - such as at the Swedish Federation for LGBTQI Rights (RFSL) and at the feminist course- & guesthouse Kvinnohöjden.

Through my interdisciplinary background in between the Social Sciences and the Arts, I have developed a special interest in participative methods and queer & gender-theoretical perspectives in dance(education), as well as in researching dance as a tool for both personal and social transformation.

I study the Argentine tango since 2011 and had my tango training mainly in Paris but also in Sweden and Buenos Aires - with teachers such as Sandrine Navarro, Gisela Passi & Rodrigo Rufino, Brigitta Winkler, La Academia Tango Milonguero & DNI Tango Stockholm. Between 2014-2019 I was active in the collective Tango Queer Paris - mainly as DJ and organizer of queer tango classes, practicas and milongas.
Since 2019 I give both-role tango classes, as well as classes in leading for followers and following for leaders in collaboration with Malin Backström. In 2020 I co-initiated Milonga Queerida at Bagarmossens Folkets Hus (more info at www.tangoqueerer.se).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CURRENT & PAST EMPLOYERS

Teaching in Various dance styles for children & youth with emphasis on
Improvisation & Creative/Contemporary Dance

Community School of Music and Arts Kulturskolan, Stockholm/Sweden
Primary School Entréskolan, Stockholm/Sweden
Sports Association Sweden Sports Academy

Teaching in Argentine tango & social dances

Feminist Organization Kvinnohöjdens feministiska kurs- och gästgård, Borlänge/Sweden
Adult Education Center ABF Stockholm/Sweden
Adult Education Center Studieförbundet Bilda, Stockholm/Sweden
Folk High School Wiks folkhögskola, Uppsala/Sweden
Stockholm City Theatre Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm/Sweden
Feminist Organization Kvindekurser (Kvindehøjskolen), Visby/Denmark
LGBTQI Rights Federation RFSL Stockholm/Sweden
Folk High School Fårösunds folkhögskola, Gotland/Sweden
House of Culture Blå stället, Gothenburg/Sweden
Tango Organizations Tango Queer Paris/France, Tango Norte & Tango BeGeer, Stockholm & Norrköping/Sweden
Cultural Association Mas Amigos, Torrevieja/Spain

EDUCATION

2019- Today

Contemporary Dance Didactics (30*), Choreography (7.5), Dance for Children and Youth (7.5), The Choreographic Process for and with Children and Youth (7.5). Stockholm University of the Arts (DOCH), Stockholm/Sweden
Creative Dance 1-2 (20). Stockholm University College of Music Education (SMI), Stockholm/Sweden

2016-2018

Master of Arts - Dance, Université Paris 8/France (120)
Thesis: Feminist Pedagogies in Dance (original language french)
Areas of study: Movement analysis & somatic studies, analysis of corporeal practices, dance theory and history, choreographic aesthetics, arts- and practice-based research.

Intensive Introduction course to Laban Movement Analysis - Effort/Shape, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris/France

2009-2016
Bachelor of Political Science - Specialisation Political Sociology and Discrimination, Université Paris 8/France (180)
Dramatic Arts, University of Södertörn, Stockholm/Sweden (60)
Fine Arts Education, Wiks folkhögskola, Uppsala/Sweden (1 year)

*university credits