A New adaptation of Giselle called Truly Madly with Premier 18 September. This production will arrive In Uppsala on the 3 December to the 11 December at Gottsunda Dans och Teater. Both evening are day performances for schools are on offer during this period. L’Autre Moite du Songe, a project inspired by the poetry of the young French poet Alicia Gallienne recited by the famous French actor Guillaume Gallienne with Choreography by Clairemarie Osta and Joseph Sturdy opens the first part of this premier evening. A homage to this talented young French poet who’s words transcend the boundaries of language…

From the 20 November until the 12 December Focus Dance is back on stage in Uppsala at Gottsunda Dans Och Teater with a new premier of My Lake inspired by the Russian Composer Tchaikovsky fate, with Music of Swan Lake and Jerome Marchand and 5 dancers that take us through the labyrinth that is Tchaikovskys mind. Broken Skin was created last season and was unable to meet an audience due to the pandemic instead it was filmed by the director Fredrik Sattin and now has its premiere in the new filmed version. The cast includes Richard Asker as Enoch Powell,…

Now available on operanplay.se until June. Take part in the Premier conversation between Nicolas La Riche/Artistic director of The Royal Swedish Ballet and Joseph Sturdy. Fotograf Carl Thorborg

När koreografen Joseph Sturdy skapar verket Broken Skin utgår han från Enoch Powells tal ”Rivers of Blood” från 1968 som delade en nation i två delar, men som fortfarande ekar, inte bara i Storbritannien, utan även stora delar av Europa, där den populistiska retoriken fått ett allt starkare fäste under det senaste decenniet. Genom att plocka ut ett specifikt tillfälle i historien som starkt påverkade en stor del av samväldets befolkning, vill Sturdy belysa de sår rasismen river upp i den mänskliga kroppen och själen. Detta är en skrämmande uppgift. Kan vi över huvud taget överföra smärtan, ilskan och sorgen…

Due to the major disruption from the Covid-19 Pandemic we are unfortunately unable to follow through our spring 2020 projects a new work inspired by the emotionally charged and raw imagery of Francis Bacon the Irish born British figurative painter . The time instead is being used for research and planning for 2 new works upcoming works in the autumn autumn 2020 to performed in Uppsala in October and November. Although Sweden has not been in full lockdown as other European countries, there are still restrictions in place such as social distancing and limitations on public gatherings and events. During the…

En kväll - tre dansstycken. Under tre kvällar ger Focus Dance två akter av explosiv, finstämd och högklassig dans. Med dansare från olika delar av Europa och USA, tillsammans med unga dansare från Kungliga Svenska Balettskolan, får vi en föreställning om kamp, makt, frihet, närhet och ensamhet. DISTURBANCE & MACBETH Koreografi Joseph Sturdy 30 nov - 7 dec DISTURBANCE I. I detta explosiva dansstycke ser vi fem unga människor röra sig i en osäker värld som hela tiden verkar förändras, en värld där du ena stunden är en del av något stort och nästa stund står ensam kvar. De rör…

Lachrimae - A new work created by Joseph Sturdy for the Royal Swedish Ballet School, 4-6th of April, 2019. Ophelia Complex- A new work created by Joseph Sturdy for the Royal Swedish Ballet School, 24-25th of May & 9th June, at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm, 2019. New work - Working name: Puzzle +tour, available dates coming soon. Shakespeare's Macbeth - Returns to Uppsala, Gottsunda dans & teater, 26th of November to 7th December, 2019. Tickets available: gottsundadansteater.com

Shakespeare's Macbeth 2018, by Joseph Sturdy. Gottsunda Dans & Teater 24 nov-8dec 2018 Macbeth Trailer 

Premiärsamtal med Joseph Sturdy My Lake Anthony Lomuljo Broken Skin solo by Joseph Sturdy Macbeth Trailer 2019 Macbeth - Full version - 2019 Shakespeares Macbeth Full version by Joseph Sturdy. Dancers: Mathilde van de wiele, Malcom Sutherland, Sophie Flannery Prue Verges. Babel "The burden of longing and knowing that deep inside the hearts of each and everyone of us we are all always reaching for a place that we can call home." - The poet JJ Bola Babel is inspired by the epic migration of people happening in Europé today. During the autumn 2016 Focus Dance cooperated with Gottsunda Dans…

The upcoming new production autumn 2018 is Shakespeares Macbeth . Over the past the seasons Joseph Sturdy has BEEN INSPIRED BY Shakespeares tragedies Hamlet ,Othello ,and King Lear have been performed to critical acclaim .Continuing on the Shakespearian theme it is Macbeth shakespeare's shortest and most fast moving tragedy that will premier in November 2018 in cooperation with Gottsunda Dans och Teater . Human frailty ,Political Relevance and social morality make Shakespeares works as relevant today as when they we're written .