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Yokohama Dance Collection R
Three Swedish Contestants at Yokohama Dance Festival


Yokohama Dance Collection R is Japan's biggest international dance festival for contemporary dance. In this years festival, Sweden will be represented by not less than three different groups: Marika Hedemyr with Just in Time, Petter Jacobsson and Thomas Caley with Untitled Partner and Claire Parsons with Rokoko Mouse.

In addition to the three groups, the Embassy of Sweden will have a display case with video installations showing contemporary Swedish dance. New for the display case this year will be interactive dance installations in arrangement by the head of the Moderna Dansteatern, Ms Christina Molander, in collaboration with coreographer Ms Åsa Unander-Scharin.

Time: 5-12 February, 2009
Venue: Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No 1, 3rd floor