Dansmuseet – Museum of Movement, Stockholm, Sweden

Dansmuseet – Museum of Movement is dedicated to world dance, theater, art, and photography from across the globe. The unique collection is based on the life of Rolf de Maré (1888-1964) and his extensive travels.

Dansmuseet offers free admission to all exhibitions.

THE COLLECTIONS

The collections include painting, sculpture, photography, film, costumes and objects associated with dance and theater around the world, for example unique works by Fernand Léger, Giorgio de Chirico, Francis Picabia, Pierre Bonnard and Nils Dardel made for the Swedish Ballet in Paris 1920–25; the Taglioni Collection of 19th century engravings; set and costume designs by Alexandre Benois, Leon Bakst, Isaac Grünewald, Wilhelm Kåge, Lennart Rodhe and others; and Belle Époque dance posters.

The European Collection mainly consists of Ballets Russes costumes and costumes from the Swedish Ballet and from the Cullberg Ballet.
The late 18th century Asian Collection consists of masks, costumes, shadow puppets and musical instruments from India, Indonesia, Japan, China, Thailand and Tibet.

The important African Collection consists of mainly 20th century masks, most of them from Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria and Congo. We also own a collection of North American Katchina dolls.

Current Exhibition: Torsten Jurell (see video above)

February 5 – May 1 2016.

A marionette theater is on tour. The museum is invaded by a bunch of actors – timeless and androgynous world citizens. Everything seems a little different in the moonlight. Mechanical sculptures, shadow puppetry, paintings, photography, light and sound. It’s a strange and wonderful world to explore.

Torsten Jurell is a multifaceted artist who has made China the base for his artistic endeavors for the past 10 years. He has taken up residence in Jingdezhen, the “porcelain capital” of China, where the vibrant craftsmanship of today draws from an illustrious history stretching back over thousands of years. It is in this seething, dynamic hotbed of contemporary artistic expression that Jurell has created the sculptures in the current exhibition.

In the light of darkness
stars sing
dreams are woven
Who pitched their theatre tent
while we were so soundly asleep?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/torstenj

Dansmuseet
Tuesday–Friday 11.00-17.00
Saturday–Sunday 12.00-16.00
Mondays closed