Biography
With a background in sport he moved on to study classical theatre both in theory and practice and worked as a physical actor before starting to appear in dance contexts.
Daniel is a graduate from SNDO, Amsterdam, now working as choreographer, performer and movement coach, with among other Ivana Müller, Keren Cytter, WhiteHorse collective and Ibrahim Quraishi. He has presented his work in Brazil, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom. Together with Manuel Scheiwiller he was running Gross und Stark between 2006 and 2010. Gross und Stark was a nomadic venue for performance that appeared in different locations throughout Europe.
Daniel creates performances on the edge of dance, performance and visual art. He is interested in the individual's potential of transformation through conscious decisions in relation and dialog with the surrounding. Daniel combines intelligence, creativity and original ideas in a concentrated research of the medium he is working with. There is a balance between reflection and physicality in his works that generate new ways of looking at the body and reflecting on the body in space. Daniel researches in a focused and consequent way time, concept and construction. And in this the consequent conceptualization of the subject he allows the poetry of the body to emerge.
Contact
Daniel AlmgrenRecén
Â
Links
News
'ibid' i Stockholm
Monday, 03 December 2012 00:00
The 13th, 14th och 16th December will 'Ibid' be presented at WELD, Stockholm. After an invitation from Koreografiska Konstitutet have Zoë Poluch, Anne Külper and me created the sound-performance 'Ibid' derived from the proposed working structure by Marie Fahlin and Rebecca Chentinell.
Dramaturgical advice
Wednesday, 14 November 2012 00:00
During the month of November and December I am working with Lea Martini and Diego Agulló on their performance '149.597.871 KM' with Premiere on the 6th of December in HAU3, Berlin.
Performer
Monday, 01 October 2012 00:00
In the beginning of October I'm working for Ibrahim Quraishi in his project 'My Private Himalaya' with performances on the 9th and 10th October in theater Frascati, Amsterdam.
'Dance(Rafał)' in Budapest
Saturday, 15 September 2012 15:58
The 21st of September I present the performance Dance(Rafał) during the L1 dance fest in Budapest'native realm - the notion of home' during Tanznacht in Berlin
Saturday, 04 August 2012 15:41
During Tanznacht NATIVE REALM -the notion of home will be installed in studio 13 and on the 25th of August you can also listen to the sommer.talks from my sofa.'I do nothing but think of you' in X-choreografen/Tanz im August
Saturday, 04 August 2012 15:16
'I do nothing but think of you' will be part of the site specific parcour event X-choreografen. The project is taking place in different locations around Kurfürstendam in Berlin on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of August as part of Tanz im August.'native realm - the notion of home' in Berlin
Friday, 13 July 2012 11:04
During my residence in UFERstudios between the 16th of July and 16th of September 'NATIVE REALM -the notion of home' will be installed in Studio 12 and open to visits.Residence in Uferstudios, Berlin
Sunday, 01 July 2012 10:49
Between the 16th of July and the 16th of September I have a residence at the UFERstudios in Berlin. I will focus on developing my work Dance(Rafał), COMEBACK and research the embryos of new ideas.
This residence is Supported by Konstnärsnämnden in collaboration with UFERstudios and BLINK
PARTICIPATING IN 'waiting room', Berlin
Sunday, 10 June 2012 10:28
The 17th of June at Flutgraben (Kunstfabrik), Berlin I will be one of the interviewers in the project 'THE WAITING ROOM' initiated by Diego Agulló, Dmitry Paranyushkin, Clément Layes and Peter Stamer.'native realm - the notion of home' in Stamsund
Saturday, 19 May 2012 10:15
Between the 29th of May and 3e of June my performative installation 'NATIVE REALM -the notion of home' will be moving in to a small house in the fishing village Stamsund at Lofoten, Norway during the Stamsund International Theater Festival.'native realm - the notion of home' in Gothenburg
Thursday, 10 May 2012 10:08
Between the 23e and 25th of May my performative installation 'NATIVE REALM -the notion of home' will be installed in Konsthallen, Folkteatern as part of the Gothenburg Dance and Theater Festival.native realm - the notion of home
Monday, 19 March 2012 09:58
From April I am developing the performative installation 'NATIVE REALM - the notion of home'. It is a long-term project that is based on the questions of familiarity, belonging, identification, security and memory in relation to nomadism.groupies in something raw festival
Wednesday, 15 February 2012 09:37
On 17th and 18th of Fabruary during the Something Raw Festival in Theater Frascati, Amsterdam I will perform in 'GROUPIES' by Whitehorse Collective.presentation of 'i do nothing but think of you'
Friday, 20 January 2012 09:13
On 27th and 28th of January in Frescati Theater, Amsterdam during the 'I am fan' evennings I will present my work 'I do nothing but think of You'i do nothing but think of you
Monday, 02 January 2012 08:49
During January I am invited by Lea Martini and Diego Agullo to their work presentation 'I am a fan' in Frascati Theater in Amsterdam. On the side of their work I will develope my own artistic contribution called 'I do nothing but think of You' where I am working with the embodiement of film stars.Dance(Rafał) in Poznan
Thursday, 15 December 2011 23:13
The 18th of December I will present my new piece Dance(Rafał) at Stary Browar Art Foundation in Poznan."hosting" in Berlin
Saturday, 03 December 2011 23:10
During the second edition of 'I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE CONDITIONS THAT PRODUCED A SITUATION THAT DEMAND A SONG LIKE THAT - a series of choreographical works at Boddinstrasse 48' I presented the first research on the topic of home called 'Hosting'.
premiere of Dance(Rafał)
Thursday, 01 December 2011 22:44
On 8th of December the premiere of my new piece Dance(Rafał) will take place during the Warszawska Scena Tańca in CSW Laboratorium, WarsawGROUPIES in Dampfzentrale, Bern
Sunday, 20 November 2011 00:00
Between 1st and 4th of December I am performing GROUPIES by Whitehorse Collective at Dampfzentrale in Berngroup performance in Poznan
Tuesday, 01 November 2011 00:00
On 6th of November I will perform group performance with Peter Pleyer, Marysia Stokłosa, Maria Mavridou in Stary Browar Art Foundation, Poznańrehearsals of the new solo Dance(Rafał)
Tuesday, 01 November 2011 00:00
During November I am rehearsing the new solo Dance(Rafał) in colaboration with Polish dancer Rafał Dziemidok and light designer Ewa Garniec. It will take place in CSW, Warsaw.sic! dance festival in warsaw
Friday, 14 October 2011 00:00
I will perform a duet with Paolo Pandolfo viola da gamba player, quartet with the Melba Collective and teach a workshop during Sic! Dance Improvisation Festival in Warsaw. The festival will take place between 18th and 23rd of Octoberpremiere of GROUPIES
Saturday, 01 October 2011 00:00
On 6th of October will be premiere of performance GROUPIES by The Whitehorse CollectiveRehearsals in UFERstudios
Monday, 15 August 2011 21:34
From 29th of August till premiere in October I will have rehearsals in UFERstudios for the performance GROUPIES with The Whitehorse Collectivereaserch presentation in het veem theater
Wednesday, 10 August 2011 00:00
On 17th of September I have a reaserch presentation of my work in Het Veem Theater17TH KALAMATA INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL
Sunday, 10 July 2011 00:00
During the 17TH KALAMATA INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL on 15th and 16th of July I will perform in Playing Ensemble Again and Again piece by Ivana Müller.Residence and Reflection at Kunstenfestival Des Arts
Monday, 02 May 2011 00:00
Between the 13 - 23 May I'm taking part in the Residence and Reflection program during Kunstenfestival Des Arts in Brussels. We are a group of 10 theater makers who will meet and discuss our own work and the performances of this years festival.Moderator: Barbara van Lindt Participants: Ayelen Parolin, Belgium. Romina Paula, Argentina. Patrick Joseph, Haïti. Pierre Megos, Belgium. Joachim Robbrecht, Belgium. Anusha Lall, India. Leentje Vandenbussche, Belgium. Halla Olafsdottir, Iceland. Sofiane Ouissi, Tunisia
Reaserch for performance GROUPIES by White Horse
Saturday, 23 April 2011 00:00
On 24th of April I am starting the research as a performer for a new piece GROUPIES by the WhiteHorse collective. It will have premiere on 6th of October in HAU 3Abdikation
Friday, 18 March 2011 00:00
Abdikation is performed in Stockholm at MDT the 1st and 2e April and in Göteborg at Aktör&vänner the 6, 7th of AprilMovement coach
Tuesday, 01 March 2011 00:00
During March I am working as Movement coach for the performance "Undead and Delisious" by Deter/Müller/MartiniNottingham
Friday, 18 February 2011 11:45
Between 19th of February and 1st of March I'm taking part in the Europe in Motion during the Nottdance 2011 as invited participator and will be presenting an excerpt of "COMEBACK" on the 24th of February.
Rehearsing
Thursday, 25 November 2010 17:37
During December and January I am rehearsing my new performance COMEBACK at Hetveem theater, Amsterdam.
Premiere will be the 20th Januari 2011 in Hetveem theater
TIN PhotoAward2010 for Dance(Fabián)
Sunday, 07 November 2010 13:20
TIN PhotoAward2010 goes to Photographer Nellie de Boer for her photo of my Performance Dance(Fabián)
Porto
Saturday, 06 November 2010 20:42
I Live is performed the 13th November during Festival da Fábrica, Porto, Portugal
Premiere in Kalmar
Sunday, 10 October 2010 10:24
Premiere of my new performance AbDikAtioNÂ will take place in The City Theatre of Kalmar, Sweden on the 16th of October and will be performed until the 29th of October.
Gothenburg
Friday, 20 August 2010 19:29
Performing my solo "READY STEADY" at Gothenburg Dance and Theatre festival the 28th of August 2010. Together with a Artist-in-Focus presentation the 26th of August.
Preparing
Monday, 14 June 2010 19:33
At the moment I'm preparing to start rehearsals of a new production with the name AbDikAtioNÂ at Byteatern in Kalmar, Sweden.
The premiere will be the 16th of October 2010
Poznan
Monday, 14 June 2010 13:21
The 3e of July I'm performing with the Melba Kolektyw during the closing of Malta-festival in Poznan, Poland.
Dance(Maria)
Sunday, 13 June 2010 11:14
Dance(Maria) -a contemplation in movement.
About submerging one self in to performing ones own dance.
A short and intense research of this new collaboration with Maria Mavridou was presented at the Muiderpoorttheater, Amsterdam the 11th and 12th of June
To be continued...
Spring 2010
Tuesday, 01 June 2010 21:21
During the spring i have traveled a lot and worked as performer in Poland for Marysia Stokłosa and composer Janusz Stokłosa with Premiere during the ShanghaiEXPO.
Bilbao
Tuesday, 01 June 2010 19:42
The 1st of June I presented my performance 'I Live' during the Opening of ACT-festival, Bilbao.
Trondheim
Sunday, 07 February 2010 19:47
During the second week of February I will take part in Perform at theater Avantgarden and show my solo performance "READY, STEADY" the 12th of February 2010.
This could go so wrong...
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 09:11
Gui Garrido and me are engaging in a new research during the "Something Raw-festival" in Amsterdam between the 2e and 6th February 2010:
Vilnius
Monday, 09 November 2009 13:52
My performance READY,STEADY is part of the NEU/NOW festival in Vilnius during the month of November 2009.
Dance(Fabián)
Saturday, 10 October 2009 10:23
Starting rehearsals on the 12th October of my new performance Dance(Fabián) that will be showed the 19 -22 of November at 20.30 in HetVeem theater, Amsterdam
www.hetveemtheater.nl
Groningen
Tuesday, 22 September 2009 17:06
My latest performance "I Live" is invited and will be performed in Grand Theater, Groningen the 7th of October as part of the Ivana Müller IM´TOGETHER week.
Â
Berlin
Tuesday, 09 June 2009 19:58
'I Live' will be showed in Sophiensaele, Berlin the 10th of July 2009 as part of the SNDO to be continued program.
Ongoing practice
Wednesday, 03 June 2009 20:02
Working on my next concept that will become a performance with premiere the 19th of November 2009 in "Hetveem theater", Amsterdam
Brazil
Sunday, 12 October 2008 21:33
I'm preparing to get jet-lagged and show my solo performance "READY STEADY" in Sao Paulo, Brazil the 16th of November.
Performer
Friday, 10 October 2008 20:05
Rehearsing as performer for Ivana Müller's new performance 'Playing Ensemble Again and Again' that will premiere in STUK, Leuven, Belgium in the end of this month.