By DancePod with Skånes Dansteater in collaboration with Within Practice 2024.Within Practice is a festival in Stockholm for contemporary dance practices that showcases the work of dancers and choreographers through various formats such as workshops, classes, panel discussions and practice presentations. Dancepod host Samuel Denton endeavour to explore all things ‘practice’ through a series of conversations with six different dance artists. In this episode you meet Björn Säfsten, the founder and artistic director of Within Practice. Björn talks about the festival and his motivations behind creating it. He also opens up the term practice and talks about his desire to build continuity, to deepen knowledge within the field, and his ambition to make what we do more accessible for wider audiences.The ‘Within Practice 2024’ series consists of 3 episodes. (Episodes 49, 50, 51.)-----Host: Samuel Denton, dancer Skånes DansteaterGuest: Björn Säfsten, choreographer & artistic director Within PracticeEditor: Samuel Denton, dancer Skånes DansteaterDancePod with Skånes Dansteater: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton & Tiemen Stemerding, dancers Skånes DansteaterSpecial thanks to Within Practice, MDT, SKH & Dansens Hus.

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