Julia Kraus is a dancer and choreographer based in Stockholm, Sweden at the moment. In 2011 she graduated from the Maslool, in Tel Aviv, Israel and has since then taken a Master in Directing for movement and performance based Art at Stockholm university of Arts as well as she at the moment is taking a degree Feldenkrais.
Kraus did her dance education and worked as a dancer in Israel during 10 years with choreographers like Roy Assaf, Rotem Tashach, Maya Brinner, Adi Shildan, Dana Yahalomi, Irad Mazliah among others. During 2009 - 2010 she did the Matan project - artistic director Hillel Kogan run by Matan Organization and Batsheva Dance Company.
As a choreographer she´s been doing both her own productions, internationell cooperations as well as creating for stages like RIKSTEATERN, ZEBRA DANS, SCENKONST SÖRMLAND, COMEDIA THEATRE, STRINDBERGS INTIMA TEATER, ORIONTEATERN.
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With an education in Dance, directing and dramaturgy Julia is a choreographer interested in interdisciplinary work, in video art, movement within a theatrical framing, and the melt point between media combinations with the body as start point.
She is interested in the Thinking body; the body- and movements take and perception of reality. Fantom bodies, consciousness, suggestive values and questions around identity are often present in her work.
Her work often has a tragicomic language and moves through suggestive and poetic landscapes.
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Education:
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Academy of Ballet, Stockholm, exam 2006
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Matte Asher School of Performing Arts - Kibbutz Gaaton, Israel, exam 2009
Maslool, Tel Aviv, Israel, exam 2011
International and Israeli repertoire: Sharon Eyal, Mats Ek, Inbal Pinto, Barak Marsall, Jiri Kiljan, Anjelan Preljocaj, Yasmeen Godder, Itzik Galili.
Original creations for the Maslool by: Roy Assaf, Micheal Gethman, May Zarhi, Yossi Berg and Oded Graf.
Master degree in Directing and Dramaturgy, SKH Stockholm University of Art 2018
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Feldenkrais, Brussels, exam 2022
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Dancer: (selected work)
I Anden, Short interruptions, HarmoniAgnst, RetzoutBand (dancer in own work)
LOVE STORIES, Mari Carrasco (2016)
GUIDED TOUR, Maya Brinner (2013)
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MORPHOFILIA AND ANDROPHOBIA , Rotem Tashach (2013)
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GILRS, Member of Roy Assaf dance company (2013- 2015)
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SPIKE STORY, Irad Mazliah (2012)
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MATAN PROJECT, artistic director Hillel Kogan, project run by Batsheva ensemble and Matan Organisation ( 2009 - 2010 )
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TERROR, Dana Yahalomi (2008)
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Choreographer: (selected work)
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I ANDEN, by Mira Eklund and Julia Kraus Dybeck. (choreographer, director, dancer) Strindberg Intima Teater 2021
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ZOOMLAND - LIGHTS OUT, (choreography, dancer) Scenkonst Sörmland 2021
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DARK MINDS by Mari Carrasco and Isabel Cruz Liljegren, (choreographer assistant) Riksteatern 2021
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OTYPER, director and script Isak Hjelmskog and Moa Möller, (choreographer) Riksteatern 2020
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ACT AS IF / VA E' GREJEN? (choreographer) Zebra Dans 2020
HILBERTS HOTELL by Mira Eklund, Orionteatern, Atalante, Inkonst, 2020. (choreographer) 2019
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HARMONIAGNST, work in progress. Julia Kraus Dybeck and Åsa Lundvik Gustafson, (choreographer, dancer) Terrier/Skeppsholmsstudio, 2019
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HARMONIAGNST, creation for students year 2 at Balettakademien Stockholm, Choreography Julia Kraus Dybeck and Åsa Lundvik Gustafson, 2019
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WERTE, cooperation between Manuel Moser/C.T company, Comedia theater Köln and Julia Kraus Dybeck (choreographer) 2019
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SHORT INTERRUPTIONS BEFORE WE CONTINUE (choreographer, dancer), Årsta Folketshus 2019
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BORTFALL, Final production STHD. (choreographer) 2018
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REAKTORHALLEN, audiovisual projection work by Mira Eklund and Julia Kraus Dybeck. Music Tanya Byrne, Reaktorhallen, 2017
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FROM A TO B (cooperation between Riksteatern, Assitej Sweden and Comedia theatre Köln) initiator Julia Kraus Dybeck,
in cooperation with Basel Antoun, Bianca Traum, Mariko Kinda. 2017
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THIS IS NOT, cooperation with DOCH, school of dance and circus (choreographer) 2017
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SABELLES RÖDA KLÄNNING, by Marina Michaelidou Kadi, directing/ adaptation Anders Alnemark, scenography/costume Hanna Cecilia Lindkvist, Teater fredag, (choreographer) 2016
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READY READY, by Mari Carrasco, Dansens Hus 2016 ( Choreographer assistant and co-creator)
https://maricarrasco.com/projectpages/readyready.html
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רצועות // CONNECTIONS, Machol Shalem dance festival, Tmuna theatre, Orionteatern. Idea and choreography Eyar Blumberg and Julia Kraus Dybeck (choreographer, dancer) 2014
Teaching:
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Teaching and choreographic mentor at Balettakademin Stockholm (ongoing work since 2019)
ex: piece and dance film by Felicia Nilsson and Johanna Primavera made during choreographic mentoring, chosen to represent Balettakademin Kulturnatten Stockholm 2021.
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Lektör at Royal Dramatic theatre 2018 - 2019
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Courses and supplementary education:
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École des Sable, International professional workshop, Atour des danses - D'Afrique centrale, Senegal 2021.
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Emanuel Gat workshop, Montreal 2019
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