BIOGRAPHY

Khamlane Halsackda

He/Him/They (Age 49)

Choreographer/Performer/Director

He was born in Laos, Vientiane, and grew up in the UK, London. His own dance theater and social comment based performances are focussed on creating discussion and debate around identity and what this could mean. He was selected for Dance net Sweden’s co-production 2017, a work called Ursäkta oss. His latest project is ‘Into Flesh’ made in collaboration with Skye Reynolds. Khamlane also creates performative concepts for galleries including installations ‘Permission to grieve’ and ‘An exercise in learning Swedish’. He is a member of Nya Rörelsen (The new movement), a collective of QBIPOC choreographers based in Malmö, Sweden.

CHOREOGRAPHY

• 2024 Statues or To-Stand? Installation/Performance. Created/directed by Khamlane Halsackda. Co-directed by Majula Drammeh. Made in collaboration with Nya Rörelsen members.

• 2023 Into Flesh. Performance/Theatre. Co-directed/created by and with Khamlane Halsackda & Skye Reynolds

• 2022 S/HE (a performance made for Zoom) Visual art dance experiences. Performed and co-directed with Skye Reynolds

• 2022 Local Hero. Choreographer. Directed by Stefan Stanisic

• 2021 The Right|s of Spring Dance/theater performance. Co-directed with Maria Stamenkovic Herranz

• 2019 Dance Safari. A community performance project for out-doors. Project leader

• 2017 ’Ursäkta oss’ Dance net Sweden co-production. Director, Choreographer, Performer.

• 2017 ’Visible/Not visible’ A performance project for young immigrants and Swedish youth

• 2016 ’The Doctor’ Concept, text, performance by Khamlane Halsackda. Directed by Maria Herranz

• 2015 ’Of love…’ Outdoor performance commissioned by Malmö Festivalen

• 2014 ’UNDER’ Made in collaboration with Utero, directed by Miguel Moriera

• 2013 ’What do you expect?’ A performance about performance. Concept & Direction

• 2012 ‘Yellow card’ a duet with Rumiko Otsuka and music by Edel Griffith. Director, Choreographer. Performer

• 2011 ArtsCross commission Taipei-Taiwan. Choreographer

PERFORMANCES

• 2024 Statues or To-Stand? Installation/Performance.

• 2023 Into Flesh. Performance/Theatre. Co-directed/created by and with Khamlane Halsackda & Skye Reynolds

• 2022 S/HE (a performance made for Zoom) Visual art dance experiences. Performed and co-directed with Skye Reynolds

• 2022 Moderna Museet Malmö. ‘An Occasion’ by Isabel Lewis

• 2021 It’s cold and there’s no music, Directed by Stefan Stanisic

• 2020-21 Chromatics, by ADeY

• 2021 Baby Boom, Sagohuset, Directed by Stefan Stanisic

• 2018 Permission to grieve. A durational performance commissioned by Skånes kostförening

• 2018 An exercise in learning swedish. Moderna Museet Malmö

• 2017 Ursäkta oss, Dance net Sweden co-production

• 2016 ’The Doctor’ Directed by Maria Herranz

• 2014 Dansstationen, touring company, TETRIS

• 2013 Grace Schwindt, Only a free individual can create a free society. Film • 2012 Nigel Charnock, 10 MEN

• 2012 Fresh Tracks Europe, residency, Dusseldorf

• 2011 Glyndebourne Opera Tour to Lille, Macbeth

• 2010 Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company ‘Just add Water’

• 2010 Maresa Von Stockert, Tilted Productions ‘Sea-Saw’

• 2009 Ben Wright ‘La Vie Parisienne’ Malmö Opera House

• 2008 Fabulous Beast, Michael Keegan Dolan, Art Dir. Giselle & James Son of James

• 2008 ‘The Rake’s Progress’ Dir Robert Le Page. The Royal Opera, UK

• 2007 Ben Wright, ‘Verdi’s Macbeth’ Malmö Opera House

• 2006 Micheal Keegan Dolan R&D

• Arthur Pita, ‘Bizet’s Carmen’ The Royal Opera House, London

• Bank Project with Siobhan Davies Dance

• Anh Ngoc Dance, for the Place Prize

• Founder member of Bonachela Dance Company

• 2002-06 Wayne McGregor/Random Dance

• 2001-03 Random Dance, digit01 & alpha, educational projects