{"id":13282,"date":"2016-03-04T09:34:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T08:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teaterunionen.se\/en\/?page_id=13282"},"modified":"2017-02-22T15:15:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T14:15:18","slug":"the-selection-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scensverige.se\/en\/the-swedish-biennial-for-performing-arts\/the-selection-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"The Selection Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>The performances for the Swedish Biennial for Performing Arts are selected by a special selection committee<\/h5>\n<p>This year\u2019s selection committee consisted of nine people, each with considerable experience and knowledge within the performing arts. The selection committee is appointed by our board and consists of the following persons:<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scensverige.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Farnaz-Arbabi-e1450429940947.jpg\" \/>Photo: Sara P Borgstr\u00f6m<\/p>\n<h4>Farnaz Arbabi<\/h4>\n<p>Artistic director, Unga Klara, director, playwrigh<\/p>\n<p>Farnaz Arbabi is educated at the Stockholm Acadamy of Dramatic Arts and has directed theatre, musicals and opera at the Stockholm City Theatre, the National Touring Theatre, Uppsala City Theatre, Backa Theatre, Folkoperan etcetera. She has also worked in Copenhagen and is now one of two artistic directors at Unga Klara.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scensverige.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Birgit-Berndt.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Birgit Berndt<\/h4>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">Dance Manager,<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Norrlandsoperan<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Birgit Berndt has previously served as director of the Euro-Scene festival in Leipzig and administrative leader of Germany&#8217;s largest dance and theatre festival Theater der Welt in Ruhr. She now works as the dance manager for Norrlandsoperan.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scensverige.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lena-Engqvist-Forslund-e1450430085359.jpg\" \/>Photo: Lia Jacobi<\/p>\n<h4>Lena Engqvist-Forslund<\/h4>\n<p>Artistic director, Teater V\u00e4sternorrland<\/p>\n<p>Lena Engqvist-Forslund is the artistic director of Teater V\u00e4sternorrland. For six years, she worked as the artistic director of Giron S\u00e1mi Te\u00e1hter in Kiruna. She has also worked as a theatre teacher.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scensverige.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Lis-Hellstrom-Sveningson-e1450434439173.jpg\" \/>Photo: Ulf S\u00f6renson <\/p>\n<h4>Lis Hellstr\u00f6m-Sveningson<\/h4>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">Critic<\/span>, <span class=\"hps\">G\u00f6teborgs-Posten<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hps\">Lis Hellstr\u00f6m<\/span><span class=\"atn\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"\">Sveningson<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">is a<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">dance and<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">theatre critic and writes in<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">G\u00f6teborgs-Posten and<\/span> the Swedish <span class=\"hps\">Dance<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Magazine<\/span>. <span class=\"hps\">Besides<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">journalism<\/span>, she teaches <span class=\"hps\">and is<\/span> often <span class=\"hps\">engaged as<\/span> a <span class=\"hps\">lecturer and <\/span><span class=\"hps\">moderator<\/span>.<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scensverige.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Cecilia-Malmstrom-Olsson-e1450434391848.jpg\" \/>Photo: Jakob Olsson<\/p>\n<h4>Cecilia Malmstr\u00f6m Olsson<\/h4>\n<p>PhD in literature and dance, writer<\/p>\n<p>Cecilia Malmstr\u00f6m Olsson is a PhD in literature and dance. She has been working in the field of dance for the past 35 years as a dancer, critic and scholar in Scandinavia, Europe and the United States.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scensverige.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Kiki-Muukkonen-e1450430165964.jpg\" \/>Photo: M\u00e4rta Thisner<\/p>\n<h4>Kiki Muukkonen<\/h4>\n<p>Head of programme, Subtopia<\/p>\n<p>Kiki Muukkonen is artistic head of programme for Hangaren\/Subtopia. For several years, Kiki has been working with Subcase, which is an annual Nordic circus fair.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scensverige.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Marie-Parker-Shaw-e1450430000717.jpg\" \/>Photo: Johan Sj\u00f6vall<\/p>\n<h4>Marie Parker Shaw<\/h4>\n<p>Director, artistic director of M\u00e5nteatern<\/p>\n<p>Marie Parker Shaw is a trained actor and director from the Mountview Theatre School and the School of the Science of Acting in London. 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