FRAME is an association which organizes and produces artistic activities with an emphasis on the intersection between dance and well-being in three branches: artists’ residence, dance workshops and performance pieces.
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The immersive performance Matta is available for booking, if interested please send us an email info@framesweden.org​​​​​​​​​
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The performance piece Fläta is available for booking, if interested please send us an email info@framesweden.org
We have been producing artistic residencies and retreats at Jönses Farm in Region Gävleborg annually since 2018 where we have delved into our creative and somatic research inspired by the Swedish primal forest and countryside. With support from Kultur Gävleborg in 2021, we formalized our collective practice, Fieldwork, a method for movement research which facilitates creative ease within groups. We have shared Fieldwork regionally, nationally and internationally, with movement enthusiasts, students and professionals. In 2022, FRAME was invited to be a part of the regional dance conference Dansdialog and sat on the jury for Skapa Dans in Gävleborg. We also began our first creation of a collective artistic work, Fläta, in residencies at SITE Sweden and Jönses Farm in Vallsta. In 2023 we reorganized ourselves under the name FRAME and continue to host residences and workshops for the benefit of the public in which we explore the cultivation of well being through movement.
FRAME is also a platform to help its members produce their own artistic work for performance. Under the umbrella of this organization, members can apply for residencies and funding to develop projects meant to be shared with audiences. We have a particular interest in work dealing with themes of belonging, connection and communication.
Meet the team
Born in Stockholm, Erik Lobelius received his formal training at the Royal Swedish Ballet School and graduated from the classical department in 2009. After participating in the youth project Nudans at the Gothenburg opera, he moved to Switzerland to join Ballet junior de Geneva. In 2010 he began working with Alias-Cie under artistic director Guilherme Botelho, which led to a 10 year long engagement ranging from dancer and creative collaborator to rehearsal director. During this time, he also worked with companies including Companhia Instável, WOMAN'S MOVE, Cie-Burnout and La Rift Compagnie. In addition to working as a performer and leading workshops in Fieldwork, a movement methodology created in collaboration with ShantiLoco collective, Erik is a certified cranio-sacral therapist, Hatha Yoga teacher and is currently studying Osteopathy at the Swiss International School
Daniel Staaf is a Swedish/Filipino freelance dance artist based in Stockholm. He has been professionally active since 2009 and has worked as a dancer with companies such as Bern Ballet (CH), Gallim Dance (US), Sleep No More (US) and groups such as CIE Tabe Martin (CH), Anderssondance (SE), Shake it Collaborations (SE); performed at venues such as Guggenheim Works & Process, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, The Joyce, The Lincoln Center and Theater Vidy-Lausanne; toured through Sweden, the US and internationally. He has also collaborated with artists from film, music, fashion, performance and visual arts. As a teacher, Daniel has taught extensively with Gallim Dance, from company classes to movement exploration and repertoire in the US, as well as organizing retreats and teaching workshops for enthusiasts and professionals in Sweden, Switzerland, Berlin and Barcelona. Daniel trained at the Royal Swedish Ballet School's modern department and earned his bachelor's degree in dance from Codarts in the Netherlands. He has also had the opportunity to work with Ohad Naharin's movement language, Gaga, during a co-production between Batsheva Dance Company (IL) and Riksteatern (SE)
Originally from Houston, Texas, Sarah Stanley is a dance artist and Ilan Lev Method practitioner based in Stockholm, SE. She received her dance training from SUNY Purchase (USA) and Taipei National University for the Arts (Taiwan). Sarah has been based in New York, Berlin and Stockholm where she has worked with Jefta Van Dinther, Örjan Andersson, Punchdrunk’s Immersive production Sleep No More, Kat Válastur, Moritz Majce+Sandra Man, Sigal Zouk, Gloria Höckner, Tiago Manquinho, John Heginbotham and Andrea Miller among others. As a teacher, Sarah has led workshops in Sweden, Germany, The USA and as a cultural ambassador with the US Department of State in Laos, Indonesia and the Philippines. Sarah has been developing her own work since 2011 including Inscriptions (New York), Folia (Texas) and Wayward Wind (Wyoming). Sarah is a certified Ilan Lev Method practitioner and movement teacher, completing her studies with Yaniv Mintzer and Ilan Lev through ILM Poland under the mentorship of Tzéela Rinsky in Berlin.
