City Horses, created by Anna Källblad and Helena Byström together with fifteen female dancers, is a city choreography celebrating female courage and power of all ages.
In our cities, on bronze horses, proud kings quietly stare above our heads. Their history and visual male dominance daily manifested and passed on to the next generation. Where are the women and their stories? This was the start for City Horses that since the premiere 2017 has galloped through cities all over the world raising questions about power, existence and the female body in the public space, as a living monument in constant motion.
With its theme, City Horses, wants to connect to the island’s military history in a time of increased international conflicts, and ask what role art can play in these times. Byström Källblad is a Swedish duo consisting of choreographer Anna Källblad and artist Helena Byström. They work in Sweden and internationally.
Credits
City Horses: performance av Byström Källblad
Photo: Tina Axelsson
Dancers: Josephine Auffray, Hedvig Edvall Bons, Giorgia Calliari Hui-Han Hu Gustavsson, Tea Harryson, Dana Hamburgo Hernandez, Annika Hyvärinen, Aurora Itland, Torill Kolsrud, Oda Olivia Øverbø Lindegård, Qadira Oechsle-Ali, Linn Ragnarsson, Sanna Söderholm, Elinor Tollerz Bratteby, Moa Westerlund.
A collaboration with MDT
Island Dialogues is a part of the Lustholmen festival 2025 at Skeppsholmen in Stockholm. It is a performance program produced by Public Art Agency Sweden and MDT. City Horses is one of three artworks in the programme. Curators: Edi Muka and Annika Enqvist, Public Art Agency Sweden, and Anna Efraimsson, MDT.
Dates, time and places
Dates: 14th and 15th of June
Time: 13:00–15:30
Place: MDT:s entré
Good to know: The performance will take place all over Skeppsholmen with a visit to Nationalmuseum, The National Musuem of Art around 14:00–14:30.
Registration: No registration is required, admission is free of charge