Hedda Days: Artist talk - Jenny Svensson and Katrine Strøm

In collaboration with RadArt, writer and performing artist Katrine Strøm and dance artist, choreographer and playwright Jenny Svensson met at Rådstua in Tromsø.

Katrine Strøm is a writer and performing artist from Andøya. She trained at the Academy of Puppetry in Østfold and studied writing at the University of Tromsø. In 2003, she founded the performing arts company Katma, which has been creating performing arts productions for young audiences for several years. Katrine is also the director of the children's and youth theater Lille Hålogaland Teater. In 2020, Katma won the Hedda Award for best children's performance with the performance Ritsj.

Jenny Svensson is a dance artist, choreographer and playwright. She studied at the Laban Centre of Contemporary Dance in London and at the writing program at the University of Tromsø. Jenny is from Stockholm and has lived in Tromsø since 2008, where she works as a dance artist, critic, playwright and author. In 2018, she and Rimfrost Productions won the Hedda Award for Best Children's Performance with the performance Tobias og dagen det smalt.