Choreographic works
- I'm Hiding One Of These, premiere Ob/scene Festival 2022
- The Climate, The Worry, The Dance, Galleria Municipal Porto, 2022
- Skymningen, premiere Ob/scene Festival 2021
- They Were Thinking In The Background Wild Nature, premiere Ob/scene Festival, Seoul 2020
- 46, premiere Impulstanz 2020
- The Climate, premiere Stamsund Teaterfestival 2019
- Culture, premiere Impulstanz Vienna 2018
- La Nature IRL, premiere Het Veem Amsterdam 2017
- Gerhard Richter, une pièce pour le theéâtre, premiere Kunstenfestival Brussels 2017
- Natten, premiere Kunstenfestival 2016
- The Planet, Late at Night, premiere Henry Art Gallery Seattle, 2016
- Digital Technology, premiere Gessnerallé Zurich, 2016
- The Planet, for Impulstanz, 2015
- The Internet, commissioned by Supportico Lopez Berlin, 2015
- The Nature FR, Santarcangelo Festival, 2014
- La Substance, but in English, commissioned by MoMA PS1, 2014
- The Ocean, Tokyo 2013
- The Nature Redux, Usine C Montreal, 2013
- The Nature, MDT Stockhokm, 2013
- Jessica, PARTS, 2012
- The Beach, Impulstanz, 2012
- Epic, MDT Stockholm, 2012
- Burn Your Boats, with Kroot Juurak, Gothenburg Kunsthalle, 2010
- Ride The Wave Dude with Kroot Juurak, PAF, 2010
- DARK, Weld Stockholm, 2009
- Slowfall, TQW Vienna, 2008
- After Sade, TQW 2006
- Heja Sverige, MDT Stockholm, 2005
- Version Original Sous Titre, commissioned by P.A.R.T.S., 2004
- Powered by Emotion, Tanz Im August, 2003
- Artists’-Talk, with Tor Lindstrand, Tanz Im August, 2002
- Break Intermission Before and After, commissioned by Frankfurt Ballet and William Foresythye, 2002
- All All Over Over All All, with Tor Lindstrand, Mousonturm Frankfurt, 2002
- Plosion, Mousonturm, 2001
- Recent Works, MDT, 2000
- Avantgarde, Tanz Im August, 1999
Solo Exhibitions
- Late News From The Last International Hotshot, Hordaland Art Center, 2018
- The Kitchen Has No Flow, Neuer Giessener Kunstverein, 2016
- Everything Under Heaven…, Gothenburg Kunsthalle, 2010
Group Exhibitions
- After The Exhibition, Hardaland Art Center, 2017
- Painting Today, Platform Stockholm, 2017 (duo)
- Tallinn Photography Biennale, 2017
- Six Weeks, In Time, Henry Art Gallery Seattle, 2016
- Melanchotopia, Witte de With, 2013
- If It’s Half Broken, Center for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, 2011
- Move: Choreographing You, Haus der Kunst, München, 2011
- Dance and Choreography in The Arts since the 1960s, Korea National Gallery, Seoul, 2011
- Move: Choreographing You, Hayward Gallery, London, 2010
- Fifth Floor, Tate Liverpool, 2009
- Architecture Beyond Building, Venice Biennale for Architecture, 2008
Works with International Festival
International Festival is a collaboration between Mårten Spångberg and the architect Tor Lindstrand initiated 2004, that research and produce in zones between choreography and architecture, the spatial and temporal expanding the possibility for respective expressions on structural levels. International Festival is an open collaborative platform questioning notions of authorship, ownership, modes of distribution and the economies of the circulation of art and its producers.
- Sing This At Home (See What Happens), commissioned by Elaine Levy Gallery, Brussels, 2009
- Start Me Up, commissioned by P. Görschlüter, in the frame of the exhibition “5th Floor, Activating Space”, Tate Liverpool, 2008
- I Promise It’s Gonna Be Fine, Elaine Levy Projects, Brussels, 2008
- Everything Turns To Gold, Swedish Day of Architecture, Stockholm, 2008
- It’s Only Rock n’ Roll (But I like It), Venice Biennale for Architecture, Venice, 2008
- SWEAT The Movie, full-length feature film telling the story of twelve young choreographers, commissioned by Impulstanz, Wien, 2008
- Sherlock Holmes and His Friends, Gallery A Brändström, Stockholm, 2008
- CAPITALISM: All or Nothing, commissioned by E. Gadolfo, Netherlands Architect Institute, Rotterdam, 2008
- CAPITALISM: Bring It On Again!, commissioned by VOLTA 08, New York, 2008
- International Festival: Son Of Man, installation, Fruit and Flower Deli, New York, 2007
- International Festival: On The Town, commissioned by Rose Lee Goldberg Performa 07, New York, 2007
- The Theatre, commissioned by Steirischer Herbst, 2007
- my Market, commissioned by Dorothea von Hantelmann, House of World Culture Berlin, 2007
- CAPITALISM: All Or Nothing, Art Cologne, commissioned by European Kunsthalle, 2007
- CAPITALISM: Bring It On!, commissioned by European Kunsthalle Cologne, 2007
- The Kitchen, commissioned by Dorothea van Hantelmann, my House at House of World Culture, Berlin, 2006
- International Festival University, in the frame of the exhibition Academy: Learning From The Museum, commissioned by Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven,
2006
- Taxinge Piazza, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, 2006
- The Plastic Bag, 2005
- International Festival Broadcasting Network, the area of Tarfia (Spain), Borderline Academy 2005, Munich/Tarfia, 2005
- The Perfume, commissioned by Kaai Theater Brussels, 2005
- The Welcome Package, commissioned by Tanz im August Berlin, 2004
Films/Video
- It Happened The Day Before Tomorrow, 2003 (4.33)
- The Corridore, 2005 (8.45)
- Comrades, 2006 (13.20)
- International Festival: On The Town, 2007 (98.29)
- SWEAT The Movie, 2008 (94.30)
Publications, Editor
- Movement Research, 2018
- Post-dance, 2017
- Natten, 2016
- The Swedish Dance History, 2009-2012 (four volumes)
- Spangbergianism, 2011, In Spanish 2018
- Everything Turns To Gold, International Festival, 2008
- Sherlock Holmes and His Friends, International Festival, 2008
- The Theatre, International Festival, Steirischer Herbst, 2007
- CAPITALISM, Bring It On, International Festival, European Kunsthalle, 2007
- Why Book Now, P.A.R.T.S. Brussels, 2006
- Academy, Learning From The Museum, Van Abbe Museum, 2006
- The Adventure, Impulstanz, 2006
- Sex and The City, International Festival, 2006
- Jeff Wall, Tensta Konsthall 2, International Festival, 2005
- Reversed Engineering, Education in performance, B-books, with U. Melzwig, 2005
- Derrida: Theatre of Cruelty and The Closure of Representation, Extra Clear Power, Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, 2003
- Aristotle’s Poetic, Extra Clear Power, Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, 2003
- CAPITALS, Gulbenkian Foundation, with M. de Assis, 2003
- International Summer Academy Frankfurt 2002, with F. Malzacher, 2002
Teaching experiences
Listed are teaching experiences of more significant character, with courses of 80 hours or more.
- Program for Choreography, Univ. College of Dance Stockholm, director, 2008-2012
- Centre Choregraphique Montpellier, Ex.c.er.ce, workshop lecturer choreography/creation, 2007 – 2008
- P.A.R.T.S. senior lecturer dramaturgy, 2001 – 2016
- Inst. for applied theatre studies Univ. of Giessen, Guest professor, 2000, 2011, 2017
- SNDO, 2014-2017
Curtatorial Experiencs - Festivals and Events
- PAF Spring Meetings, 2009 - 2015
- Choreography as Extended Practice, Barcelona, 2012
- Panacea 2005, Dansens Hus, Stockholm, 2005
- V International Summer Academy Mousonturm, with F. Malzacher, 2004
- Panacea 2004, Moderna Dansteatern, Stockholm, 2004
- CAPTIALS, Dance/Theatre Season and Festival, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 2002 and 2003
- IV International Summer Academy Mousonsturm, with C. Peters, Frankfurt, 2002
- Panacea: I Never Let You Go, with Siemens Kulturprogramm, Stockholm, 2001
- Panacea 1999, Kulturhuset Stockholm, 1999
- Body Currency, Wiener Festwochen, with Hortensia Völkers, 1998
- Panacea 1998, Stockholm Cultural Capital 1998
- Uthärda, Performance Festival, Kulturhuset Stockholm, 1996
Co-choreographer
- 9x9, full-length choreography for 81 amateur performers created in collaboration with Christine De Smedt, 17 different versions created between 2000-2005, Les Ballets C de la B, Gent, 2000-2005
Performer and collaborator with: Xavier Le Roy (97-08), Christine de Smedt/Les Ballets C de la B (99-04), Tom Plischke (00), Lynda Gaudreau (05), Tino Sehgal (99-07)
Dramaturgy: Ina Christel Johannesen (96), Ingun Björnsgaard (98), Angela Guerrero (97-98), Dennis O’Connor (99), Tim Feldman (99), Christine de Smedt/Les Ballets C de la B (99-04), Mette Edvardsen (03)
Studies
- Academic studies in musicology, theatre/dance science, aesthetics and science of research. Since September 2008 PhD student shared by Univ. College of Dance Stockholm and Royal Inst. of Technology dept. for architecture.
- Music studies at Framnäs Folkhögskola (clarinet), 1985-1987
- Research assistant for Prof. Karin Harms-Ringdahl, Inst. for Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 1992-1996
Writing
- Dance and performance critic/writer for daily newspapers 2002 – 2007 (Aftonblandet and Dagens Nyheter), numerous essays and accidental texts in magazines, catalogues and books such as: Ballet International, ETC, Maska, Fraksija, Janus, Walking Theory, Performance Research, Art Press, Danstidningen, Visslingar och Rop, Site, A Prior, Dokumenta etc.
Published in: Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, German, English, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean.