NBB - The Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble

Fall 2009 the audience in Norrbotten will experience a collaboration between the dance company and our own Norrbotten Big Band. Sharing the stage and the focus, their dancers and musicians break the boundaries of traditional ensemble interaction. Performance works include original choreography and music as well as improvisation by all performers, creating a spontaneous performance environment where anything can happen.

Tour Dates

Date	City	Time
December 10	Piteå, Studio Acusticum
December 12	Luleå, Kulturens Hus

 

 Watch video clips from the production:

NBB And Michele Brangwen Dance Clip one

NBB - Michele Brangwen Clip two

Video stills from the production

 

 

 

BANG 27 march!

The popular After-Work series BANG will continue throughout 2009. To finish off the work week with food and good company topped with great music from Norrbotten Big Band has become quite a tradition for our large loyal audience. March 27 the band will be conducted by trumpet player Tapio Maunuvaara featuring guest artists as Markus Fagervall, Britta Bergström and Göran Norman. Cicerone for the evening is Sofia Jannok

BANG kicks off at 5 pm when Norrbotten Big Band plays the signature, specially written by artistic director and trumpet player Tim Hagans. The band will play until 7 pm, and after that the audience can continue to enjoy mingle and music in the restaurant.

BANG Luleå is a collaboration between Norrbottensmusiken, Kulturens Hus in Luleå Restaurang Luleå and Sveriges Radio Norrbotten.

Norrbotten Big Band och Steve Slagle

Bass player Charles Mingus, 1922-79, was one of the most powerful personalities in jazz - both physically and musically. After his death, his wife Sue founded the Mingus Big Band in New York in the spirit of Charles Mingus, her obvious choice as the organizer and artistic director was saxophone player Steve Slagle.

Norrbotten Big Band will in this production interpret Slagle´s tough arrangements and present its many great soloists. The bands artistic director Tim Hagans will be heard as a trumpet soloist and will also arrange a Mingus composition for Slagle´s altosax.

Slagle counters by dedicating to Tim a solo number. How´s that for musical brotherhood!?! Without a doubt, this is one of the most interesting and challenging projects that the NBB has planned over the years.

 

Tour Dates

Date	City	Time
March 8	LULEÅ, Kulturens Hus Lilla Salen	7 pm
March 9	TORNEÅ Musiikkitalo	7 pm
March 10	ÖREBRO Frimis	7 pm
March 12	UMEÅ Studion Folkets Hus	8 pm
March 14	PITEÅ Studio Acusticum	4 pm

BANG 27 february!

The popular After-Work series BANG will continue throughout 2009. To finish off the work week with food and good company topped with great music from Norrbotten Big Band has become quite a tradition for our large loyal audience. February 27 the band will be conducted by trumpet player Tapio Maunuvaara featuring guest artists as Stefan Gunnarsson, Pepe Ahlqvist and Jonatan Lundberg!

Cicerone for the evening is Johan Feldt from the acclaimed group MOVITS!

BANG kicks off at 5 pm when Norrbotten Big Band plays the signature, specially written by artistic director and trumpet player Tim Hagans. The band will play until 7 pm, and after that the audience can continue to enjoy mingle and music in the restaurant.

BANG Luleå is a collaboration between Norrbottensmusiken, Kulturens Hus in Luleå Restaurang Luleå and Sveriges Radio Norrbotten.

BANG on Tour

Director Tapio Maunuvaara

Hip-hop artist Dogge Doggelito is a legend in Swedish hip-hop. His real name is Douglas Leon of Venezuelan descent but born in 1975 in Botkyrka and living in the Stockholm suburb of Alby. Dogge was the front man of the now dissolved band "The Latin Kings", which in the 90s were the real pioneers of Swedish hip-hop. Dogge and the guys in the band released the album "Välkommen till förorten" in 1994.

In addition to The Latin Kings Dogge also have participated in various other music projects. In November 2007, he released his solo album Superclassico with the smash hit "Rör på Göten". His texts often describes encounters with racism in everyday life. He appears frequently on television programs and is active in public debate.

In the middle of the 90s Dogge, together with Michael Alonzo, Alexandra Pascalidou and Joakim Wohlfeil appeared as foreground figures in the Swedish part of the Council of Europe Anti-racism Campaign All Different All Equal in Sweden during the working title of Youth Against Racism [UMR]. He has also participated in the movie Suburban Kids. As Doggelitos Sidekick we will see rapper El Primo.

 

Tour dates

feb 7	JOKKMOKK Folkets Hus	5 pm
feb 8	ARJEPLOG Medborgarhuset	7 pm
feb 9	ARVIDSJAUR Medborgarhuset	7 pm
feb 10	KIRUNA Folkets Hus Nåjdens Sal	7 pm
feb 11	GÄLLIVARE Blå Forell	7 pm
feb 12	PAJALA	7 pm
feb 13	ÖVERKALIX Folkets Hus	7 pm
feb 14	BODEN SAGA-teatern	7 pm
feb 15	LULEÅ Kulturens Hus	7 pm
feb 17	PITEÅ Studio Acusticum	7 pm
feb 18	HAPARANDA Folkets Hus	7 pm
feb 19	ÄLVSBYN Forum	7 pm

Movits on tour with Norrbotten Big Band

The Swedish Group MOVITs is not a common phenomenon. The young guys Johan "Javin" Apotekarn Rensfeldt and Anders' Skräddarn!'Rensfeldt, are members of the group. MOVITS represent a music style that in many ways have had role models in the American artist, singer and band leader Cab" Hi-De-Ho Man " Calloway. Their lyrics, very real, repeateats a theme that leads the audience through a rhythmically tight seance. There are other influences in MOVITS behavior, Cornelius Vreeswijk Roma-legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt and the Buena Vista Club.

 

Tour Dates

Date	City	Time
11 feb	GÄLLIVARE Blå Forell	10.00 am
11 feb	GÄLLIVARE Blå Forell	12.00 am
12 feb	PAJALA Folkets Hus
16 feb	LULEÅ Kulturens Hus	10.00 am
17 feb	PITEÅ Strömbackaskolan Aula
18 feb	HAPARANDA Folkets Hus Danssalong	11.30 am
20 feb	KALIX Malören	09.30 am