I am fascinated by the process of movement improvisation. This curiosity led me into a deeper self-practice and research during my Master’s studies at the University of Gothenburg, where in 2024 I received the title of Master of Fine Arts in Performing Arts with a Specialisation in Contemporary Performative Arts.
My thesis, Moving by the Paradox: New Perspectives on Free Movement Improvisation, was supervised by Anne Södergren and Aaron Lang.

My research explores the multiple layers of movement improvisation, with a focus on tracing the spontaneous thought processes that emerge while moving. My solo practice combines three tools: the camera, writing, and movement. The camera brings a performativity aspect, first witnessing my dance and later offering reflection. Writing extends my thoughts, desires, and practice directions into a research diary. Movement remains the core medium, generating questions, expectations, and sensations that circulate through the body and project outward. Since 2022, I have been developing, reshaping, and refining this structure.

Through this work, I discovered contradictions and paradoxes inherent in improvisation. On the one hand, improvisation is often described as “free” and spontaneous; on the other hand, it is always shaped by what we carry with us, our body memory, training, desires, traumas, judgments, and cultural influences. In this sense, improvisation is never fully free, and it exists in a constant tension between openness and limitation. Rather than seeing this paradox as an obstacle, I embraced it as a productive force. This approach led me to create new research tools, which I called “anti-scores,” that navigate between freedom and structure.

My research also extended into facilitating laboratories and conducting interviews to further examine these ideas. The study does not seek to resolve paradoxes but to acknowledge them as essential elements of improvisation. By analyzing these layers, the research opens new perspectives on task-free improvisation and exposes how subjectivity influences decision-making and performance.

In the end, my thesis documents both the challenges and new possibilities of working with improvisation, proposing fresh methods for engaging with paradox, subjectivity, and creative processes in performance.