collective
www.bravotoga.com
contact
lenabondeson@gmail.com
bravotoga@gmail.com
+45 42 95 42 34
+4676 400 1957
personal stipends & funding
Statens Kunstfond (The Danish Arts Foundation), Swedish Arts Council (KUR), Swedish Arts Grant Comittee (1 year workstipend),
Nordic Culture Contact, Nordic Culture Fund, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden, Uniarts Study Grant.
boardmember & member
in the cooperative Interim Kultur (SE) & member in KOMMA Performance Productions (DK)
education
THE DANISH NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS
MFA Performing Art - Directing // 2019 - 2022
GIESSEN - JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERISTÄT (DE)
MFA - Exchange CUP Choreography and Performance // winter 2021-2021
STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
BA Performing Art - Physical acting // 2012 - 2015
Practicum: “Sånger för Norden”, TURTEATERN (SE)
DOCH (SE) // Summer residency 7,5 ects + Methods of writing in artistic practices 7,5 ects (2016)
SNDO (NL) // Intensive course: choreography & movement research (2015)
AKADEMIET (DK) // Scenekunst - physical theater 1,5 år (2010- 2011) + TUK - 10 week physical theater (2018)
VERA - skolen for kunst & design (DK) // Billedkunst A (2009)
performing arts
PROFILTEATERNS 41 ÅRS KALAS-SHOW // Profilteatern & BRAVO TOGA
- Directing, curating & conferencier (2025)
DET FRIE FELTS FESTIVAL // International Coordinating Assistent to Gritt Uldall-Jessen (DK) (2025)
NEW NORDIC POLING // Sydhavn Teater & Spitsbergen Artist Center Svalbard
- Directing, idea & concept, costumes, videodirecting, producing, PR, performing (2024)
THE WINTERWAR - a Ski Ballet on Rolerskis // BRAVO TOGA
Turteatern (SE), Institutet (SE) (2024) - maker & performer
VINDLABORATORIET // Teater Tre
- Directing, idea, concept (2024)
PRODUCER PRACTICUM // Betty Nansen Teatret
Following theaterproducer and theatermanager Eva Præstiin and artistic researcher Mette Tranholm (winter 2022-2023)
DON’T FEAR CHANGE // BRAVO TOGA
Dansekapellet (DK), Inkonst (SE), Teater Universum (FIN) (2023)
Turteatern (SE), Åbne Scene (DK) (2020-2022) - maker & performer
ANONYMA ANDLIGA ATEISTER // BRAVO TOGA
Konträr (SE), Profilteatern (SE) (2023) - maker & performer
DARK HORSE // TV2
TV-series (2023) Role: Stine (riding teacher)
DEN STORE STILHED // Feature film by Katrine Brocks
Monolit Film (DK) (2022) - Agnes (o.s. character)
THE WALKS // Rimini Protokoll
Audio walk (DE) (2021) - Voice-actor
SOMETHING ELSE MATTERS // MFA-graduation piece
The Danish National School of Performing Arts (2019)
CUP Giessen (DE) (2021)
Mockumentaryfilm & immersive live-theater - Directing & performing
DET ÅBNE HJERTE // SIGNA
12-hours immersive night-performance - REUMERT WINNER - performance of the year.
Aarhus Festuge (DK) (2019) - Actor
HIDDEN ESCAPES // Dansinitiativet
Choreography: Moa Autio. Kulturhuset Luleå (SE), Tegelscenen Stockholm (SE) (2018) - Dancer
THE DOGGY-STYLE PROJECT // BRAVO TOGA
PotatoPotato (SE), Warehouse9 (DK), Teater Viirus (FI), Teater Tribunalen (SE), GBG Mime Fest (SE) (2018) - maker & performer
THE SLUT PROJECT // BRAVO TOGA
HAUT Eksil (DK) (2017) - maker & performer
PLADASK + ÖMHJÄRTAD // Expressteatern
(SE) Directing: Ed Damron. (2017 - 2018) - Physical Actor
THE MONICA PROJECT // BRAVO TOGA
Potato Potato Malmö, DOCH Summerschool Residency (SE) (2016)
MÖTA HÖSTEN TILLSAMMANS? // Directing: Anna Vnuk & KLASSEN
Dansens Hus Stockholm, Parkteatern Stockholm, Stora Teatern Göteborg, Scenkonstbiennalen Malmö, Malmö Sommarscen, Sommarlund, Festiborg (NO) (2015 / 2016) - Actor & dancer
SKA VI VA? // Teater Tre
(SE) Director: Marvin Yxner. Choreografi: Jimmy Meurling. (2016-2017) - Physical Actor
PEKA, TRUMMA, DANSA // Teater Tre
(SE) Director: Anne Jonsson. (2016) - Physical Actor
SATANS DEMOKRATI // Satans Triologi
Directing/Projectleader: Jimmy Meurling & Py Huss-Wallin
Immersive theater triology. Nobelberget (SE) (2015) - Audio-installation
LOMJANSGUTEN // Västanå Teater
(SE) Directing: Leif Stinnerbom. ( 2015) - Dancer & actor
SÅNGER FÖR NORDEN // Turteatern
(SE) Directing: Nils Poletti. (2014) - Actor (BA-internship)
TODAY WAS A COMPLETE WASTE OF MAKE-UP // BA-graduation piece (solo)
Stockholm Fringe 2015, The Departure Festival Uniarts, Unga Klara (SE) (2014/ 2015)
publications & performance lectures
MICRODRAMATURGY - Sloppy immersion // Case study in PhD publication (2022)
My Artistic Research in directing at The Danish National School of Performing Arts resulted in creating the methods squatting and sloppy immersion—an approach to adapting film documentaries for the stage by recreating a mockumentary based on the role play (Something Else Matters). Our methodology was theorized in Dr. Phil. Jonas Schnor’s dissertation, Microdramaturgy – A Performance Philosophy.
GIRLING TOGETHER: A Dialogue // publication & performance lecture (2019)
Through intersectional dialogue and method development, eight Nordic performers and researchers explored representations of young femininity on stage. A nordic collaboration between director Linda Forsell (PotatoPotato, SE) and the research network FlickForsk! Nordic Network for Girlhood Studies. Our work was published in 2019 by PotatoPotato and Riksteatern.
GIRLING TOGETHER: “Om flickighet på scen” // performance lectures (2018)
Performance lectures at Inkonst, Malmö (SE) and “Folk och kultur dagarna”, Eskilstuna (SE) by Potato Potato
“SEXUALISERAD VÅLD PÅ SCEN - vad gör det med oss?” // performance lecture (2018)
Performance lecture during “Festival Normal” at Kvinnohistoriska Museum Umeå (SE)
SLUT-SHAMING // curation of lectures (2018)
Lectures on the subject of the perfomance “The Doggy Style Project” curated by BRAVO TOGA at Teater Viirus (FIN) with participation of several nordic performing artist exploring the subject of slut-shaming.
INGER CHRISTENSENS NOBELMIDDAG // dinner-happening (2016)
A dinner-happening exploring how “to eat poetry” and a fictive nobelprize ceremoni granting Inger Christensen the prize she never received, for 30 nordic culture-, art- and science related guest in Hagaparken (SE) ::: Projectleader & performers: Lena Bondeson, Malou Zilliacus & Viola Bao, with help from Signe Barfoed & Sara Ribbenstedt among others.
workshopleader /pedagogue/ teacher
LULEÅ GYMNASIE, danselinje (SE) // Workshop in contemporary dance for students in 2.- og 3.G (2016)
POTATO POTATO (SE) // Workshop ”Physical & Contextual framing of Shame” (2016)
AKADEMIET (DK) // Workshop: Physical acting at Scenekunst linjen (2015)
TESTRUP HØJSKOLE (DK) // Workshop “The Unbearable Lightness of having a Body” (5 dage) (2014)
DOCH “FILTEN” picnic-festival (SE) // Workshop “So You Think You Can Mime” (2014)
VIBENHUS FRITIDSORDNING (DK) // Dramapedagogue (2019)
MALMÖ FRISKOLA (SE) // Pedagogue & substitute kindergarden teacher full time 1 month (2018)
CALLE FLYGARE TEATERSKOLA (SE) // Dramapedagogue all levels 5-18 y, 10 classes (winter 2015 - 2016)
GRANÖGÅRD TEATER-SOMMARKOLLO (SE) // Pedagogue (2014)
ØSTERBRO LILLESKOLE (DK) // Kindergarden teacher fulltime 3 months and substitute teacher at all levels from 1st-7th grade for 3 months (2009)
languages
DANISH (mothertongue), SWEDISH (fluent), ENGLISH & GERMAN (basic)
other skills
DANCE STYLES: contemporary, house, swing, folkdance, acrobatics, mimeacting
SONG: Rythmical & jazz, solo & choir (alto) practice since primary school. Basic skills in vocalbased loop-pedal instrument.
FINE ARTS & SCENOGRAPHY: Fine arts program at VERA (school for art & design (2009), privat lesson with scenographer Gøje Christine Rostrup summer 2010, exhibition i “Rummet” april 2011.
DRIVERSLICENSE B (since 2006)