Yared Tilahun Cederlund

NEXT STOP: EUROPE! Land Before Time - Yared Tilahun Cederlund and Joanna Holewa Chrona - continues their journey with ”Waterkind” this summer and fall! @danceduo_landbeforetime @yared_tc @joannaskywalker Join us for shows in Germany, Italy, Malta, Denmark, Sweden, Luxembourg and Estonia! ...... Hot off the heels of a successful 11-city tour across Sweden with Dansnät Sverige, the 2025 Aerowaves @aerowaves_europe artists Land Before Time are thrilled to announce our upcoming international tour dates for 2026! In collaboration with a number of venues and festivals, we are bringing our critically acclaimed work ”Waterkind” to stages across Europe. ”Waterkind” explores the interplay and connection between two bodies without direct physical contact. Inspired by the flow and currents of water, Joanna Holewa Chrona and Yared Tilahun Cederlund blend freestyle and popping into a unique movement language that thrives on vibrations and responsiveness. UPCOMING DATES 2026: 📍 June 14: Düsseldorf, Germany | Tanzhaus NRW / Art:walk Festival, @tanzhausnrw 📍 July 7: Rome, Italy | @orbita_spellbound Orbita Spellbound 1- Centro Nazionale di Produzione della Danza 📍 July 26: Valletta, Malta / Dance Festival Malta | @dancefestivalmalta 2026 📍 August 16:Aarhus, Denmark / Aarhus Summer Dance | Bora-Bora / Aarhus Summer Dance @boraboradans 📍 August 22: Umeå, Sweden / Norrlandsoperan| @norrlandsoperan 📍 August 26: Bassano del Grappa, Italy | @operaestate Festival/CSC 📍 September 12: Luxembourg | @trois.cl / TROIS-CL Maison pour la danse 📍 September 19: Copenhagen, Denmark | Dansehallerne @dansehallerne OPENINGS festival 📍 October 13, 14 & 15: Tallinn, Estonia/ Sõltumatu Tantsu Festival/ STF | @soltumatutantsulava Sõltumatu Tantsu Festival

Dancing next to the river in Uddevalla, our 6th stop on the tour ☀️ Thank you Uddevalla and @dansnat_sverige

Third tour stop: Konsthallstorget in Malmö ☺️ 2 shows! Thank you @dansstationen 🙏🏽 @dansnat_sverige

Thank you Linköping! 🌞 Beautiful to see so many people stopping and watching us, everything from kids to seniors! @dansnat_sverige tour stop number 2 🙏🏽

SAMBANDET is a co-production between @norrdans and @regionteater_vast , with choreography by @yared_tc . The music is composed by @felixbjoklund and is an exploration of the relationship between humans and music, musical elements and rhythms. The idea is to allow the music to flow freely between the dancers’ own rhythms, the room, the audience and everyday classroom objects, utilizing, among other things, bouncy balls and a magical school desk. –“We wanted to create a heightened atmosphere using the everyday objects found in a classroom. That’s why we built a school desk that looks like an ordinary desk but hides a percussion instrument inside and can generate sounds on its own. Exciters were mounted to the underside of the table, causing the desk itself to vibrate and produce the sounds. The room comes to life, and nothing is necessarily what it seems,” Felix explains. –“The dancers have worked incredibly hard on polyrhythms – the theory of contrasting rhythms. Polyrhythm involves one hand playing one rhythm while the other hand is playing a different rhythm. Together, they form a third rhythm that is varied and expands into the choreography and the dancers’ bodies.” Felix Björklund says, music is essentially the intertwining of sounds, notes and rhythms and how these relate to one another and to those who hear it. Several phenomenas merge to create a something completely new, and that is precisely how we constantly move forward and evolve, together. Read more about SAMBANDET at: 🔗 www.norrdans.se/en/choreographies-events/2026/sambandet/ 🔗 www.regionteatervast.se/forestallningar/sambandet Video production: Dan Offerlind, Daniel Andersson & Jim De Block | Music: Felix Björklund

✨ Open Studio Nordic at Sofienberg Kirke @viktor_frojd showed a work-in-progress of his performance Tracks with @yared_tc . The duo celebrated rhythm, the mystery of coexistence, and the collective power found in a deep friendship on and off stage.💚 Choreography: Viktor Fröjd Dancers: Viktor Fröjd and Yared Tilahun Cederlund 📸 Photos by: @stillchai // This performance was part of Each One Reach One during Soul Sessions Encounters 2026. A collaborative project between the Nordic organisations @iverkultur , @urban_apa and @soulsessionsoslo . The project focuses on exchange and collective strengthening of the Nordic street- and clubdance field. Initiated by @iverkultur and supported by @nordiskkulturfond

In the performance SAMBANDET by @norrdans and @regionteater_vast , choreographer @yared_tc explores the dynamics between people. How a glance, a gesture, or a shared rhythm can forge relationships, how we collaborate, listen, and adapt to one another – and how we are shaped by these encounters. This theme of connections and contexts served as the starting point for costume designer Johanna Ramsin when creating the production’s costumes – both in theory and in practice. Instead of using entirely new materials, she has chosen to work with materials that already exist within various circular life cycles. Johanna’s designs use fabrics and products that have had a previous life or are made from recycled components. This reflects how the relationships, meanings, uses and contexts of materials shift and evolve over time. Another example is the choice of plant-based materials, derived from sources like pineapple and grapes, which serves as a clear reference to the interdependence of human and ecological systems. Another key component has been the repurposing of fabric remnants and scraps from other contexts. Even discarded rubber and plastic waste from the ocean has been utilized in some of the clothing. By assembling all these different materials – each already carrying its own history – into new wholes within a new context, they become something completely new and meaningful. As always, the dancers’ freedom of movement has been central to the design process. The costumes are designed to be comfortable, flexible, and breathable, allowing the dancers to move without restraint. Read more about SAMBANDET at: 🔗 www.norrdans.se/en/choreographies-events/2026/sambandet/ 🔗 www.regionteatervast.se/forestallningar/sambandet Music: Felix Björklund

Just nu turnérar SAMBANDET hos både @norrdans och @regionteater_vast ! Föreställningen spelas för årskurs 7–9, men det finns även föreställningar utanför klassrummen som du kan boka biljetter till: 🎫 7/3 11.00 på @regionteatern Blekinge/Kronoberg, Växjö https://www.regionteatern.se/events/sambandet 🎫 29/4 17.30 på @textilmuseet , Borås: https://www.regionteatervast.se/boka/forestallning/1740 KOREOGRAFI Yared Tilahun Cederlund KOSTYMDESIGN Johanna Ramsin MUSIK Felix Björklund ENSEMBLE (Regionteater Väst:) Marta Bianchi, Oliver Flor Jull, Mpululu Ntuve & (Norrdans:) Kevin Julianto, Silas da Silva Roller, Ellie Vermunt REPETITÖRER Helena Lundqvist, Jim de Block Trailer: Dan Offerlind

Today, @norrdans and @regionteater_vast celebrate the world premiere of SAMBANDET! 🔗 We are playing the very first performances at Regionteater Väst in Borås – and this is the only time the audience will be able to see both ensembles perform the show together. After today, they will tour separately in their respective regions for students in grades 7–9. CHOREOGRAPHY Yared Tilahun Cederlund COSTUME DESIGN Johanna Ramsin MUSIC Felix Björklund ENSEMBLE Marta Bianchi, Oliver Flor Jull, Mpululu Ntuve, Kevin Julianto, Silas da Silva Roller, Ellie Vermunt REHEARSAL DIRECTORS Helena Lundqvist, Jim de Block Find more people who work on the show, access the teachers’ material and more on our websites: 🔗 www.norrdans.se/en/choreographies-events/2026/sambandet/ 🔗 www.regionteatervast.se/forestallningar/sambandet

SAMBANDET premiers this friday!! Here you can see us working alot with 2/3 polyrhythm. Together with choreographer @yared_tc and composer @felixbjoklund . Dancers: @martaabianchii @oliver_flor_96 @mpululuntuve @silasilvar @ellievermunt @kevinnjulianto

On Friday, it’s finally time for the world premiere of SAMBANDET — this spring’s co-production by @norrdans and @regionteater_vast ! Here you can see fresh images of both ensembles performing the production in a classroom setting. In this classroom performance, choreographed by @yared_tc , two dancers explore what happens between people. A glance, a gesture, a rhythm shared. A negotiation that becomes a dance, a collaboration, a rhythmic movement. Cooperation and consent — the silent agreement. Close, open, and reciprocal. We are shaped in relation to one another — I exist because you exist. 🎫 The premiere will be the ONLY opportunity for you to see both ensembles perform the production together. After that, they will tour separately in their respective regions for students in grades 7–9. Book your tickets for the premiere show 6/2 18.00 att Regionteater Väst, Borås: https://www.regionteatervast.se/boka/forestallning/1636 CHOREOGRAPHY Yared Tilahun Cederlund COSTUME DESIGN Johanna Ramsin MUSIC Felix Björklund ENSEMBLE Marta Bianchi, Oliver Flor Jull, Mpululu Ntuve, Kevin Julianto, Silas da Silva Roller, Ellie Vermunt REHEARSAL DIRECTORS Helena Lundqvist, Jim de Block Read more about SAMBANDET at: 🔗 www.norrdans.se/en/choreographies-events/2026/sambandet/ 🔗 www.regionteatervast.se/forestallningar/sambandet Photos: Daniel Andersson ___ På fredag är det äntligen dags för världspremiären av SAMBANDET — vårens samproduktion mellan Norrdans och Regionteater Väst! I denna klassrumsföreställning, koreograferad av Yared Tilahun Cederlund, utforskar två dansare vad som händer mellan människor. En blick, en gest, en gemensam rytm. En förhandling som blir till dans, till samarbete, till rytmisk rörelse. Samarbete och samtycke — den tysta överenskommelsen. Nära, öppen och ömsesidig. Vi formas i relation till varandra, jag finns eftersom du finns. Premiären är det ENDA tillfället då du kan se båda ensemblerna framföra föreställningen tillsammans. Därefter turnerar de var för sig i sina respektive regioner för elever i årskurs 7–9. Boka biljetter till premiären 6/2 kl. 18.00 på Regionteater Väst, Borås: https://www.regionteatervast.se/boka/forestallning/1636

This piece from the Feature Film has a special sacred space within my heart, soul and mind. It is an adaptation of @joannaskywalker and @yared_tc choreography (…It is contained in…) that I first saw as a stage performance @mdtsthlm A water ritual that I hope will keep us aware of the gratitude of water. With support from @film_region_varmland @filmpagotland @gotlandpictures_und_film_bitte @revolverhotel @lummelundagrottan Produced by PAVLOVA/WENTZEL @pavlovawentzel Director MAJA ÖSTBERG @majabritasdotterostberg Cinematographer JONTE WENTZEL @jontewentzel 1st ass cam FILIP RINGVALL Gaffer THOMAS METS Editor @mtld.lnd Online / grade @malte.flame.artist Sound Engineer SÉAMUS DEIVERT Sound Design @apearsound Original Score YARED TILAHUN CEDERLUND @yared_tc Vocals NTSIKA FANA NGXANGA