Saloranta & De Vylder

Saloranta & de Vylder is an artistic collaboration between Sara de Vylder and Olle Strandberg Colling. The duo, which has a shared artistic leadership, is behind, among other things, the crypto-circus project The Sphere, The Cloud Jump AKA The Broken Neck Jump, cooperation and innovation hubs The Fantastic Place and several circus and performing arts productions. Sara de Vylder and Olle Strandberg Colling are driven to develop alternative models for creative processes and performing arts production, thus finding new formats and contexts for their art. They work locally, nationally and internationally, often in collaborative projects. Their experience in circus has clearly demonstrated the value of shared risk-taking and this also permeates their projects in other art forms such as dance, art and theatre. Sara de Vylder is a producer and artistic director with more than 20 years of experience in pushing through seemingly impossible project ideas. She has worked with a wide range of artists and companies, including Cirkus Cirkör, Södra Teatern, Malmö Konsthall and Orionteatern and is particularly interested in developing new forms of performing arts that explore the relationship between people and technology, creating space for dialogue and participation. Olle Strandberg Colling is a director, choreographer, project manager and administrator. He has a background as a circus artist and has recently explored circus in the air - on platforms in the clouds - and the meeting between circus, technology, economy and organisation. His touring trilogy for Cirkus Interdisciplinary artistic projects at the junction of performing arts, new governance practices and media technology. Circus services and know-how regarding conceiving, producing, disseminating, presenting and engaging with contemporary circus. Creating and producing meaningful happenings, performances and interaction between circus art and public.