performer | choreographer | stage director | teacher | creator
Bio
Karin Modigh is a performer, choreographer and stage director specialised in Baroque and Renaissance movement. A native of Sweden living in Paris, France, with a multidisciplinary education in dance, theatre and music, she is particularly in demand for baroque opera productions. As a dancer, Karin has worked with some of the leading choreographers in her field and has performed all over Europe, in the US and in South Korea. Karin sees baroque dance as her movement mother tongue.
NEWS
New creation for the Royal Swedish Opera
STATION ILLUSION, PREMIERE 24 APRIL 2021 A dazzling extravaganza set in 18th century Stockholm...
Dance coordinator at CMBV
ACADÉMIE BAROQUE DE VERSAILLES, FIRST EDITION 6-11 JULY 2020 In summer 2020, the Centre de musique...
The magic of theatre
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER ACADEMY OF BAROQUE DANCE 2020 For the 7th year, Karin organises the...
CALENDAR
2021
Stage director, choreographer and scenographer
Cancelled due to Covid-19
Station Illusion
Family performance with music by J-B Lully and M-A Charpentier, text by J-B Molière in a new Swedish translation by Anna Linden
Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, Sweden
24 April – 30 May 2021
Dancer
Cancelled due to Covid-19
Le Ballet des Noctambules
Performance with ensemble Harmonia Sacra
Centre Culturel de l’Odyssée, Valenciennes, France
8 and 13 June 2021
Teacher and coordinator
Cancelled due to Covid-19
Académie baroque de Versailles
Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, France
8-13 July 2021
Teacher
Härnösand Opera Academy
Härnösands folkhögskola, Sweden
20-29 August 2021
2020
Teacher
Master class for singers and instrumentalists
Conservatoire National de Musique et de Danse de Paris, France
24 January 2020
Rehearsal director
Armide
Opera by J-B Lully
Stage direction and choreography by Deda Cristina Colonna
Opera Kameralna, Warsaw, Poland
28 February – 3 March 2020
Assistant choreographer and rehearsal director
Cancelled due to Covid-19
Castor et Pollux
Opera by J-P Rameau
Stage direction and choreography by Deda Cristina Colonna
Opera Kameralna, Warsaw, Poland
21-25 March 2020
Dancer
Cancelled due to Covid-19
Le Ballet des Noctambules
Performance with ensemble Harmonia Sacra
Centre Culturel de l’Odyssée, Valenciennes, France
7 June 2020
Dancer
Cancelled due to Covid-19
Turquerie à la Française
Performance with Compagnie Fantaisies Baroques
Ferney-Voltaire, France
27 June 2020
Teacher and coordinator
Cancelled due to Covid-19
Académie baroque de Versailles
Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, France
6-11 July 2020
Creator, organiser and teacher
Cancelled due to Covid-19
International Summer Academy of Baroque Dance 2020
Beginners and intermediate level
Löftadalen Conservatory, Åsa, Sweden
19-26 July 2020
Creator, organiser and teacher
Cancelled due to Covid-19
International Summer Academy of Baroque Dance 2020
Advanced and professional level
Löftadalen Conservatory, Åsa, Sweden
9-16 August 2020
Dancer
Le Ballet des Noctambules
Performance with ensemble Harmonia Sacra
Le Phénix, Valenciennes, France
19 September 2020
Dancer
Les Coulisses du Ballet Vénitien
Performance with Compagnie Divertimenty
Le Théâtre du Voyageur, Asnières sur Seine, France
11 October 2020
2019
Dancer
Soirée Vénitienne with Acta Fabula
Paris, France
25 January 2019
Dancer
La Fontaine de l’Amour
Dance theatre performance within the FestiVita festival, 25 years anniversary of ensemble La Cetra d’Orfeo
Conservatoire royal, Brussels, Belgium
26 January 2019
Dancer
Chi passa per la Strada
Dance theatre performance within the FestiVita festival
Conservatoire royal, Brussels, Belgium
26 January 2019
Teacher
Baroque dance intensive
Löftadalen Conservatory dance department, Åsa, Sweden
28 January – 1 February 2019
Dancer/choreographer
Passacaille d’Armide, Les Caractères de la Danse and Récréation
Dance concert with Nordic Baroque Dancers (Karin Modigh and Noah Hellwig) and Oulu Baroque Orchestra under the leadership of Peter Spissky. Choreography by G L Pécour, M-G Massé and Noah Hellwig/Karin Modigh.
Raahe and Oulu, Finland
9-10 February 2019
Dancer
The Dancing Master
Dance performance with La Cetra d’Orfeo, choreography by Lieven Baert
Théâtre du Vaudeville, Brussels, Belgium
23-24 February 2019
Choreographer
Jubilee programme in Halmstad
Dance students from Löftadalen conservatory perform a new choreography by Karin Modigh
Kulturhuset Najaden, Halmstad, Sweden
2 March 2019
Teacher
Baroque dance workshops for musicians
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tallinn, Estonia
17-19 March 2019
Dancer/choreographer
Passacaille d’Armide, Les Caractères de la Danse and Récréation (excerpts)
Dance concert with Nordic Baroque Dancers (Karin Modigh and Noah Hellwig) and Camerata Øresund under the leadership of Peter Spissky. Choreography by G L Pécour, M-G Massé and N Hellwig/K Modigh.Næstved Early Music Festival, Denmark
4 May 2019
Early Monday in Koncertkirken, Copenhagen, Denmark
6 May 2019
Dancer/choreographer
1000 Wünsche, Federleicht – Ein barockes Fest mit Tanz
Ulrike Hofbauer (soprano), Karin Modigh (baroque dance), Nicoleta Paraschivescu (harpsichord), Philipp Roth (reading)
Theodorskirche Basel, Switzerland
15 May 2019
Choreographer
Le Devin du Village
Intermède by J-J Rousseau (1752), presented by the research project Performing Premodernity
Choreography by Karin Modigh
Confidencen, Stockholm, Sweden
8 June 2019
Dancer
Sérénade Royale – la Turquerie
Dance performance with Compagnie l’Eventail, choreography by Marie-Geneviève Massé
La Galerie des Glaces, Versailles, France
15, 22 & 29 June 2019
Creator
International Summer Academy of Baroque Dance 2019
Beginners and intermediate level
Löftadalen Conservatory, Åsa, Sweden
23-29 June 2019
Creator
International Summer Academy of Baroque Dance 2019
Advanced and professional level
Löftadalen Conservatory, Åsa, Sweden
7-13 July 2019
Dancer, choreographer’s assistant
Merope
Opera by Riccardo Broschi (1732), stage direction and choreography by Sigrid T’Hooft
Dance company: Corpo Barocco
Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Austria
7, 9 and 11 August 2019
Dancer
Sérénade Royale – la Turquerie
Performance with Compagnie l’Eventail, choreography by Marie-Geneviève Massé
La Galerie des Glaces, Versailles, France
17 & 24 August 2019
Dancer, choreographer’s assistant
L’Orfeo
Opera by Claudio Monteverdi, music and stage direction by Ivan Fischer, choreography by Sigrid T’HooftBudapest Festival Orchestra
Müpa Concert Hall, Budapest, Hungary
18 and 20 September 2019
Choreographer
Le Devin du Village
Intermède by J-J Rousseau (1752), presented by the research project Performing Premodernity
Choreography by Karin Modigh
Confidencen, Stockholm, Sweden
24 and 25 September 2019
Choreographer’s assistant
Auditions for Rameau’s Castor et Pollux
Auditions for (baroque) dancers-actors
Stage director and choreographer Deda Cristina Colonna
Contact sekretariat@operakameralna.pl for conditions and more information
Warszawska Opera Kameralna, Warsaw, Poland
26 and 27 September 2019
Dancer, choreographer’s assistant
L’Orfeo
Opera by Claudio Monteverdi, music and stage direction by Ivan Fischer, choreography by Sigrid T’HooftBudapest Festival Orchestra
Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy
21, 23 and 24 October 2019Le Grand Théâtre, Genève, Switzerland
28 and 29 October 2019
Choreographer, producer
Dialects/Dialogues
Dance concert with Nordic Baroque Dancers and Ritratto dell’Amore
Choreography by Noah Hellwig/Karin Modigh and Marie-Geneviève MasséDancers: Noah Hellwig and Valerie Lauer
Oslo Early Music Festival, Norway
26 October 2019
Teacher
Baroque dance workshops for dancers
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, UK
20-22 November 2019
Assistant teacher
Baroque dance workshops for musicians with Sigrid T’Hooft
Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, Belgium
4-5 December 2019
2018
Le Destin du Nouveau Siècle
Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing, France
16 & 18 February 2018
Le Destin du Nouveau Siècle
Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris, France
22 March 2018
Solen och Nordstjärnan
Opéra-ballet pour Louis XIV and Charles XII
Vadstena-Akademien, Vadstena slott, Sweden
20 July – 8 August 2018
International Summer Academy of Baroque Dance 2018
Beginners and intermediate level
Löftadalen Conservatory, Åsa, Sweden
22-28 July 2018
International Summer Academy of Baroque Dance 2018
Advanced and professional level
Löftadalen Conservatory, Åsa, Sweden
5-11 August 2018
Excerpts from Solen och Nordstjärnan
Halmstad slott, Sweden
18 August 2018
Décors et Costumes de Ballets de Cour
Dance demonstration at a research conference
La Maison des Associations, 75013 Paris, France
1 October 2018
Solen och Nordstjärnan
Documentary about the production and the rehearsal process on SVT, Swedish Television
15 December 2018
Soirée Versailles with Acta Fabula
Courchevel, France
31 December 2018
Employers & Collaborators
People
Organizations
Lieven Baert
Meriem Bahri
Benjamin Bayle
Lena Cederwall Broberg
Deda Cristina Colonna
Tormod Dalen
Françoise Denieau
Irène Ginger
Michaela Granit
Noah Hellwig
Anna Karlander
Anna Kjellsdotter
Lisa Lotito
Marie-Geneviève Massé
Laura Naudeix
Bernd Niedecken
Marie Persson Hedenius
Steven Player
Peter Spissky
Daniel Stighäll
Karl Svensson
Kaj Sylegård
Sigrid T’Hooft
Thomas Wilhelm
Stefan Wåhlberg
Acta Fabula
Balettakademien Stockholm
Boston Early Music Festival
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Carina Ari Foundation
Camerata Øresund
Chuncheon Early Music Festival
CMBV – Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
CNSM Paris – Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
Compagnie Divertimenty
Compagnie Fantaisies Baroques
Compagnie l’Eventail
Concerto Copenhagen
Corpo Barocco
Drottningholms slottsteater
Ensemble Harmonia Sacra
Ensemble La Tempesta
Ensemble Serikon
Fondation Royaumont
Innsbrucker Festwochen
International Festival of Historical Dance, Moscow
Istanbul Baroque
Karlsson Barock
Kungliga Operan – Royal Swedish Opera
Les Folies Françoises
Löftadalen Conservatory
Musik på Slottet
Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci
New Dutch Academy
Nordic Baroque Dancers
Operabyrån
Oulun Vanha Musiikki
Performing Premodernity / Stockholm University
PRO DA – fédération française des PROfessionnels en Danse Ancienne
Riksteatern – Swedish National Touring Theatre
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Rum för Dans / Region Halland
Stockholm Early Music Festival
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Trollhättans Tidig Musik-dagar
University College of Opera
Vadstena-Akademien
Valle Baroque
Warsaw Opera Kameralna