CREATIVE ARTIST  |  PROJECT MANAGER

Eddie Yalman is a Swedish-based dancer, choreographer and creative artist from Gothenburg in Sweden. He uses his knowledge, experience and creative thinking to create creative and abstract work, movement and visual art that reflects him.

Eddie is active in various cultural fields such as performing arts, dance performances, dance teacher/pedagogue, film director, competitions/contestant, judge, emcee, organizer, project manager, commercial work, festivals and similar projects.

His main dance styles are House Dance and Hip hop. Since 2008, Eddie has built a strong foundation in hip hop dance and 2016 in House Dance. At the same time, Eddie developed by taking master classes, both within his styles and outside, to increase his knowledge and vocabulary. He took classes in hip hop, house dance, breaking, popping, voguing, step, street jazz, modern and contemporary with world-renowned dance teachers in Europe. He has most recently been seen as a dancer at the performance “Identity” in Gothenburg. During his residency 2021 at Stora Teatern in collaboration with Danscentrum Väst, he has created the performance “StrangerS” as an assistant choreographer and guest dancer that premieres in January 2022. In 2022 he will also be part of the Nordic performance “The Moral Compass” which will work on the moral issues stranger, immigrant, roots and class.

Eddie likes challenges and to explore experimental and abstract movements that shape his creative thinking and expression, which led him to develop his own style, dance and movement. By combining what he knows and can do with the unknown, he challenges himself to create innovative works and movements. Learn, master, develop and repeat is something he takes with him in everything he does. Only when you have mastered something properly can you develop it into your own style and movement.

With more than ten years of experience and over 30 festivals/projects in his back pocket, Eddie sees himself as a strong and versatile culture project manager. As a project manager, Eddie is organized, disciplined and creative and he brings this with him to every project. His knowledge as a project manager extends broadly around stress, conflict, financial management, web design, digital tools and much more. He is also educated as an international cultural project manager at Nätverkstan in Gothenburg, which is a two-year higher vocational education. As one of the founders of ID Crew company, he works both regionally, nationally and internationally with artists, organizations, festivals, performances and workshops. In order to continue working and growing as a project manager and creative artist, he always invest in good relations with everyone he works with, which results in having a wide network of contacts both regionally, nationally and internationally in the cultural sector.

 “Struggling in life to achieve your dream is nothing else

than human, and as a person I struggle 100% to see where my art takes me ”

HOUSE ARC PT1 | Eddie Yalman, Sofie & Vera

28 APRIL 2023

Dancers:

Eddie Yalman, Sofie Eklund & Vera Lundell.

Idea & choreography:

Eddie Yalman.

Choreography:

Vera Lundell.

Film:

Azi productions.

Song:

Let's take off - Osundlade Yoruba soul instrumental by Marbert Rocel.