About DOKS

The DOKS project aims to strengthen cooperation between professional dance practitioners in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, with a particular focus on the independent dance sector. This includes smaller dance companies and freelance artists, who often work under precarious employment conditions and have limited career development opportunities. By offering specific activities and collaborations across the borders between Sweden, Denmark and Norway, the project aims to create more and better job opportunities for these professionals, e.g. in the form of more co-productions and more touring for the companies, thereby ensuring the long-term sustainability of the dance sector in the region.

The project thus enables dance professionals to meet and exchange experiences, and through workshops, seminars, longer stays and other meetings, dance practitioners, technicians, producers, communication staff and others have the opportunity to learn from each other and understand how work is done in neighbouring countries. This will strengthen both individuals and the entire dance sector in the region.

The project will therefore strengthen professional networks, open up new collaborations and stimulate innovation within the dance sector, thereby building skills and relationships across national borders.

The DOKS project began in September 2025 and will run for three years. DOKS is supported by EU Interreg Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak.

Contact

DOKS Project Managers

Mats Bjerde
Rum för Dans

T: +46 76 695 89 91
E: mats.bjerde@regionhalland.se

Sjaja Haddadi
Bora Bora

T: + 45 25 32 39 54
E: sjaja@bora-bora.dk

Benedicte Marie Bjerke
Bærum Kulturhus – Dans Sørøst-Norge

T: + 47 95 78 63 55
E: benedicte.bjerke@baerum.kommune.no

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Cross-Border Barriers

Our goal is to create better conditions for a cross-border labour market in the ÖKS region. Help us by sharing your experiences and identifying the cross-border barriers you encounter, so that together we can work to overcome them.

Team

Anna Strand Andersen,
Communication, Norway

Annika Ostwald,
Steering group, Sweden

Benedicte Marie Bjerke,
Project Manager, Norway

Karin Buhl Slæggerup,
Communication, Denmark

Karin Sigrid Bugge,
Communication, Norway

Lars Kjær Dideriksen,
Communication, Denmark

Lotte Kofod Ludvigsen,
Steering group, Denmark

Marianne Bilger,
Steering group, Norway

Mats Bjerde,
Project Manager, Sweden

Per Hemberg,
Project Coordinator, Sweden

Peter Buchschatz,
Communication, Sweden

Sjaja Haddadi,
Project Manager, Denmark Ej på bild

Ann-Christin Roppen, Økonomi

Anna Leppäjoki, Producent

Anne Conradsson, Ekonomi

Christina Håkansson, Ekonomi

Jeppe Nissen

Ludvig Bayerlein, Kommunikation

Kasper Egelund, Økonomi

Marta Vassegård, Dansutvecklare

Dans över gränser Dans over grenser Dans over grænser

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