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Damkapellet
Damkapellet was founded in 2016 by initiative of Mika Persdotter Svensson. We had our debut as full ensemble 8th of March the same year, at Koncertkirken, Copenhagen, celebrating International Womens Day. Since then we have been performing and lecturing about female composers and gender structures in festivals like Talk Town (DK), Kvindemusikfestival (DK) and manufacturing our own events and arrangements.
At the starting point the idea of Damkapellets existence was clear, but its shape still elusive. How do you work with such a big group without a leader? Does really someone have to take the lead? And does not having a leader mean equally shared responsibility? Probably yes, but it can be difficult to execute in an everyday life of a year. The first three years we started off with an administrative group of six people, spread out in Copenhagen, Oslo and Malmö, who worded Damkapellets manifesto and guidelines. The difficulty to meet and work parallel and continuously gave the group time. And time we have needed. These questions are not yet answered, but they have more and more became a part of the research that Damkapellet does in working with hierarchy and chain in command. Is not exploring the enjoyment itself?
In early 2019 it became clear that collectiveness is not only important for hearing individual voices, but also very much about owning what we do together. To lead alone might be an easier task at points, but to not share is also declining the rest to grow and be a...
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