ABOUT DESTINY

DESTINY JOHANNAH AF KLEEN

DESTINY’s work and projects are grounded in social care, a genuine interest in her audience (and people in general), and operate from an activist and political standpoint. Using ”place” as a starting point, Destiny has worked on several participant-based projects that address the shared public space. In her work with DansPlats Skog (an artist-driven production space and dance stage), she reflects extensively on the concepts of place development and Urban Norm. Over the past few years, she has created a series of installations and site-specific works that tour in Gävleborg County, danced with horses, built dance floors in the forests of Hälsingland, planted 40 trees for consolation, and created and patented two hugging machines.

Destiny’s work ”Dansa med hästar” (Dancing with Horses), co-choreographed by Sara Soumah (MELO) and co-created by 12 horses and 6 humans, premiered in August 2022 and is being recreated in multiple locations during 2023/24. In the fall of 2022, Destiny composed lullabies for unborn children in collaboration with the mothers-to-be. In 2023, she created a piece where she got lost with the audience and danced the performance piece ”Regndansen” (Rain Dance) for and with thousands of people across the country. In the summer of 2025, ”SLY” will premiere, a music and dance piece inspired by the lives of sawmill workers in Ljusne during the 19th century and the British colonization of Ghana. Destiny will explore how the depletion of the forest and the erasure of generations of people have shaped the world today. The work revolves around inheritance and how physical scars are passed down. From 2023 to 2025, she is pursuing a master’s degree in NPP (New Performative Practices) at Stockholm University of the Arts(SKH).