MY WILD FLAG 2026 - international dance & performance festival
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My Wild Flag - 10 years of being more risky than ready!
Welcome to the 10th edition of MWF international dance and performance festival. Three works make this year's programme: "The Cake" by Rébecca Chaillon (FR), "rascal" by gergő d. farkas (HU), and "Apocalypso" by Justin F. Kennedy (U.S. Virgin Islands).
The festival takes place between 2-5 September 2026 in two Stockholm locations: Dansens Hus and MDT Moderna Dansteatern.
Check the full schedule, access ticket links and read more below:
FULL SCHEDULE
Wednesday 2 September, at MDT
19.00–20.00 gergő d. farkas: rascal
Tickets pay what you can 100-500 SEK: https://billetto.se/e/my-wild-flag-gergo-d-farkas-rascal-biljetter-1941048
20.30–21.30 Rébecca Chaillon: The Cake
Tickets pay what you can 100-500 SEK: https://billetto.se/e/my-wild-flag-rebecca-chaillon-the-cake-biljetter-1941055
Thursday 3 September, at MDT
19.00–20.00 gergő d. farkas: rascal
Tickets pay what you can 100-500 SEK: https://billetto.se/e/my-wild-flag-gergo-d-farkas-rascal-biljetter-1941048
20.30–21.30 Discussion on queer festivals and performance art
Free entry
Friday 4 September, at Dansens Hus
19:00–20:30 Justin F. Kennedy: Apocalypso
Tickets 280 SEK: https://www.ticketmaster.se/artist/justin-f-kennedy-biljetter/1496333
Saturday 5 September, at Dansens Hus
19:00–20:30 Justin F. Kennedy: Apocalypso
Tickets 280 SEK: https://www.ticketmaster.se/artist/justin-f-kennedy-biljetter/1496333
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ABOUT THE WORKS
The Cake by Rébecca Chaillon
As the passing of a year is symbolised by a birthday cake, we are invited to consider the significance of this treat with care and attention. In a raw and unsettling gesture, Rébecca Chaillon reimagines the act of baking a birthday cake, transforming this seemingly innocuous symbol. Eschewing metaphor, her body becomes the vessel in which the cake is prepared...
Read more: https://mdtsthlm.se/en/the-cake
rascal by gergő d. farkas
rascal drifts through a place of continuous emergence; a nebulous, yet sensual world where bodies feel a little more and love a little harder. In this somatically cultivated fantasy disguised as a dance solo, an array of beings come and go but never arrive, offering a disorienting journey between ins and outs, thens and nows, heres and elsewheres as they roam between a body worlding and a world bodying...
Read more: https://mdtsthlm.se/en/rascal
Apocalypso by Justin F. Kennedy
Apocalypso is a choreographed, speculative opera set after the collapse of humanity. As hyper-individualistic humanity implodes, hybrid figures – mermaids, zombies and animatronics – rise to the surface in search of new ways of living together. These figures embody Black queer futures, Black femmedom, fluidity and collective resistance...
Read more: https://dansenshus.se/en/program/justin-f-kennedy-apocalypso/
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ABOUT MWF
My Wild Flag is an international dance and performance festival in Stockholm that showcases local and international works highlighting contemporary choreographic and artistic practice. The festival presents innovative works in dance, choreography and performance, inviting audiences to discover new perspectives, forms of expression and encounters.
This year’s edition is a collaboration between My Wild Flag, MDT Moderna Dansteatern and Dansens Hus. The festival is run and curated by Karina Sarkissova and Pontus Pettersson.
Welcome to the 10th edition of MWF international dance and performance festival. Three works make this year's programme: "The Cake" by Rébecca Chaillon (FR), "rascal" by gergő d. farkas (HU), and "Apocalypso" by Justin F. Kennedy (U.S. Virgin Islands).
The festival takes place between 2-5 September 2026 in two Stockholm locations: Dansens Hus and MDT Moderna Dansteatern.
Check the full schedule, access ticket links and read more below:
FULL SCHEDULE
Wednesday 2 September, at MDT
19.00–20.00 gergő d. farkas: rascal
Tickets pay what you can 100-500 SEK: https://billetto.se/e/my-wild-flag-gergo-d-farkas-rascal-biljetter-1941048
20.30–21.30 Rébecca Chaillon: The Cake
Tickets pay what you can 100-500 SEK: https://billetto.se/e/my-wild-flag-rebecca-chaillon-the-cake-biljetter-1941055
Thursday 3 September, at MDT
19.00–20.00 gergő d. farkas: rascal
Tickets pay what you can 100-500 SEK: https://billetto.se/e/my-wild-flag-gergo-d-farkas-rascal-biljetter-1941048
20.30–21.30 Discussion on queer festivals and performance art
Free entry
Friday 4 September, at Dansens Hus
19:00–20:30 Justin F. Kennedy: Apocalypso
Tickets 280 SEK: https://www.ticketmaster.se/artist/justin-f-kennedy-biljetter/1496333
Saturday 5 September, at Dansens Hus
19:00–20:30 Justin F. Kennedy: Apocalypso
Tickets 280 SEK: https://www.ticketmaster.se/artist/justin-f-kennedy-biljetter/1496333
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ABOUT THE WORKS
The Cake by Rébecca Chaillon
As the passing of a year is symbolised by a birthday cake, we are invited to consider the significance of this treat with care and attention. In a raw and unsettling gesture, Rébecca Chaillon reimagines the act of baking a birthday cake, transforming this seemingly innocuous symbol. Eschewing metaphor, her body becomes the vessel in which the cake is prepared...
Read more: https://mdtsthlm.se/en/the-cake
rascal by gergő d. farkas
rascal drifts through a place of continuous emergence; a nebulous, yet sensual world where bodies feel a little more and love a little harder. In this somatically cultivated fantasy disguised as a dance solo, an array of beings come and go but never arrive, offering a disorienting journey between ins and outs, thens and nows, heres and elsewheres as they roam between a body worlding and a world bodying...
Read more: https://mdtsthlm.se/en/rascal
Apocalypso by Justin F. Kennedy
Apocalypso is a choreographed, speculative opera set after the collapse of humanity. As hyper-individualistic humanity implodes, hybrid figures – mermaids, zombies and animatronics – rise to the surface in search of new ways of living together. These figures embody Black queer futures, Black femmedom, fluidity and collective resistance...
Read more: https://dansenshus.se/en/program/justin-f-kennedy-apocalypso/
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ABOUT MWF
My Wild Flag is an international dance and performance festival in Stockholm that showcases local and international works highlighting contemporary choreographic and artistic practice. The festival presents innovative works in dance, choreography and performance, inviting audiences to discover new perspectives, forms of expression and encounters.
This year’s edition is a collaboration between My Wild Flag, MDT Moderna Dansteatern and Dansens Hus. The festival is run and curated by Karina Sarkissova and Pontus Pettersson.
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Slupskjulsvägen 30-32, 11149 Stockholm, Sweden, Slupskjulsvägen 30, SE-111 49 Stockholm, Sverige, Stockholm, Sweden
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