Bess is the artistic stagework that dancers and choreographers Moa Hanssen (SE) and Mirjam Klebel (A) create together since 2001. Bess has except for successful danceperformances through different residencies in Austria and Sweden also worked on a researchproject with Christine Kono and Dimitris Kraniotis (ex Pina Bausch Wuppertal). Bess collaborates for coming performances with Szene Salzburg/Austria, Tanzbüro/Austria, Tanzhouse/Austria, Norrlandsoperan/Sweden and Weld/Stockholm. Bess work is signified by absurdity, irony, humor, unconventional mix of techniques and a strong will to befall and affect. Bess is shamelessly uninterested in belonging to compartments and therefore loves to approach danceart in many different ways. In the center of the work is the body..s possibility of communication.

Bess takes a strong interest in collaborative aspects and diversity of being. Since the start-up of Bess, now six years ago, we redefine our presence in the process anew for every production, installation or performative work. Til now we have never failed to do so, and with a hope to twosome we aim to continue this investigation even further. Hopefully a neverending road of possibilities.