Birgit Akesson

Birgit Akesson studied dance in Dresden, worked in Paris where she was known as the “Picasso of Dance”, performed and continued to choreograph in Sweden and elsewhere, and taught dance in Stockholm, where she created many legendary dances for the Swedish Royal Opera. She taught in Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania; and later in the 1980s and 19902 in China and Japan. She received the Swedish Academy’s Gold Medal, was granted the title of Professor, and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Stockholm University.