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Programmes and courses
  • In focus

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      Scenex26

      Welcome to Scenex26! Students on the bachelor’s programme in performing arts will be presenting their final performances to an audience.

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      When multiple dances coexist within the same body – research on migration, power and movement

      How is a dancer transformed when different cultures, languages and movement traditions coexist within the same body? This is the starting point for dancer and researcher caterina daniela mora jara’s PhD project 'Conflicted Embodiment: Dancing Transatlantic Migrant Dances' is an artistic research project exploring dance, migration and embodied knowledge.

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      Research explores juggling beyond the circus

      How can historical sources and circus practices be used to generate new artistic knowledge? This is the question Erik Åberg is investigating in the research project 'Division Dialogues: On the Components and Practice of Juggling'. Erik successfully defended his thesis on 2 June.

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    Photo: Eos Karlsson

    This is SKH

    Stockholm University of the Arts, SKH, offers education and research within the fields of Circus, Dance, Film and Media, Opera and Theatre. It is both one of the oldest higher education institutions in Stockholm – and one of the youngest.
  • Events

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    • Thursday 4 Jun+ 1 other occasions
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      4Jun

      Ingen utgång

      'Ingen utgång' (No entrance) is one of seven Scenex26 productions you can see this spring. "Scenex26" comprises all the final-year projects produced by SKH’s performing arts students.

    • Thursday 4 Jun
      A view from a cave towards a tree and a blue sky
      4Jun

      Savas Boyraz’s final seminar “Landscape of…”

      Savas Boyraz’s final seminar “Landscape of…” will be held internally 4 June.

    • Sunday 7 Jun
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      7Jun

      Learning through Dancing: a workshop symposium on movement in and as education

      7 June 2026 at SKH Brinellvägen 58. Workshops for preschool, primary, and lower secondary schoool teachers. 

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      Research explores juggling beyond the circus

      2026-06-03

      How can historical sources and circus practices be used to generate new artistic knowledge? This is the question Erik Åberg is investigating in the research project 'Division Dialogues: On the Components and Practice of Juggling'. Erik successfully defended his thesis on 2 June.

    • A picture of a long table and a small figure in a large hall

      When multiple dances coexist within the same body – research on migration, power and movement

      2026-05-25

      How is a dancer transformed when different cultures, languages and movement traditions coexist within the same body? This is the starting point for dancer and researcher caterina daniela mora jara’s PhD project 'Conflicted Embodiment: Dancing Transatlantic Migrant Dances' is an artistic research project exploring dance, migration and embodied knowledge.

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      TALES FESTIVAL 2026

      2026-05-21

      Master’s students in animation, radio and The Art of Impact invite you to TALES FESTIVAL from 29 May to 2 June! First at Kollektivet Livet at Stadsgårdsterminalen, then at SKH, Valhallavägen 189. Free entry!

  • Shortcuts

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      International cooperation

      International cooperation is an important part of education and research at SKH. Through an active dialogue with external partners and close cooperation with universities around the world, we strengthen the quality of our education and research and give students and staff the possibility to develop.

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      Targeted study support

      At SKH, everyone should be able to study on equal terms and have the same opportunities to conduct their studies regardless of functional variation. If you as a student have a functional variation that affects your ability to study, you are entitled to targeted study support.

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      Careers

      SKH is looking for people who want to contribute to an attractive study, research and working environment. Here you will find job vacancies at SKH, plus links to trade union organisations, information on preferential rights and the criteria for applying for teaching positions.

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    Exchange studies

    SKH welcomes international students to experience academic studies and student life at a university with a variety of educations within the field of art!
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