Maria Thandie Xaba Stensgaard (DK)
Maria Thandie, an experimental and groundbreaking artist, moves effortlessly between different musical genres and cultures. Her music combines her roots in South Africa and Eswatini with the Danish music scene, creating a unique and personal expression. With her powerful voice and strong stage presence, she manages to both challenge and move her audience.
Part of
Gathoni // Wanjiku (DK) 2025-2026
Invisible Faces – Denmark is the working title of Gathoni//Wanjiku’s project in Moving Identities. It documents real experiences of African women in Denmark and Europe who have lived through domestic violence and abusive relationships, and investigates how they ended up in them, and how they cope.
With the collaboration between the writer Gathoni and the actor Wanjiku with musician Maria Thandie, they aim at bringing stories collected during the residencies from women’s shelters and other margins to the theatre stage – stories that are not usually told by the women that live them, or even told at all, in societies where these women are usually othered.
Gathoni//Wanjiku focus on these questions to foster conversation about how African women are met in European societies:
“Societies that we belong to – and that we must insist on our belonging to.”
Contact: vilmannstageproduction@gmail.com
Taken residency at
UP
The purpose of UP is to develop and upskill the independent performing arts throughout Denmark. We define the free and independent performing arts as individuals, collectives and companies who work professionally with performance and primarily for and with independent performance groups, project supported companies, and lesser established theatres. Often without permanent access to a stage or a venue.
Nau Ivanow
Nau Ivanow is a space of welcome, accompaniment, research and innovation; a haven where companies will find the warmth needed to work unhurriedly and in good conditions. Residencies are the main focus of what we do. Our aim is to provide decent working conditions, always accompanying the artists and providing them with the resources they need. Nau Ivanow’s projects are underpinned by three major working axes: creation, accompaniment and work with the territory. And all of them with one common denominator: internationalization, which permeates each and every one of our projects.
Kunstplaats Vonk
Kunstplaats Vonk is a studio and residency space for visual and performance arts in Hasselt and Genk, Belgium. At their 3 buildings they support artists with artistic feedback, an international network, presentation opportunities, studio-space and a financial contribution (for the residencies).
