They have been headhunted for the TV program Talang, this summer they inaugurated the dance stage at the Malmö festival, and they have danced at Karl Oscardagarna in Växjö.
The group has become most talked about because they are possibly the only breakdancing group for people with Down syndrome in Sweden. But their repertoire includes more dance styles.
– I wanted to create something new for dance culture. It’s about taking art seriously, even when it’s people with functional variations who dance, he tells SVT Nyheter Småland.
– The goal is for people who see us to feel that what we do is really good.
Now he has been nominated for the firebrand of the year by P4 Kronoberg – something he and the group see as proof that they actually succeeded.
Watch dancers Simon Joelsson, Maja Engstrand, Hakar Aziz Muhammed and Gunilla Nilsson train with Mikael Beersson and choreographer Cristian Alexandru in the clip above.