Current Roles & Platforms
Artistic co-director, No Deadline (2023– )
Curating & Producing
Creative Currents — performance series, Scen 46, Gothenburg (since 2025)
Regional curatorial collaboration — Finnekumla Dans & Konstscen
No Deadline International Workshop Series — with Danscentrum Väst
Rabbit/Duck Interdisciplinary Art Festival, Scen 46 (annual, since 2023)
Selected Artistic Works
Crunch Crisis
Making Traces
Silence and Stillness
THIS DUST OF WORDS
Transition
Earlier works presented at GöteborgsOperan, Göteborgs Dramatiska Teater, Atalante, 3:e Våningen, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Valand Art Academy, and international contexts.
Teaching & Public Roles
Critical thinking and writing for dancers — Balettakademien / Folkuniversitetet
Moderator, panelist, and keynote speaker at Malmö Dance Week, Atalante, 3:e Våningen, Regionteater Väst, and Company Blu (Florence)
Writing & Publications
2026 — Writing the Movement (Substack)
Articles, reviews, and artist portraits for Nordic and international publications
2024–2025 — Publications in tanz.dance; Tanz International; Springback Magazine; Norsk Shakespearetidsskrift; Danstidningen; aplavz.net; PARSE Journal; Tidskriften Horisont; Scenkonstguiden.
Topics include contemporary dance, artistic research, cultural policy, and art as political strategy.
Education
MFA, Contemporary Performative Arts — HSM/ University of Gothenburg (2024)
Professional Dancer Programme — Royal Swedish Ballet School, Stockholm
Additional studies in dramaturgy, political strategies in performance, artistic research, philosophy, and photography (SKH Stockholm; Valand Art Academy; University of Gothenburg; Högskolan Dalarna).
Performer — Company & Freelance
GöteborgsOperans Danskompani (2007–2022)
Norwegian National Ballet; Skånes Dansteater
Freelance work includes collaborations with artists Toby Kassell, Zheng Bo & DACE, Linda Oláh, Johan Jutterström, Arvid Kraft, Melina Bigale among others.
Funding & Institutional Support
The duo Kassell/Zackariassen, later No Deadline, has received public funding from the City of Gothenburg since 2017.
As of 2026, No Deadline is supported through Verksamhetsstöd from the City of Gothenburg and regional funding from Västra Götaland Region, marking a shift toward sustained public support and long-term development.