Current Roles & Platforms
Artistic co-director of No Deadline (2023– )
Curating & Producing
Rabbit/Duck — Interdisciplinary Art Festival, Scen 46, Gothenburg (annual, since 2023)
Creative Currents — performance series focused on a young generation of choreographers, Scen 46 (since 2025)
No Deadline International Workshop Series
Regional collaborations with Finnekumla Dans & Konstscen, Konstkollektivet, Scenstudion
Selected Choreographic Works
Crunch Crisis
Silence and Stillness
Faraway Nearby
Sonic Bodies
Transition
The Sad and Spiritual Journey of a Piano
What Happens in the Basement Where they keep the Lights
Earlier works presented at GöteborgsOperan, Atalante, 3:e Våningen, Stora Teatern, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet and internationally.
Playwriting
Sketches (2018)
The Two-Headed Man (2015)
Multiple Self (2014)
Company Experience (Dancer)
GöteborgsOperans Danskompani (2006–2020)
Earlier engagements with Komische Oper Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Aalto Theater Essen, Zürich Ballet, Ballet de Santiago de Chile.
Education
Royal Ballet School, London (1987–1994)
Artistic Research Collaborations
Collaborations with Louisa Palmi; Ingeborg Zackariassen; Anne Pajunen; Linda Oláh, Johan Jutterström; Magda Mayas.
Teaching & Mentoring
Teacher of improvisation and mentor — Balettakademien, Gothenburg (since 2022)
Mentor/coach — Dansakademin/Regionteater Väst
Guest teaching at Royal Swedish Ballet School, The International Ballet School, Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Zagreb Dance Center, and international institutions.
Awards & Grants
Recipient of grants from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee, City of Gothenburg, Kulturförvaltningen.
Awarded Most Outstanding Male Dancer by Dance Europe magazine and Villeroy & Boch prize for outstanding contribution to dance performance.
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.