Current role:
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
(since 2025)
in collaboration with Danscentrum Väst
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
Barren
Multiple Self
Works presented at GöteborgsOperan, Atalante, 3:e Våningen, Stora Teatern, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Scen 46 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:
Improvisation teacher and mentor
Balettakademien, Gothenburg (since 2022)
Mentor/coach at 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, Mary von Sydows.
Awarded Most Outstanding Male Dancer by Dance Europe magazine and Villeroy & Boch prize for outstanding contribution to dance performance.
Funding
The duo Kassell/Zackariassen, later No Deadline, has received public funding from the City of Gothenburg since 2017.
We have also received funding from Kulturrådet, Västra Götaland Region,
Konstnärsnämnden and Riksteatern Väst.
As of 2026, No Deadline is supported through Verksamhetsstöd from the City of Gothenburg, marking a shift toward sustained public support and long-term development.