A contemporary dance performance sprouting from movement, words, and sound; branching from sitar and the Finnish language; vibrating in the bloodstream and composting into a memory of space.
Eläväksi liikutettu runo is a circulatory event, burrowing into the connections between movement, language, and sound, and regenerating itself in every single moment. This trio, larger than itself, moves along the interfaces of dance and performance art, music, and word art.
The backbone of the poem-creature consists of poems by dance artist-poet Maija Tuomi, exploring the connection between earth and space. The sonic world of the work is created acoustically with sitar, guitar, balalaika, singing bowls, bells, wooden sticks, and the human voice, as well as electronically through a looper.
This multidisciplinary piece offers its performers and witnesses a shared space of stillness. It carries the recycled cosmos of our bodies.
We are all the same breath.
Pictures Saara-Maija Nevalainen
Production: Maija Tuomi/working group, Pirkanmaa Dance Centre
With the support of Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Pirkanmaa Dance Centre
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