Us who glow in the dark is a dance performance by Sointu Saraste about fairies, fear, and girl-aggression.
Sointu Saraste: Us who glow in the dark
In this solo dance, Sointu Saraste channels a fairy and dances the dances of fear and aggression through its embodiment. Saraste brings on stage the ghosts of her girlhood, which are:
1. a deep-rooted fear
2. a veiled aggression
3. a monstrosity misunderstood as cuteness
The aim is also to pay respect to the ambivalent character of the fairy. In the folkloristic tales, fairies have been dreadful magical creatures. They were feared to carry off children, to play dangerous tricks on people, and even to lead them to death. However, the fairy of today is a kind, glittery, and sexy (but not too sexy!) girl. It is a cutified version, suitable for children and patriarchy.
The solo work Us who glow in the dark by Sointu Saraste was curated into Ehkä-production’s program under the Young Maker category through the 2025 open call.
Performances at Contemporary Art Space Kutomo
Fri 13.3.2026 at 19 premiere
Sun 15.3.2026 at 15 + post-performance discussion with Heidi Horila and Even Minn
Thu 19.3.2026 at 19
Sat 21.3.2026 at 19
Tickets 25 / 15 €
Buy tickets from Ehkä-production’s Holvi-shop.
Regular ticket 25 € and discount ticket 15 €. Students, pensioners, unemployed persons, and art professionals are eligible for discounted tickets.
Costume design: Meri Craig
Lighting and space design: Aju Jurvanen
Sound design: Sarah Kivi
Mentor: Karolina Ginman
Production support: Tommi Kokkonen
Ehkä-production’s house dramaturg: Even Minn
Production: Ehkä-production and Sointu Saraste
Residencies: Ehkä-production/Contemporary Art Space Kutomo (Turku), Nordic Beasts (Copenhagen), and Helsinki Student Theatre (Helsinki)
Premiere: 13.3.2026 Contemporary Art Space Kutomo, Turku
Language: English
Duration: approx. 45 min
Pre-photo: Aino Kontinen
Sointu Saraste is a dance artist and performer, currently interested in ‘corporal fantasy’, meaning the simultaneous happening of imagination and dance. She is developing her dance practice, Cuteness and monstrosity. Saraste holds a BA (Hons) degree in Contemporary Dance from Trinity Laban, London, and an MA in Dance Performance from Uniarts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy.
sointusaraste.com
Meri Craig is a costume designer who enjoys utilising recycled materials and researching artistic accessibility in her work. She is especially drawn to the collaboration of the costume and the (performing) body. In her Master’s studies in costume design, Craig focused on artistic accessibility and contemporary dance. In addition to performances in Helsinki, Craig’s costumes have been seen in Vaasa and Hanko, as well as in Firenze, Italy.
mericostume.com
Aju Jurvanen is a lighting designer, performance and light artist whose recent artistic interests have included queerness and the politics of corporeality. Performances they have been involved in creating have been presented as part of the Baltic Circle Festival and the URB Festival, among others. Jurvanen is currently studying cultural studies and Karelian language and culture at the University of Eastern Finland.
Sarah Kivi is a sound designer who explores sound as a breathing material, a movement between bodies and imagination. She works within theatre, performance art, and music, and worked as both sound designer and performer in the piece AF Klint at Viirus Theatre in autumn 2025. Kivi is completing her master’s studies in sound design at Uniarts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy.
sarahkivi.com
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