FEST
Contemporary dance performance FEST explores one’s vulnerability in relation to the homeland. Dance artists Marje Hirvonen and Nella Turkki explore in their choreography the embodied experience of traditions and memories of this “fathers´ land”. The piece focuses on the theme of homeland by embracing openness, community and romantic nostalgia.
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Metsänalaiset
Metsänalaiset is a contemporary theater performance and participatory community event created in the form of a forest excursion. This performance delves deep into the intricate world of mycelium, the hidden network of fungi beneath the forest floor. This forest experience weaves together elements of teamwork, environmental awareness, personal well-being, and fungal biology. The audience is invited to join this journey through the heart of the forest to discover the fascinating secrets and diversity that lie beneath the forest canopy.
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I, Holobiont
The 20-minutes performance “I, holobiont” by Nella Turkki and Janis Heldmann explores the topic of the human body as a multispecies entity, a holobiont. A holobiont is a living ecosystem in which cells, microbes and bacteria share the same body and live in the interdependence of each other.
Where are our borders to the environment, if we are not alone in our bodies? How can we encounter the unknown in us and each other?
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ANHEL
ANHEL is a collaborative work of Nella Turkki and the saxophonist Marc Vilanova. The duet explores the feeling of longing as evidence of our existence. It visualizes this irrational feeling which makes us being connected to places and people we are not physically connected to, or have never been. This feeling is often suppressed in everyday life; nowadays, social media keeps us connected to almost anywhere in the world. But is that connection enough? Why is there always a feeling of missing something – of being connected to something what we can’t reach? Why do we have these invisible strings of longing that pull us towards somewhere else, and where exactly do they lead us?
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