Suksi skutsii!
In Suksi skutsii! a forest that becomes a park in a city environment turns out as a place where everything is possible.
The idea for the piece started with the curiosity to research the connection between humans and nature in modern times.
The result of the research painted a picture of a human in nature as a contradictory, multi-leveled, sentient, rancid and absurd being. A being that continues to ski without snow and turns up the volume to maximum when the silence is too revealing.
On the other hand in a forest, where no one can see, the human can whisper their deepest wishes in the air, press their head against the moss, rest a while and party with the trees the joy of existence.
Concept, choreography and performance: Vähäkämä collective
Artistic advisor: Katariina Vähäkallio
Music: Jere Valima, David Sahlström, Vähäkämä, Tina Turner
Supported by: The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Teaterstiftelsen Vivicas Vänner, The city of Outokumpu, Niilo Helanderin Säätiö, Riveria
Specialist advisors: Eeva-Stiina ja Paula Lönnemo, Olli-Pekka Haavisto (Friends of the Earth Finland)
Vähäkämä collective is a contemporary dance collective active from 2018. The mission of Vähäkämä is to create thought stirring dance art in public places and raise the accessibility of dance art. The first piece of Vähäkämä “How ‘bout a LANTTUKUKKO?” premiered in 2018. Suksi skutsii! is the second collective work of Vähäkämä and has been touring in care facilities, schools, festivals and different nature sceneries.
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