dance performance, 2005, 2006
concept/performance Maija Hirvanen
light design Irma Puttonen
sound design Petteri Hirvanen
music Petteri Hirvanen, Anne-Marte Rygh
video Maija Hirvanen
produced by Maija Hirvanen
duration 35 min.
Cross the Bridge is about the ways on which beliefs, values and emotions transfer from a mother to daughter, friend to friend. It includes dance with the absent ones, images from the future, letters to friends and cleaning.
The creation of the solo work has been effected by notions how the chains of generations change by a ‘natural’ death. The identity of an individual is under constant changing; we grap influences from the stories and movements we meet. Through the personal experiences about formation of identity,
‘Cross the Bridge’ reaches towards connection with others. What bridges are possible to cross? Cultural gestures and asks in relation to remembering have been transfered to the choreography. Hirvanen tries, for a passing moment, to identify with the hidden face of muslim women, a minute in the Finnish winter in 1940′s and an event that will take place in the future. This trying becomes a part of the form of performance. But how to dance with the dead?
‘Cross the Bridge’ was premiered in Finland at
Zodiak center for new dance in Helsinki/Z- in- motion-
festival 18th May 2006. Performed also at
Body Word- festival/ theater of Dostojevsky Musem
in St. Petersburg and Barker theater, Turku, Finland, 2006.
The piece has been supported by
Finnish Cultural Foundation
Turku City Cultural Council.
images Maija Hirvanen
