Mart Kangro - Talk to Me - Interview

Contemporary dance forces of Helsinki and Tallinn come together in the Helsinki Festival premiere of the internationally acclaimed Estonian choreographer Mart Kangro's piece Talk to Me.

Talk to Me asks questions about performing and performers. How much of what happens on stage do we believe to be true? Who talks to us, the character or the performer?

The piece is performed by five distinctive and established artists from both sides of the Gulf of Finland. Artists from Finland are dancer Vera Nevanlinna and sound artist Juha Valkeapää, and artists from Estonia are circus- and performance artist Kaja Kann, contemporary musician Taavi Kerikmäe and choreographer Mart Kangro.

Concept and direction: Mart Kangro
Performance and text: Mart Kangro, Kaja Kann, Taavi Kerikmäe, Vera Nevanlinna, Juha Valkeapää
Light and sound design: Kalle Tikas
Music: Taavi Kerikmäe
Dramaturgical advice: Christina Ciupke, Thomas Lehmen
Production: Zodiak - Center for New Dance, Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Mart Kangro
Supported by: PACT Zollverein (Essen), Helsinki Festival

Premiere 19.8. at 19.00 Pannuhalli (Cable Factory), Helsinki

Interview: Vera Nevanlinna
Video: Minna Hint, Vera Nevanlinna, Tommi Hyvönen (edit)

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Entertainment

Tags:

• Zodiak
• Mart
• Kangro
• contemporary
• dance
• nykytanssi