Written by Anna Olkinuora Laiha on parempi ihminen asks us why is a person considered somehow better when thin. Thinner is better. It is more beautiful, desirable. Want to be successful? Get thin! Want more friends? Lose some weight! Teatteri Toivo wants to question this and speak up for those who do not fit…
Tag: contemporaryart
Laiha on parempi ihminen – kehopositiivisia keskusteluja
Artikkelin on kirjoittanut Anna Olkinuora Teatteri Toivon viimeisin, Laiha on parempi ihminen, pureutuu kehopositiivisuuden ajankohtaiseen maailmaan, ja kysyy miksi (vieläkin) laiha on parempi. Näyttämöllä annetaan ääni kahdelle hahmolle, jotka ovat laihtuneet paljon ja nyt käyvät läpi lihavuuteen liittyviä asenteita, stigmoja, sekä ihmettelevät miten lihava joutuu vastaamaan ulkopuolisille valinnoistaan, vähättelyn kohteeksi lääkärissä ja kuinka laihempana saa…
Amos Rex, il nuovo museo di Helsinki: in pochi mesi più di 150 mila persone a visitare la mostra di teamLab
Articolo di Gloria De Felice e Mahdi Biagioli Durante una fredda mattinata di novembre, abbiamo avuto la possibilità di visitare l’ormai popolare Amos Rex di Helsinki. Eravamo estremamente curiosi di questa visita, soprattutto notando la lunga coda giornaliera di visitatori. Donne, uomini, bambini in fila ordinata e composta, pazienti al freddo ad attendere il loro…
Amos Rex: the new museum in Helsinki. The first exhibition by teamLab: over 150 thousand visitors
written by Gloria De Felice & Mahdi Biagioli It was an early morning of November when we had a chance to visit the Helsinki based now popular museum Amos Rex in the hearth of the capital of Finland. We were tremendously intrigued to check it out. Every day we could observe a long line of…
Hay Fever: Esirippu aukeaa!
Artikkelin on kirjoittanut Anna Olkinuora Englanninkielinen artikkeli Hay Fever by Noël Coward Directed by Adrian Goldman Produced by The Finn-Brit Players and Passport Theatre Stephanie Carlson (Judith Bliss), Demian Stimson (David Bliss), Hosanna Megumi (Sorel Bliss), Mikael Kivimäki (Simon Bliss), Jess Hollmeier (Myra Arundel), Alistair Logan (Richard Greatham), Elina Jackson (Jackie Coryton), Todd Elliott (Sandy Tyrell), and Sophie Michaud (Clara). Vierailin…
Hay Fever: It´s ShowTime!
Article written by Anna Olkinuora After visiting the rehearsals of Hay Fever just a couple of days before their premiere, I had high hopes for the performance. I have to say I definitely wasn’t disappointed. The whole cast was en pointe in the Thursday performance -and I am pretty sure this applied to all of…
Zodiak Stage double bill: Dance Performance at 2pm&Cheap
Article by Anna Olkinuora Finnish Translation: Soon online! On 14th of March, a double bill of performances premiered on Zodiak Stage. Both performances were by young artists and both question what dance is as an art form and as a job. Dance Performance at 2pm Dance Performance at 2pm is a documentary montage…
My First Feminist Festival Experience in Russia // La mia prima esperienza ad un festival femminista in Russia
When you read the sentence Feminism in Russia, you might associate it with: violence, naked women, occupations, and imprisonments. Dismally, this is what most of the media in the rest of Europe show on mainstream news. When I got invited in September 2017 to the feminist festival in Saint Petersburg organized by Eve´s Ribs project,…
Ken Mai: Requiem of Flowers
Ken Mai‘s butoh performance, Requiem of Flower, conveys the blooming and the death of a flower. Through movement changing from heart achingly beautiful to uncomfortably grotesque Ken Mai takes us on a journey through creation and destruction full of nature’s elements and laws of the universe. Already an intimate space of Höyhentämö is made even…
Multicultural Finland Independence Day #Mippi100: It would have been a memorable event if../ Sarebbe stato un evento indimenticabile se non..
If an event is promoted in two languages, Finnish and English, and it is dedicated to multiculturalism, you might expect, at least, that the show abides by the same intention. On last December 6, Finland celebrated its 100 years of Independence. Many monuments in Helsinki and around the world were lit up in blue to…