Night of Arts Helsinki
SOL(M)U (2009)
Site-specific family performance for the Helsinki Festival’s Night of Arts 2009. SOLmU was performed three times in the staircase behind the Kiasma Museum of Modern Art at Mannerheiminaukio in Helsinki 21.8. 2009. SOLmU explores the emergence of identity through the metaphor of a cell and of imaginary inner landscapes.
Choreography & performance: Karolina Ginman & Koponen
Sound: Aki Päivärinne
Photos: Pasi Juergens
Production: Ginman & Koponen, Helsinki Festival
Robin Howard Dance Theatre, London
SOLMU-CELL (2010)
A stage version of SOLmU was created for the Resolution! 2010 festival at the Place, London.
Choreography & performance: Karolina Ginman & Marja Koponen
Composition & sound-design: Aki Päivärinne / Lighting-design: Ana Vilar
Residency: The Finnish Church in London
Production: The Place
REVIEWS: Solmu-Cell (Graham Watts, Katie Fish, The Place Reviews , Tue 9.2.2010)
"...Karolina Ginman & Marja Koponen showed a similar elegance in the freer style of a thoroughly modern work." (G. Watts, 9.2 2010)
"Into the gathering silence they are reunited; these are two performers that are impressive when apart mesmerizing when together." (K. Fish, 9.2 2010)
ARTICLE: Solmu-Cell (Jenni Helenius, Embassy of Finland, London: News & Current Affairs 04.02.2010)