suomeksi / in English

• choreography
SIMO HEISKANEN

• set designer
METTI NORDIN

• lightning designer
Pasi Pehkonen

• make up
PEKKA HELYNEN

• costume designer
SARI SUOMINEN

• composer
TIMO HIETALA

• dancers
SIMO HEISKANEN, JOUNI MAJANIEMI, KAISA NIEMI, MIKKO PALONIEMI, ELINA PIRINEN ja VERA TEGELMAN

• musicians
SAMI KOSKELA, SARA PULJULA ja RICARDO PADILLA

• duration 70 min.

• construction site
10m x 9m.

 

HELINÄ

Premiere 19.8.2010 at the Espoo Cultural Centre.

The autumn 2010 premiere of G&G is inspired by the Finnish eccentric explorer Helinä Rautavaara. The work is a dance theatrical journey around the world - full of African dance and the pulse of samba.

Through the contradictory personality of Helinä Rautavaara, the work reflects the challenges of the meeting of different cultures in a humorous way. These situations are not always pleasant or unaffected. Helinä is also a story of insecurity, the inconsistency of a varying mind and the creative energy it delivers.

Choreographer Simo Heiskanen says: “Helinä Rautavaara’s curiosity and lack of prejudice is still a current theme in today’s Finland. I was also inspired by Rautavaara’s untouchable style of dressing.”

Tickets: Adults 20€, Student/Pension 15€. Buy tickets on line

Click here to read more about Helinä Rautavaara's amazing life.

NOTE! A ticket to Helinä gives a discount of 2€ from the admission to the Helinä Rautavaara Museum and the The WeeGee Exhibition Centre’s common admission charge.

Take your group to a cultural journey in Espoo: a guided tour in the Helinä Rautavaara Museum, buffet and the Helinä performance at the Cultural Centre, 32€ altogether. Contact: WeeGee Exhibition Centre, (09) 816 82829,weegee.myynti(at)espoo.fi.

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