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Memento
| Choreographer |
Alajärvi, Erika |
| First Performance | 28.10.2009 |
| Place of First Performance | Kanneltalo, Helsinki, Finland |
| Finnish premiere | 28.10.2009 |
| Place of Premiere | Kanneltalo, Helsinki |
| Style | Contemporary Dance |
| Duration (min) | 35 |
| Scenography | Päivi Iivari |
| Costume designer | Anna Pérez |
| Lighting Designer | Anna Pöllänen |
| Sound designer | Ilari Suonpää |
| Other music | Musiikki, sanat ja esitys /music, lyrics and performance Leonard Cohen Take this waltz; musiikki /music Cohen, sanat /lyrics F.G.Lorca ja esitys /and performance Enrique Morente; live-esitys /live-performance Laura Laurila; perinteisen flamencomusiikin esitys / traditional flamenco music's performance Laura Laurila, Ulla Mäkilä |
| Description | The idea of the work is based on memes, culturical genes which evolve and spread by renewing and modulating themselves. F.G. Lorca's poem Pequeno Vals Vienes is one example. That poem has been inspiration for Leonrad Cohen's |
| Companies |
Canela |
| Dancers |
Sinivaara, Alina (2009) Jussila, Anu (2009) Alajärvi, Erika (2009) Komppa, Johanna (2009) Laurila, Laura (2009) Urmas, Milena (2009) Ketolainen, Terhi (2009) Mäkilä, Ulla (2009) |