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| Choreographer |
Brotherus, Hanna |
| First Performance | 15.12.2018 |
| Place of First Performance | Helsinki Central Library Oodi, Helsinki |
| Finnish premiere | 15.12.2018 |
| Place of Premiere | Helsinki Central Library Oodi, Helsinki |
| Other Information |
The core theme of Hanna Brotherus’s work is the forest: the growth of seeds to saplings, the journey trees make to become paper and books as well as the interaction between people and nature. The ‘Oodi metsälle’ work progresses from the outdoor stage to the three floors of Oodi depicting the birth of civilisation and literacy. “The forest represents similar values to the library: the freedom to breathe and experience your own feelings and thoughts, but meeting other people, as well. This work comes from the love of life, art, civilisation and Helsinki,” says Hanna Brotherus. The work features 207 performers altogether: professional dancers, elderly people from different parts of Helsinki, pupils from Kaisaniemi Comprehensive School, Lower stage, students from Kallio Upper Secondary School and Sibelius Upper Secondary School as well as the Sibelius Academy Chamber Choir conducted by Reijo Aittakumpu. Parts of the work featuring a smaller cast will also be performed on Independence Day. |