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Being Greta
| Choreographer |
Hirvanen, Maija |
| First Performance | 4.10.2007 |
| Place of First Performance | Zodiak - Center for New Dance |
| Finnish premiere | 4.10.2007 |
| Place of Premiere | Zodiak - Center for New Dance |
| Style | Contemporary Dance |
| Duration (min) | 30 |
| Lighting Designer | Heikki Paasonen |
| Description |
"Imagine: closet door opens, a girl steps out. Pearls hanging down all the way to the floor, lipstick all around her face. Second episode: men's hat and moustache. Third scene: Jon Bon Jovi. Et cetera. Being Greta by performance artist and choreographer Maija Hirvanen deals with the essence of the kind of mediated substance that lives in a person only for a moment, moving then to a next target. The piece works on turning around the obsession of fame and concentrating on how cultural icons can lead to personal and collective creativity. In its episodic structure, Being Greta shifts in between personal notions and cultural references." (source: programme) |
| Other Information |
Production: Zodiak - Center for New Dance, Maija Hirvanen. The work was premiered as a part of a double-bill, which consisted of the works Portraits and Being Greta. |
| Companies |
Zodiak - The Center for New Dance |
| Dancers |
Hirvanen, Maija (2007) |