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Break the Fight - I was here!
| Choreographer |
Tiili, Arja |
| First Performance | 25.3.2015 |
| Place of First Performance | Stoa, Helsinki, Finland |
| Finnish premiere | 25.3.2015 |
| Place of Premiere | Stoa, Helsinki, Finland |
| Style | Contemporary Dance |
| Other Style | Breakdance |
| Duration (min) | 40 |
| Costume designer | Antti Asplund |
| Lighting Designer | Ainu Palmu |
| Sound designer | Jouni Tauriainen |
| Performers of the premiere |
B-boy Con-Troll aka Matti Keipi, B-girl Emko aka Elena Ruuskanen ja B-boy Gust aka Emre Sevim Rap artist: Mercedes Bentso |
| Music composed for the work | Räp biisi: Mercedes Bentso |
| Other music | Tina Turner; Simply the Best |
| Description |
Break The Fight! I was here is a thematic performance that deals with power games and power struggles. The piece evokes some of the following questions: What separates us? What brings us together? What exactly do weakness and strength mean? What does it take to become oneself and to be oneself? The performance is about daring to be oneself and to accept each other the way we are. We all share the same emotions. We may look different, speak different languages and have different beliefs but could being different also be a possibility? Styles of the performance include elements from street culture such as b-boying AKA breaking and rapping spiced with contemporary dance and video animation. |
| Other Information |
Rap artist: Mercedes Bentso Video animation: Jyrki Riekki Video editing: Ari Tarvainen |
| Dancers |
Keipi, Matti (2015) Sevim, Emre (2015) Ruuskanen, Elena (2015) |