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Girl and a Dancing Bear (Kuusela)

Choreographer Kuusela, Marjo
First Performance 22.4.1993
Place of First Performance Helsinki City Theatre, large stage
Finnish premiere 22.4.1993
Place of Premiere Helsinki City Theatre, large stage
Style Contemporary Dance
Duration (min) 120
Scenography Måns Hedström
Costume designer Måns Hedström
Performers of the premiere The Clown Couple: Kaisa Torkkel, Ville Sormunen; Kimri, their son: Jyrki Karttunen; Raina, their daughter: Riikka Korppi-Tommola; Harah, the daughter's husband: Harri Kuorelahti; The Bearded Lady: Marjatta Jaatinen, The strong man: Jyri Pulkkinen, Milanka, the girl at the fair: Kirsi Karlenius; Selena, the girl's friend: Helena Haaranen; The Famished: Tarja Tuominen, The Strange Man, the bear owner: Unto Nuora; a passer-by: Sami Vartiainen; Circus manager: Sami Vartiainen, The Bear: Unto Nuora, Sami Vartiainen; wandering people, spectators, mutant gorillas, people who have reached west: Katarina Kahila, Marja Löytynoja, Maria Nuotio, Hannele Romppanen, Minna Vainikainen, Mika Backlund, Timo Loponen, Kai Lähdesmäki.
Other Information Assistants: Maisa Savolainen, Sami Vartiainen; Makeup: Anne Gorlewski, Hairdressing: Pekka Helynen. The story is based on a ballad by Marja-Leena Mikkola.
Companies Helsinki Dance Company
Dancers Kuorelahti, Harri: Harah, daughter's husband (1993)
Nuora, Unto: The Bear (1993)
Karttunen, Jyrki: Kimri, son of the Clowns (1993)
Sormunen, Ville: The Clown (1993)
Torkkel, Kaisa: The Clown (1993)
Karlenius, Kirsi: Milanka (1993)
Tuominen, Tarja: The Famished (1993)
Nuora, Unto: The Strange Man, the owner of the bear (1993)
Jaatinen, Marjatta: The Bearded Lady (1993)
Korppi-Tommola, Riikka: Raina, daughter of the Clowns (1993)
Haaranen, Helena: Selena (1993)
Pulkkinen, Jyri: The Strong Man (1993)
Vartiainen, Sami: The Bear, Passer-by, The Circus Manager (1993)