Finnish Organizational Hall - Sointula
Fri. June 17 & Sat. June 18 & Sun. June 19 @ 7:30pm ( $5 to $15) -
(with special community guests)
‘Namgis Lawrence Ambers Memorial Recreation Centre - 'Namgis Nation/Alert Bay
Tuesday June 21 @ 7:00pm (by donation) -
with special community guests & opening performance by T'sasala Cultural Group
TICKETS: FOR ALL SHOWS PLEASE email: movementartsbc@gmail.com OR call 604-970-3206
Tickets at the door as well, but please try to reserve and pay in advance - this is much appreciated!
pls note: the previously scheduled Port McNeill show is now in Sointula on June 19.
The Days invites the audience to share an encounter with two exceptional Finnish dancers Maria Nurmela and Ville Oinonen. Nurmela and Oinonen commissioned London based choreographer Theo Clinkard, to create a work that resulted in engendering a world of ever shifting negotiations, complex feelings and comic disconnection and constructed from a singular physical concept that sustains throughout the work. Caught inan impossible loop of absurd and heartfelt exchanges, the performers journey takes the form of a lifetime shared in this compelling performance about care, resilience and the desire for connection.
The project (conceived by Nurmela and Oinonen) is more than a simple performance. The Days seeks to engage with local communities and diffuse the hierarchies between different bodies as performers and movers. On stage, Nurmela and Oinonen are joined by two honoured community participants, a man and a woman aged over 65-years, in each city of performance.
A Partner Presentation with Nordic Bridges 2022 in Collaboration with Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
This tour is generously supported by Icelandair (Official Transportation Sponsor Nordic Bridges 2022: The Finnish Cultural Foundation; The Arts
Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
The Days's contractual partner for these Canadian dates is: Läntinen tanssin aluekeskus
Regional Dance Centre of Western Finland