SONIC HEDGEHOG

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by Helena Romppanen, Minja Mertanen & Senja Korvensiipi

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SONIC HEDGEHOG performance takes shape in a flow of change and investigates the temporal extension of the body-mind continuum through slow movement and sonic metamorphoses in space. The movement that arises from the internal rhythms of the body, the tense interaction that progresses in the continuum of breathing; alternately succumbing to and directed against gravity, takes us to embryology, developmental movement patterns, and issues of interconnectedness.

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SONIC HEDGEHOG  on teos, joka muotoutuu muutoksen virrassa, havainnoi keho-mielen ajallista ulottumista tilaan hitaan liikkeen ja äänellisten, musiikissa tapahtuvien metamorfoosien kautta. Kehon sisäisistä rytmeistä nouseva liike, hengityksen jatkumossa etenevä, vuoroin painovoimalle antautuva ja sitä vastaan ohjautuva jännitteinen vuorovaikutus vie meidät embryologian, kehityksellisten liikemallien ja vuorovaikutuksellisten kysymysten äärelle.

 

 

 

 

HELENA ROMPPANEN

 

Dancer/ Performance artist/ Choreographer/ Dance pedagog/Yoga Instructor and Dance and Movement Therapist

 

EDUCATION

The State University of Dance, DOCH in Stockholm, (BA, graduated 1992), Sweden 

Balettakademien i Stockholm, Sweden

Arts University - Theatre Academy - in Helsinki (TEAK / Kookos), Dance and Movement Therapy 2013 , Finland

Psychotherapeutical Dance-Movement therapy vocational training 2017-2021, Roiha Institute, Jyväskyä Finland

Psychotherapist acquirements Helsinki University 2017.

 

As a dancer I have been working in dance company Sunballet and Dancetheatre ERI, performing and creating solo choreographies and mediaperformances, co-operated in numerous dance productions, concerts and opera productions, music events like Stravinsky’s Soldier’s story that was staged by Kristiina Helin and the music conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen for Avanti! -orchestra 30th anniversary. I’ve been working in numerous  site specific art installations, opera & cross-over productions, in Finland as well as internationally (including further vocational studies): in Sweden, Denmark, Island, Germany, Russia, Austria, France, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithaunian, Estonian, Latvian, Czech Republic, Switzerland. My working methods involve contemporary dance and Butoh techniques that I’ve learned from lineage of Min Tanakas student, Kristiina Helin and other prominent Butoh artists like Moeno Wakamatsu, Aki Suzuki, Ken Mai, Katsura Kan ja Seisaku Rianto. 

 

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MINJA MERTANEN

 

Minja Mertanen has graduated as a Dance Teacher, Dance- and Movement Therapist and a Yoga Teacher. She has been teaching dance over 15 years to professional dancers, special groups as well as anyone wanting to dance. She has been giving private Dance and Movement therapy sessions as well as private Yoga sessions for the past years.

 

She has been working in live art field of Finland in Other Spaces Collective and Reality Research Center. Last years Mertanen has been creating performances with Other Spaces and touring at festivals just to name a few: Official program of Aarhus Cultural Capital 2017, Access point festival 2017, Science Festival Edinburg 2015, AUARWIRLEBEN Bern, Switherland 2015, Nordwind Urban Species, Kampnagel, Hamburg, MIR Festival Athens 2013 and Biennale Venice 2013.

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SENJA KORVENSIIPI

 

Laulaja-lauluntekijä, äänitaiteilija Senja Korvensiipi on opiskelut laulua ja musiikkia mm.Sibelius-Akatemiassa ja tanssiteatteria Suomen Modernin tanssitaiteen opistossa Riitta Vainion johdolla. Senja on esiintynyt aiemmin laulusolistina, esimerkiksi Helsingin Juhlaviikolla, Ilmajoen Musiikkijuhlilla, Kangasniemen Musiikkiviikoilla, Suomen Kansallisteatterissa, Karjalaisten Kesäjuhlissa ja Seurasaaren Juhannustulet festivaaleilla. Kesällä 2022 Senja julkaisee uuden albumin omista sävellyksistään.