Abstract
Strange & Special is a performance that moves between dance and physical theatre. What happens when two different species of plant characters encounter each other? This comical and naivistic duet of Jenni Kivelä and Jyrki Karttunen asks whether we will always remain alien species to each other.
Strange & Special is an independent sequel to choreographer Jenni Kivelä’s highly praised solo performance Strange Plant. What happens when Strange Plant meets the alien species Special Plant? Is the other one poisonous? How long are its roots? Will it spread quickly? Does it also like springtime?
The performance centers around the naivistic relationship of two plants of different species. The duet asks how long we will remain alien species to each other. Until we get to know each other? Whenever we disagree? Always?
The information on artistic outputs in the Aalto Research Portal follows the reporting guidelines of Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture.Therefore, each contribution requiring independent artistic activity isreported separately. For full details of the work and its contributors, pleaserefer to information provided by the publisher.
Strange & Special is an independent sequel to choreographer Jenni Kivelä’s highly praised solo performance Strange Plant. What happens when Strange Plant meets the alien species Special Plant? Is the other one poisonous? How long are its roots? Will it spread quickly? Does it also like springtime?
The performance centers around the naivistic relationship of two plants of different species. The duet asks how long we will remain alien species to each other. Until we get to know each other? Whenever we disagree? Always?
The information on artistic outputs in the Aalto Research Portal follows the reporting guidelines of Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture.Therefore, each contribution requiring independent artistic activity isreported separately. For full details of the work and its contributors, pleaserefer to information provided by the publisher.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Place of Publication | Helsinki |
| Publisher | Hurjaruut |
| Publication status | Published - 20 Apr 2023 |
| MoE publication type | F2 Partial implementation of a work of art or performance |
| Event | Strange & Special - Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland Duration: 20 Apr 2023 → 27 Apr 2023 https://hurjaruuth.fi/en/program/jenni-kivela-ja-kiltit-ihmiset-strange-special/ |
Field of art
- Performance