OPEN YOUR HEART
OPEN YOUR HEART is a disco dance performance created for Norwegian dancer Hilde I. Sandvold, that researches and questions the core of dancing. The performance looks into different situations and how they support or prevents us in the act of dancing. When have we really danced the last time? Have we ever danced, and when do we enjoy doing it? Have you ever thought why and how it feels to dance that way? With the help of a group of local children OPEN YOUR HEART will search for the joy of moving – dancing again like a child.
Concept and choreographer: Taneli Törmä
Performers: Hilde I Sandhold (NO/DK), Taneli Törmä (FIN/DK) and 10 local disco dancers
- involved in the creation process: Rebecka Lange (NO)
Composers: Søren Lyngsø Knudsen (DK) and Esa Mattila (FIN)
Singers: Jutta Jessika (FIN), Hilde I Sandvold, Taneli Törmä and Lene Lyngsø (DK)
Costume designer: Kasper Hansen (DK)
Costume maker and supervisor: Sophie Hansen (FR/DK)
Dramaturg: Thomas Schaupp (DE)
Duration: 60min
Supported by: Nordic Culture Fund, Nordic Culture Point, Danish Arts Foundation, William Demant Fonden, Bupl, The City Of Copenhagen, The City Of Odense, Dansearena Nord, DansIT, Thor.be and The Icelandic-Finnish Cultural Foundation.
REVIEWS
‘… nice, fun and hearty performance…’
XQ28.dk
’… an enormous energy injection… all the audience leaves the performance with the biggest smile on their face…’
Ungt teaterblod
’… Törmä is the Darwin of dance art; thrilled to return to the birth of species …’
Kaleva.fi
PERFORMANCES
Dansehallerne / KFUM Huset I Amager, Copenhagen, Denmark
31th of October - 7th of November 2019. (PREMIER)
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Teater Momentum / Syddansk Universitet, Odense Denmark
14th -15th of November 2019
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JoJo - Oulu Dance Centre / Oulun Lyseon Hight School, Oulu Finland
23th-25th of January 2020
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Bora Bora, Aarhus Denmark
28th-29th of April 2020
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CANCELED
CPH STAGE festival / Kulturhuset Indre By, Copenhagen Denmark
29th of May 2020
PERFORMANCE IS CANCELED BUT ONLINE PITCH SESSION IS HAPPENING
Reykjavik Fringe / Dansverkstæðið & Idno, Reyjavik Iceland.
9th-12th of July 2020
CANCELED
Folkehuset Absalon / Copenhagen Denmark
7th of September 2020
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Regional Dance Centre of Ostrobothnia / Pohjanmaa Tanssii / Fanny talo, Vaasa Finland
5th of November 2020
CANCELED
Varakonserthus, Vara Sweden
8th of December 2020
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CANCELED
Regional Dance Centre of Easter / Sotku Teatteri, Kuopio Finland
14th of January 2021
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CANCELED
Vestjullands Højskole
20th of January 2021
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CANCELED
Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava / Tallinn Estonia
25th-26th of March 2021
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CANCELED
Bora Bora, Aarhus Denmark
28th-29th of April 2021
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CANCELED
Reykjavik Fringe Festival, Reykjavik Iceland
10-12th of July 2021
Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava, Tallinn Estonia
13-14th of December 2021
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Ciclop Festival, Sineu Spain
17th of September 2022
