Together, Juni Dahr and María Ellingsen from Iceland have been doing research in the arctic areas, at Svalbard, Iceland, Greenland and Finnmark.
Juni Dahr og María Ellingsen (Island) har arbeidet sammen for å utvikle scenekunstprosjekt og samarbeid om ulike sceniske forestillinger basert på deres undersøkelser i Arktis. Svalbard Movements er den første forestillingen som realiseres på Svalbard 2020. Tema er fangstkvinner – overlevelse – natur og menneske.
Reijo Kela plays an important part in the Arctic collaboration. From the start he was an active part of the project, but had to be left out during the pandemic periode because of travel restrictions. Reijo Kela is part of our Arctic projects Spor-Svalbard, and especially Spor-Gamvik with our performances in Gamvik and the “Standhaftige folk“, based on his ideas from his landart in Soumusssalmi.
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Reijo Kela is a Finnish dancer, educated in New York, with a very impressive CV as dancer and choreographer in major Finnish theaters and companies. He also works as an actor and performance artist, particularly known for his performance and installation works in nature. He has been a member of Dance Raatikko 1978-1980, but for most of his career Kela has worked solo and freelance. His works include Cityman in Helsinki (1989) and his works related to Silent People in Suomussalmi (from 1988). Kela received a 15-year artist’s grant in 1995 and in 2012 he was granted a state artist’s pension.
