Marianna Henriksson & Anna Mustonen: Eros

Marianna Henriksson and Anna Mustonen continue their collaboration in bringing together the music of early Baroque and new dance. Eight musicians, five dancers and five singers reach towards each other at the large stage of Erkko Hall of Dance House Helsinki. In the performance, dance and music are often intertwined, sometimes at different tracks, continuously sharing the same space. Eight musicians, five dancers and five singers surrender to the fluctuating vibrations between dance and music. The dance and music yearn for each other, gently reaching towards one another. The choreography of the piece lies in the desire to approach, in the gestures of reaching out. It is dance from the moment touch has not yet taken place. It is about approaching when tentativeness and tension are allowed to be seen and the other is not taken into possession. In early Italian Baroque music, eros is the prolonged desire of dissonances and suspensions to resolve towards consonances. Eros lies in the meaning of song lyrics intertwined with abrasions, projections and frictional reachings-out of the music. Sound fluctuates between us as vibration in the air, reaches the ear canals, and enters the body. A slight movement takes place. For in this dance the people do not move. Desire moves. Eros is a verb. Assembling and concept: Marianna Henriksson and Anna Mustonen Choreography: Anna Mustonen Musical director, harpsichord and organ: Marianna Henriksson Performers: Hanna Ahti, Mikko Hyvönen, Anna Kupari, Pie Kär and Eleni Pierides, dance; Tuuli Lindeberg and Sirkku Rintamäki, soprano; Teppo Lampela, alto; Juho Punkeri, tenor; Jussi Lehtipuu, bass; Finnish Baroque Orchestra: Anne Pekkala and Hannu Vasara, violin; Hanna Pakkala, viola; Louna Hosia, cello; Anna Rinta-Rahko, violone; Jani Sunnarborg, dulcian; Eero Palviainen, theorbo