Dawn

In the organizer's words:

DANCE

Small House

by Milla Koistinen / Unusual Symptoms

As dawn breaks, light emerges from the night. The fainter stars gradually fade, and only the brightest remain visible for a while - as do Jupiter and Venus, planets of hope and love. "All will be well" may sound like an impossible promise today. Perhaps not everything will turn out well, but some things can certainly turn out differently than they are. In her book Hope in the Dark, US author Rebecca Solnit writes that hope is less a promise and more a practice, a joint effort that takes time and space to take shape. A caring for each other, being courageous, holding each other before the darkness gives way to the first light of day.

In Dawn, Unusual Symptoms and Finnish choreographer Milla Koistinen explore hope as a collective practice. Inspired by the rituals and gestures of physical labor, they explore the contrasts between hope and grief, joy and anger, passion and fatigue - and ask how these opposing forces can carry us through adversity as individuals and as a community. Because hope is nourishing, but can also be exhausting. A tired body needs someone else to lean on, to find rest and support. Who and what do we hold on to when the dawn seems to stay out longer than usual?