Finland / 2017 / 60mins / Asia Premiere

Dance in the fissures of humanity

Directed by Finnish choreographer Johanna Nuutinen in collaboration with filmmaker Jukka Rajala-Granstubb, the multidisplinary work IRIS explores the themes of strength, desire, and survial through the mediums of dance, film, and photography. It weaves together the mesmerising live performance of two internationally renowned Finnish dance and circs field.

The work results from the interviews of 17 people in their 80s to 90s, which started with the question of what they want to speak about when there is not much life left to live anymore, and which type of memories have been the most meagingful. The result is distilled into five surrealistic stories which create a journey travling between the senditive stage which create a jounrney travelling between the sensitive stage scenery and raw landscapes on film.