Espoo Museum of Modern Art

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Karoliina Loimaala: GARNNN Dance Performance

Karoliina Loimaala, GARNNN © Paula Virta / EMMA
Karoliina Loimaala, GARNNN © Paula Virta / EMMA
  • 28.09.2025
  • 13:00 - 16:00
  • 2nd floor

GARNNN is a dance piece for the body and for yarn. In the work, Karoliina Loimaala explores the materiality of yarn. The dance unfolds through everyday gestures, games, and play, as well as in “flesh poems” that play with language. A flesh poem is a playful, body-oriented method of working with text, developed by Loimaala. The poems are formed especially through the feel of words and follow their own internal logic. The performance is based on the original piece GARNNN, created in collaboration with dancers Anni Kaila and Anna Stenberg. The audience is free to stay for as long as they wish.

Included in the museum entrance fee (20/10€, free entry for under 18-year-olds).

We accept the Museum Card.

At EMMA:
Performance, choreography: Karoliina Loimaala
Sound design: Atte Kantonen 

Original work team:
Performers, co-choreographers, and writers: Anni Kaila, Karoliina Loimaala, Anna Stenberg
Choreography: Karoliina Loimaala with the performers
Costume design: Ellada Damianou
Lighting design: Sofia Palillo
Sound design: Atte Kantonen
Producers: Karoliina Loimaala, Tittamari Paavola
Photography: Jo Hislop, Jussi Virkkumaa 

Premiere: August 5, 2022, Galleria Albert IX, Helsinki 

Supporters: Svenska Kulturfonden, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Kone Foundation Saari Residence, Dance Centre of Western Finland / Liikelaituri, Urban Apa, Åland Archipelago Guest Artist Residence, HAM & Zodiak 

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