I address you is a personal and societal solo that Carl Knif has created for himself. Drawing on his own personal experiences, Knif’s performance alternates memories and past events with more recent phenomena that put self-esteem, inviolability and empathy to the test.
The performance aims to make visible the unwritten history of the gay minority. How do silenced experiences affect us? In what way are traumas passed on from one generation to the next? And how do we build an identity in an environment where there are no role models?
The longing for real encounters and deep conversations is the driving force behind this furious dance. I address you encourages conversation and champions the idea of a better world – it wants to get to the heart of life, to step close to you.
Duration: 50 min.
Language: English
Premiere: 25 April 2024, Dance House Helsinki
Working group
Director, choreographer and dancer: Carl Knif
Texts: Carl Knif
Light and set design: Jukka Huitila
Sound design and music: Janne Hast
Costume design: Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila
Costume & mask: Nina Ukkonen
Voiceover: Dudley Rees
Photos: Yoshi Omori
Teasers and trailer: Björn Knif
Translations: Julian Garner, Essi Brunberg
Production: Carl Knif Company
Performances
25 April 2024, 7 pm (premiere)
26 April 2024, 7 pm
27 April 2024, 7 pm
2 April 2024, 7 pm
3 May 2024, 7 pm
4 May 2024, 7 pm
Pannu Hall, Dance House Helsinki
Tickets: €32 / 26 / 20, Dance House Helsinki
Artist talk after the performances on 26 April (with Carl Knif and Janne Hast) and 2 May (with Carl Knif and Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila).
“It takes courage to put yourself in the spotlight like this, but Knif does it with a natural confidence. … There is a light in Carl Knif that makes the difficult subject never feel dark. Love gets the last word in a mature and skilfully executed work.”
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