Embrace

Embrace is dance and music, joy and color. Wonderment and smile. Maybe a little bit of bafflement, too. Embrace is many arm lengths of nonverbal interaction between the audience and the artists. Auraco’s new work Embrace is a gentle and beautiful artistic moment that has no best before date; it is always best, experienced embraced.

The starting point to this work is the idea of a shared embrace between a child and an adult, where the natural interaction is strong and powerful. For a child, being in an adult’s arms is a sanctuary and a place to grow.

Direction: Päivi Aura
Choreography: Päivi Aura, Heidi Tiainen
Music: Veera Katila
Performers: Heidi Tiainen, Veera Katila
Lighting: Nicolas Salo
Costumes: Venla Martikainen
Duration: approx. 30 minutes
Target audience: babies with an adult
Production: Auraco, Annantalo Arts Centre
Supporters: Arts Promotion Centre Finland, City of Helsinki
Premiere: 18 Nov 2024 at 9:00, Annantalo Hall