Elämäni tanssi
(Dance of my life)
We worked on the project together with 60-75 year old senior dancers every week for half a year.The group consisted of a total of 17 people, of which nine are women and eight are men. As the population ages, the number of senior members wishing to dance has also grown.
During the project we wrote a guideline for dance teachers planning to work with senior citizens. The aim of the guideline is to provide the tools to interact with an aging but yet mobile person as a dancestudent and how age-related issues should be factored in when leading workshops for seniormembers, as well as how to create a safe and supportive environment for the sessions.
The project also included a dance film that we made with the senior group. The film premiered inthe spring of 2021.
Concept:
Satu Tuomisto and Sanna Hento
Workshop teachers:
Sanna Hento and Erik Hento
Dance:
Aija Soikkeli
Jukka Soikkeli
Eija Karikivi
Reijo Karikivi
Hilkka Laitala
Jukka Laitala
Jaana Leinonen
Yrjö Leinonen
Onerva Anttila
Concept:
Satu Tuomisto and Sanna Hento
Sound design:
Emeline Jouvencel
Edit:
Amandine Doat
Filming:
Dancers
Filmed during summer 2020
Published 1.4.2021
Production:
Tanssitaiteen kannatusyhdistys ry
Supported by:
Arts Promotion Centre Finland
Helsinki City
