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CARL KNIF COMPANY: I ADDRESS YOUWEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, AT 7:00 PMVaasa City Theatre, Julia StageTickets: https://www.netticket.fi/pohjanmaa-tanssii-2025-vaasa
I Address You is a deeply personal and socially conscious solo performance created by Carl Knif for himself. Drawing from Knif’s own experiences, the performance weaves together memories and past events with contemporary phenomena, examining self-esteem, inviolability, and the capacity for empathy under strain.
The piece aims to shed light on the unwritten history of the homosexual minority. How do silenced experiences affect us? In what ways are traumas passed from one generation to the next? And how does one construct an identity in an environment lacking relatable role models?
A yearning for genuine encounters and meaningful conversations fuels this intense and powerful dance. I Address You invites dialogue and defends the vision of a better world—it seeks to engage with life, to come closer to you.
Creative TeamDirection, Choreography, Dance, Texts: Carl KnifLighting Design, Set Design: Jukka HuitilaSound Design and Music: Janne HastCostume Design: Karoliina Koiso-KanttilaCostume and Mask Construction: Nina UkkonenVoiceover: Dudley ReesPhotography: Yoshi OmoriTeasers and Trailer: Björn KnifText Translations: Julian Garner, Essi BrunbergProduction: Carl Knif Company
Duration: 50 minutesLanguage: EnglishPremiere: April 25, 2024, Dance House Finland
Content Notes:The performance includes nudity, strobe lights, theatrical smoke, as well as mentions of and visual material depicting bullying, homophobia, and death.
Photo: Yoshi Omori
