Handed-handless, legged-legless, thoughtful-mindless.

Would it be possible for us to experience the rest of the living things around us as more than just a resource?

The contemporary dance piece Suojelija explores the connection between humans and other animal species through bodily empathy. Bodily empathy towards other species means the ability to understand and share feelings and characteristics through physical experience.

The performance sees the self as part of a world in which a person should join a multi-species world in a curious, understanding, appreciative and creative way. Feeling, sensing and living existence is an equal privilege of all species.

Suojelija dismantles dualisms and wants to emphasize perceptions, experiences and sensory information as a source of information, so that man is not reduced to a mere “headed” rational being and a mind without body. The five dancers and the violinist create bodily culture on stage through open wonder.

”A magnificent and moving performance! A truly intimate and refreshingly constructed piece. It got under your skin and moved you.” – Audience feedback

”A refreshing exception among contemporary dance performances. Its uniqueness came from its thought-provoking treatment of the theme, its choreographic boldness, and its interesting rhythm. It challenged the audience, but the movement was easy to relate to.” – Audience feedback

”Brilliant, thrilling, beautiful, lyrical.” – Audience feedback

Running time: 45 minutes