Jyväskylä Dance festival: ALL - a physical poem of protest

ALL – a physical poem of protest investigates the individual and shared agency of choreography in the social, political and artistic spaces. An epic community performance that considers the force of the protesting body, the human mass through the meditative action of walking and running in circles.

The poem consists of a mass of different local people of different ages, backgrounds and appearances. They meet three days prior to the performance to rehearse this realtime negotiations of differences.

Mia Habib is an Oslo-based dancer, performer and choreographer working at the intersection of performance, exhibitions, publications, lectures, teaching, mentoring and curating always guided by a choreographic logic. Her work is described to hold a culture critical perspective on body, identity, society and dance. She engages in labs and research with a variety of specialists including artists, scientists, political activists and others.