In the Myco-choreography Salon, Maija Hirvanen will share selected findings from her current work on fungal choreography and the emerging discoveries of her week as Researcher in Residence at Moving in November. The program of the Salon consists of performative research presentations, dancing mycochoreographic scores together, and practices of working with fungal spores and mycelium. The event is accompanied by fungi-drinks made from ingredients foraged from the Helsinki-area forests, and by some special guests. You are warmly welcome!
Choreographic Convention parcours 1, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11
Maija Hirvanen is a choreographer, performance maker and artistic researcher, whose interests range from the relationship between art and different belief systems and ways of re-learning to questions of embodiment and the more-than-human approach in performance and choreography. Her work has been presented widely at internationally renowned venues and festivals. She makes performances on stages and in places, writes, researches, and teaches. Currently, she is the Artistic Professor in Dance 2024–2028 (an honorary title granted by the Finnish Arts and Culture Agency), and Doctoral Researcher at the University of the Arts Helsinki, conducting her research on fungal choreography and performance.
www.hirvanen.net