TAKEOVER - Anna Kolfinna Kuran
Takeover by Icelandic choreographer Anna Kolfinna Kuran, is a 35 minute sound- and dance performance, in which a wide spectrum of local women aged 11-65, take over Hans Egede church in Nuuk in a powerful ceremony.
The space slowly fills with female bodies, female voices and female energy, creating a living landscape of women. The performance at Suialaa Arts Festival marks the ninth Takeover experiment, a project which engages different communities of women in different spaces each time. The heart of the project are the performers and the connection they make visible between them, despite their difference in age and background. Takeover explores the power of stillness and softness in a mesmerising performance which brings the audience on a multi-sensory journey.
Free entry in Hans Egede Church on Saturday October 25th at 17:00
Anna Kolfinna Kuran (b. 1989), is a choreographer and performer based in Reykjavik, Iceland. She received her Bachelor's degree in contemporary dance from Iceland University of the Arts in 2013 and in spring of 2017 she completed her Master’s degree from New York University in Performance Studies.
Her work is cross-disciplinary, most often manifesting in performance and visual works. Her artistic research is mainly focused on, but not excluded to, contemporary feminism and themes regarding the female body and image.
Anna has worked on various projects such as the long term collaborations Dætur (e. Daughters) and Kraftverk and a personal project titled Woman Landscape in which she explores the connection between space and gender. The latest development within Woman Landscape is the Takeover Series, which is a social art project bringing together women of all ages and different backgrounds in a simple performative ceremony. Her most recent work includes choreography for the plays Fyrrverandi and Mátulegir at the City Theater in Reykjavik, and Feminist Rave a dance piece created with teenagers premiered in Reykjavik Dance Festival 2022 and was recreated for Hamraborg Festival 2023 and LungA Festival 2024 in Iceland.
The Takeover at Suialaa Arts Festival is supported by The Performing Arts Centre Iceland and Grønlandsfonden i Island.
