No One, Just Your Friend
No One, Just Your Friend found its form in the long hours of the choreographer’s sleepless nights. The work explores life and various emotions, including the dark side of the human mind. The movement language ranges form a monitoring phase to polished and dynamic expression.
Choreography Susanna Leinonen
Music Tapani Rinne
Lighting Design Hanna Käyhkö
Costumes and set design Annette Tamminen
Dancers (in the original work) Kaisu Hölttä, Heidi Lehtoranta and Susanna Leinonen
Duration 26 min
Premiere 23.3.2000 Finnish National Ballet Almi Hall
Production: Zodiak – The Center for New Dance
Financially supported by National Council for Dance
“The best thing about the work is the movement. No One, Just Your Friend is packed full of continuous, seamless movement energy. It is bursting with original, expressive movement material. The narrative of the story is movement, even though it isn’t demonstrative. Rare scenes in unison feel like a refreshing brew in this work.”
– Helsingin Sanomat (2000)
