Book (2024)
Concept and edited by Anne Naukkarinen, published by Moving in November & TUA - Theatre's New Base Library
A Book of Dances is a collection of written choreographies by Finnish-based artists Anne Naukkarinen, Laura Cemin, Mikko Niemistö, and Marika Peura, and Swedish-based artists BamBam Frost, Ofelia Jarl Ortega, and Pontus Pettersson.
The book explores language as a writing-based approach to choreographic practice. It brings attention to the contradictions, translations, and intimate relationships between dance and language. In A Book of Dances, multiple languages are intertwined with the situated knowledge and histories of the participating artists, each embedded within specific social contexts.
The book’s aim is not to define choreographic practices as such, but to create a space for writing that engages with and embodies diverse perspectives on world-making. Thus, the process of meaning-making becomes situated, relational, and unstable—it shifts constantly.
Credits
Concept: Anne Naukkarinen
Writers: Laura Cemin, BamBam Frost, Anne Naukkarinen, Mikko Niemistö, Ofelia Jarl Ortega, Pontus Pettersson and Marika Peura
Translator: Carmen Baltzar
Publishers: Teatterin Uusi Alkukirjasto T/U/A & Moving in November
Editors: Anne Naukkarinen and T/U/A
AD: Aino Nieminen / Last Tuesday Oy
Production: Anne Naukkarinen and Moving in November
Book launches: Moving in November -festival at Kunsthalle Helsinki and MDT Moderna Dansteattern in collaboration with höjden studios, Sweden
Residency: Zodiak – Center For New Dance
Supporters: Wihuri Foundation, Teaterstiftelsen Vivicas Vänner, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Oskar Öflund Stiftelse, and Kone Foundation
Image: Aino Nieminen
Proofreading and language advice in marketing text: Katie Lenanton