Garden of Trees
Outside the window grows a birch grove.
During the latest forest taxation, fir and pine were the two most common trees in Sweden. Birch is the third most common tree, just as Margareta Karlsson are Sweden’s third most common first and last names. Funny how things turn out.
At the retirement home, time is standing still. It’s been three years since Lennart passed away. She misses the cruises and she misses the heat on her skin. She misses having someone looking at her red lips. Sometimes she re-lives it, she can almost taste the pineapple and Gin. Every Thursday at 2:30 pm sharp, she takes her seat in the TV room. Love Boat at top volume. This is the best moment of the week.
Outside the leaves are falling in a rain of colors, turning the trees to bare silhouettes against the sky.
Garden of Trees is about living together and growing old together. About getting closer to another human being and sharing your loneliness. About living without judgment and learning to accept both each other and yourself. But how do you do that? With a bittersweet humor and a mix between physical theatre and dance, Finnish Choreographer Tanja Eloranta takes on aging and old age. Tanja is part of Teatteri Metamorfoosi in Helsinki, where she teaches, participates in performances and choreographs. In her work, she often mixes dance and physical theatre.
Garden of Trees premiered at Folkteatern in Gothenburg on February 10th 2017.
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Artistic Director
Veera Suvalo Grimberg
Choreography
Tanja Eloranta
Dancers
Soledad Howe
Hannah Karlsson
Emilia Wärff
Celia Berndtzen / Siri Lundh
Adam Henriksson
Masks
Antero Poppius
Music
José A. Luque-Osuna
Voice
Marianne Holmboe
Costume
Danskompaniet Spinn
Lighting
Ainu Palmu
Scenography
Berith Stennabb
Photo
Malin Johansson
Technician
Johann Nordqvist
Producer
Producentbyrån
Contact
info@danskompanietspinn.se