Productions

Dance performance by Helena Krinal & United Dancers of Zuga

Director and choreographer Helena Krinal
Composer Liis Ring
Scenographer Marta Konovalov
Lighting designer Reelika Palk
Graphic designer Kadi Aare
Production and technical implementation by Eesti Tantsuagentuur (Estonian Dance Agency)
Dancers Ajjar Ausma, Helen Reitsnik, Tiina Mölder

Throughout our lives, we all care for someone or are cared for. Sometimes it's so hard, taking care of someone. And then it's so hard when no one needs our care anymore. Not to mention how hard it is to give yourself into someone else's care. And despite all this, there is so much love in caring, providing care, and being cared for. Love that elevates us and offers redemption for past mistakes. Care carries us through life, from birth to death.

The dance performance "Care" focuses on how difficult, easy, depressing, and uplifting it is to care for someone else.

The collaboration between Zuga and Helena Krinal, which started by chance, turned out to be so interesting and enriching for both parties that they have now been researching and creating together for six years and have reached their third performance - "Care". Previously, they created "Noise" (2019) and "Shame" (2021). "Noise" was nominated for the Estonian Theatre Award in the dance performance category in 2020.

Helena Krinal is an Estonian-Palestinian artist who is interested in the physical exploration of being human, recreating and expressing behavioral situations through physical sensation in a performative context. The goal is not to demonstrate these mechanisms (whether it's shame, guilt, or insecurity), moralize, or illustrate anything, but to physically transmit this physical feeling to the audience.

Zuga United Dancers is an association of dancers and choreographers that has been active since 1999. They have been invited to perform in many countries and have received several theater and dance awards for their work over the years.

Supported by: Tallinn Culture & Sports Department, Ministry of Culture, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Pakenditööstus, Estonian Centre of Folk Culture, Creative Europe, SPARSE Plus

Led by the Estonian Dance Agency and local cultural organizers, TantsuMENÜÜ brings dance performances all over Estonia.

Duration: 50 minutes