The closest i've gotten with describing what happens at Kehakõne, is saying, that Kehakõne is an act of kindness. As a starting point I've been asking myself, how to carry audience through the performance. How to create a space that is safe and intimate, a space where it's easy to open up to oneself. 

 

Kehakõne translates as body talk or body discussion from Estonia. Another meaning could be "my dear body". And it starts from this kind feeling i have towards my body, holding it, sensing that there's so very much - stories, memories, life - fitting into this body. It seems insane that so very much can fit in one person. And how do we fit into one room with all of these bodies full of stories. 

 

Kehakõne is a highly interactive piece, where i play with various perceptions - the audience of up to 40 people at once are in a small, teepee-like tent, at times sitting, at times laying, at times walking around or standing. The means for creating this show are various tools and methods i've learned during my life. Aerial acrobatics and circus has been one of the bases. Ceremonies, storytelling, visual art, creating music - that's been adding to it. And mostly, years as a human in this life, learning compassion, learning kindness, has set a base for this show.

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Idea and creation: Big Wolf Company
Author and performer:  Grete Gross (EE)

Scenographer: Kristel Maamägi (EE)

Premiere: september 10th 2024, festival helium, Vilnius
 

Duration: ca 1h 15'

Age:10+