Maija Hirvanen
Mycoscores / Choreospores
Mycoscores / Choreospores by Maija Hirvanen is a network of artistic scores for exploring the connections between fungal and human ways of being, particularly through movement and dance. The scores propose starting points for dancing, weaving together social connections, composing and exploring performativity.
During her session at the weekend with Cohort 4, Maija activates a freshly printed publication of Mycoscores / Choreospores by an introduction to the scores, lightheartedly doing some scores together and a discussion on dance, fungi, and life.
The publication of Mycoscores / Choreospores consists of 31 cards, each presenting a single score, a booklet with a text entitled Fungi Feel, an introduction, instructions, a glossary and additional short text entries accompanying the scores.
Bio
Maija Hirvanen is a choreographer and performance maker based in Helsinki. Her performances have been presented at e.g. Tanz im August/Hebbel am Ufer/Berlin, ImpulsTanz/Vienna, Sadler’s Wells/Lilian Baylis Studio/London, SPRING Festival/Utrecht, Seoul Performing Arts Festival, Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis and Dansens Hus/Stockholm, Zodiak, Kiasma, Baltic Circle Festival, Helsinki Festival and Moving in November Festival in Helsinki. She makes performances on stages and in places, writes, researches, and teaches.
Maija’s interests range from the relationship between art and different belief systems and ways of re-learning to questions of embodiment and the more-than-human in performance and choreography. Her long-term project “Performing Interconnections” focuses on choreographic practices work through a more-than-human approach.