My name is BRÖYER is about the extraordinary life of Martta Bröyer (1897–1979), a marginalised dance reformer.

The play is about a lonely woman who calls herself ugly and whose dancing is considered vulgar. Despite the public ridicule, Bröyer holds on to the art form she has created – bröyerism – and her own place in the art canon.

The actors starring in the play are Aija Pahkala, Sannamari Patjas and Reetta Kankare. The play is directed by Hanna Ojala, who has also written the artistic Bröyer interpretation together with Aija Pahkala.

My name is BRÖYER is a fictional and poignant interpretation of the person and life of Bröyer. At the heart of the interpretation is the body and the dilemma of freedom. On one level of time, it is about the slow attachment of a girl abandoned by her mother to her foster mother, for whom the girl’s dance is a deep, moral dilemma. On another level of time, the play explores the impact of the new, “free” and holistic body culture emerging in Germany on the life of a young woman who is both hungry for love and afraid of it.

The play has been created in dialogue with Helsinki City Museum researchers Anne Rysti, Jere Jäppinen and Mikko Lindqvist on the basis of Bröyer’s extensive archives.

Work group

Direction and manuscript: Hanna Ojala

Manuscript: Hanna Ojala and Aija Pahkala

Actors: Aija Pahkala, Sannamari Patjas and Reetta Kankare

Set design: Reija Laine

Sound design: Juuso Voltti

Choreography: Laila Nousiainen

PERFORMANCE DATES

Wed, 10 May at 19:00 (premiere)

Thu, 11 May at 19:00

Wed, 17 May at 19:00

Thu, 18 May at 19:00

Fri, 19 May at 19:00

Sat, 20 May at 19:00

Duration is approx. 80–90 min, no interval

Recommended for those who are 16 years old and older.

Language: Finnish.

TICKETS

€25 normal ticket

€15 discount ticket (pensioners, students, conscripts and Museonystävät members)

When you buy a ticket online, you will receive it at the provided email address. The ticket will be checked at the venue. Tickets are also on sale at Villa Hakasalmi’s museum shop and available at the door on performance days, if there are any left. There are no numbered seats, so it is recommended that you arrive in good time for the performance. Doors open at 18:30.