17.11.2022 – 26.11.2022 19:00 – 21:00

Performance times and places:

1st solo: Toimisto 15, Vaasankatu 15
Thu Nov 17^th at 7 pm and at 9 pm
Fri Nov 18^th at 5 pm, at 7 pm and at 9 pm

2nd solo: Circo Aereo, Porthaninkatu 9
Wed Nov 23^rd at 5 pm, at 7 pm and at 9 pm
Thu Nov 24^th at 5 pm and at 7 pm

3rd solo: WHS Teatteri Union; Galleria Unika, Siltavuorenranta 18
Fri Nov 25^th at 7 pm and at 9 pm
Sat Nov 26^th at 5 pm, at 7 pm and at 9 pm

Duration of each solo is approximately 10 minutes. Please notice that the performances happen in display windows and they are watched from outside. Dress warmly.

The performances are part of the program of Object Festival www.objectfestival.fi.

Huorafobia (Slutphobia) is a three-part solo performed in display windows by pole dancer Noora Juppi. The piece is inspired by forbidden poses, by good girl / bad girl dichotomies and by roles and being liberated from them. Huorafobia is a personal attempt by its creator to reprogram the assumptions of both the performer and the society about movement, pole dancing and stigma. The solos take inspiration from the roles that society gives to woven: slut, victim and Madonna, but instead of duplicating the established roles it seeks to challenge them with alternatives. How are contemporary and future female portrayals? Do we need such?

Juppi is a circus artist, who has worked with pole dancing for over ten years. Besides Chinese pole, the roots of pole dancing are in striptease, but as the discipline has become more mainstream, the part of sex workers in its history has been suppressed. In Finland this lead to emphasizing sportiness and minimizing sexiness. Huorafobia is a tribute to the stripper pioneers of pole dancing. It also is a strong and original study of pole dancing, sexuality and feminity.

Team:
Performer and concept: Noora Juppi
Lighting design: Alexander Salvesen
Sound design: Tuuli Kainulainen
Costume design: Elli Kervinen, Noora Juppi