Sara Grotenfelt, Selma Reynisdóttir: HOPP

Once upon a time there was a very long skipping rope. It was a much, much longer rope than the one you are probably imagining right now.

Even longer
still longer
longer

Yes that’s right, the rope was so long that one of the handles was lying on a parking lot in Reykjavík while the other was lying at the backyard of a school in Helsinki. One day the handles were picked up by hands that belonged to two girls, Selma in Reykjavík and Sara in Helsinki. The hands were much smaller than the hands they grew to become. Small hands. No, not that tiny. Yes, medium hands. Over the years, as these hands grew bigger, the girls were drawn closer and closer together, guided by this long, long, yes you remember, a very long rope, until one day

 they met

HOPP is a performance about rope skipping. It dwells in the nostalgia of a childhood playtime activity while it reaches out for new meanings in old movements. Guided by complex associations emerging from simple actions the audience is drawn into a pulsating landscape, an imaginary playground where getting tired is inevitable as we seek excitement.

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Read an interview with Sara Grotenfelt and Selma Reynisdóttir in our Diary.

Video: Venla Helenius