Interview with Maija Karhunen

In this episode I speak with Maija Karhunen about her work and life as a dancer. In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Maija Karhunen, a dancer and performer based in Helsinki, Finland. Maija discusses the practicalities of touring as a disabled dancer, attitudes in Europe toward disability, how to navigate the special attention that disability voices receive, and her desire to grow in both her professional and personal identity. Text by Emmaly Wiederholt. Maija Karhunen is a dancer and performer based in Helsinki. She works with choreographers and directors in Finland and Europe. She studied dance and choreography in Finland, the Netherlands and Germany. Karhunen's interests lie in the all-encompassing performativity of the human, questions of power, intimacy, the personal and the grotesque. She works also in the field of (dance) writing and critique. http://keshetarts.org http://danceabilityfinland.com/kaaos/?lang=fi https://vimeo.com/196710873 http://stanceondance.com http://www.bodyshift.org