Forbidden Moves

We are guided by rules we did not invent ourselves. Whose voice echoes warnings, old truths, and inherited fears in our heads? Lurking in the shadows of the mind are those who know better. Those who whisper warnings before we even have a chance to cross the line. But who drew that line?

This performance delves into the prohibitions that have been imposed on us—and those we have adopted as our own. What happens when the body does what it shouldn’t? When movement becomes inappropriate, strange, playful. When the mind moves. When memories stir.

In the mind’s storehouse lies the schoolyard. Grandpa’s rubber boots. An unresolved quarrel. A sauna loaf. A whimper of longing. The threat of violence. A rope noose. Forbidden gestures, words, thoughts—everything that has been erased, and the Macarena.

You must not do it. You must not see it. You must not remember it. But if you forget, someone will surely remind you.

Premiere: February 14, 2025, Wiljami Cultural Center, Rovaniemi