Finland: Backdrop scenes and props

  • Jan arriving in Helsinki: backdrop scene the railway station Helsinki
    (
    https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsingin_p%C3%A4%C3%A4rautatieasema#/media/File:Helsinki_Railway_Station_20050604.jpg)

    The famous "Stone Men" statues at the railway station are dressed in masks specially for the international guests of the group "Kiss" visiting Helsinkin that day, 28 Apr 2017. 
    (Photo:
    Copyright: MTV. Kuva: Visa Högmander.)

    Jan visiting Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki:
    - Ateneum Art Museum
    (
    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Ateneum_main_facade.jpg)

    - The painting "The Fighting Capercaillies" by Ferdinand von Wright

    (Ferdinand von Wright: The Fighting Capercaillies, 1886. Finnish National Gallery / Ateneum Art Museum. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Jouko Könönen)

    For the hip-hop dance you can choose for example:
    - blue (and white) background - the colours of Finland (on our DVD we had a blue one)
    - you can use also the scene that we had on the stage of our spring feast in May 2017: a summer view of Finland

    Jan arrives at Muuruvesi School:

     

    Shadow theatre performance, props

    - a big white cloth, lights behind the cloth and the scene

    - On the DVD there is a separate short video (after the whole show) taken from the backside, showing what the actors do and what kind of props they have. For example: different kinds of headwear (one having horns), wings, a cape, a sword or a stick resembling a sword, ribbons, a pot, sticks, a chest, ...

    Dance, Hip hoppii englantii

    Background: a blue cloth (or you can beam a blue backround by a beamer), a big flag of Finland, small flags of the Erasmus+ countries in a string
    An alternative backdrop scene: the scene of our spring feast May 2017 where the show was performed, a summer scene among the photos above.

    The children are wearing a blue-white (the colours of Finland) bracelet on their right hand (it helps also to remember right and left with the moves).

    An easy way to make the bracelet: - Wind the yarn (minimum two pieces of yarn, or more) - either with a pair, each one holding an end, or alone with the other end fastened to e.g. a hook on a wall - to oppisite directions with your pair or to one direction alone. - When you have wound enough, bend the ends together and let the rest of the string wind around to form one string, helping by hand to get a good form. - Make knots to both ends of the string. - Use the string as a bracelet - You can use both blue and white yarn to make one bracelet or you can make separate blue and white ones.

    Clothes: relaxed freetime clothes suitable for hip hop style