Folklore in Contemporary Performance: Intertextual and Intermedial Negotiations in the Baltic-Nordic Context [Folklora laikmetīgajā performances mākslā: intertekstuālie un intermediālie saskares punkti Baltijas un Ziemeļvalstu kontekstā]
Letonica December 1, 2025 Laine Kristberga
This article examines how contemporary performance artists in the Baltic-Nordic region reinterpret folklore through cultural memory, mythmaking, and embodied storytelling.It focuses on three case studies: Simona Orinska's Bearman (2018), Anna Maskava's Ancestral Body (2024)(2025), and the collaborative performances by Katri Kainulainen and Maximilian Latva (2018-ongoing).Drawing on approaches...