Suru is a Finnish word for sorrow. 

The first time I heard Eira’s song “sink” I was drawn to it very intensely, and the movements started to come to me just by themselves. At first I was going to dance this piece only for myself, totally private, as a personal grief process, but after a while I realized that the choreography had become quite nice, so I felt it would be a pity just to do it all alone in a studio.

Suru is a piece about sad things, something I think everybody can relate to in different ways, to sorrow, lost, trauma and other that kind of things. There is plenty of sorrow in the world, and hopefully, as a grief process, this dance piece could also start to heal something in someone else, somewhere or maybe someday, at least a bit.

Choreography/dance: Jukka Korpi
Music: sink by Eira/Daniela Dahl
Length: 10 min
Photo: Kelly Whelan (a rehearsal photo in rehersal suite)

Suru is elected to the international Solo Dance Contest at Gdansk Dance Festival on 14-17 september 2026, and will premiere during the festival. More info: https://gdanskifestiwaltanca.pl/en/Contests/Solo%20dance%20contest

More information and booking: info@jukkakorpi.com