Whirly Girls

In Whirly Girls, Electra, the four-piece, all-female ensemble, presents a musical ode to five women who played an important role in the history of women’s emancipation: Emmeline Pankhurst, champion of women’s right to vote; Rosie the Riveter, nickname for all women who contributed to the war economy from 1942-1945; Gertrude Stein, the well-known American writer who played an important part in the Paris art scene; and Amelia Earhart and Hanna Reitsch who both performed daredevil feats in the field of aviation.

Composers Renske Vrolijk, Vanessa Lann, Lucas Wiegerink, and Michiel Mensigh show their admiration for these heroins, which through their intelligence, daring, and perseverance captured a place in history. The idea was conceived by Renske Vrolijk; she also wrote the title composition Whirly Girls about aviatresses Amelia Earhart and Hanna Reitsch. Expect a concert full of militancy, courage, and adventure alternated with video images and theatrical elements.