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MOBILE.DANCE Liput esityksiin varataan Tanssin tiedotuskeskuksesta, osoitteesta mobile.dance@danceinfo.fi tai sivulta http://tanssi.lasipalatsi.net/lomake.html . Lisätietoja esityksistä myös sivuilla http://www.danceinfo.fi/mobiledance Esitykset Jyrki Karttunen: Human Imitations Kirsi Monni: Lichtweg – Friedenplatz Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth: Winter Circus Time Helsinki Dance Company: Apospasmata Sanna Kekäläinen: Afternoon of the Faun Liisa Pentti: Travel Paula Tuovinen: REvenge Teemu Määttänen: On the next time (video) Jyrki Karttunen: Dramatic Miniatures Alpo Aaltokoski: One Day and One Night Jorma Uotinen: Colours Jouka Valkama: Rim Susanna Leinonen: Trickle Green Oak Tero Saarinen Company: Westward Ho!, Wavelenghts, Hunt Arja Raatikainen: Numen Esitysajat ja -paikat Torstai 9.11.2006 19.00-20.20 Jyrki Karttunen: Human Imitations, Stoa 19.00-20.30 Kirsi Monni: Lichtweg – Friedenplatz, Zodiak, Kaapelitehdas 19.00-21.00 Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth (chor. Arja Pettersson & Liisa Risu): Winter Circus Time, Pannuhalli, Kaapelitehdas 19.30-20.45 Helsinki Dance Company (chor. Andonis Foniadakis): Apospasmata, Studio Elsa, Helsingin kaupunginteatteri 21.00-21.30 Sanna Kekäläinen: Afternoon of the Faun, K&C Tila, Kaapelitehdas 22.00-22.40 Liisa Pentti: Travel, C4, Zodiak, Kaapelitehdas Perjantai 10.11.2006 15.00-16.00 Paula Tuovinen: REvenge, Ateneum-sali 17.00-18.15 Double Bill Night: Jyrki Karttunen: Dramatic Miniatures and Alpo Aaltokoski: One Day and One Night, Stoa 18.00-20.00 Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth (chor. Arja Pettersson & Liisa Risu): Winter Circus Time, Pannuhalli, Kaapelitehdas 19.00-20.30 Kirsi Monni: Lichtweg – Friedenplatz, Zodiak, Kaapelitehdas 19.00-20.45 Triple Bill Night: Susanna Leinonen: Trickle Green Oak; Jouka Valkama: Rim; Jorma Uotinen: Colours; Kansallisooppera päänäyttämö – Post-performance event afterwards (cocktails and artist talk) 19.30-20.45 Helsinki Dance Company (chor. Andonis Foniadakis): Apospasmata, Studio Elsa, Helsingin kaupunginteatteri – Cocktail Party afterwards 21.00-21.40 Liisa Pentti: Travel, C4, Zodiak, Kaapelitehdas 22.00-22.30 Sanna Kekäläinen: Afternoon of the Faun, K&C Tila, Kaapelitehdas Lauantai 11.11.2006 17.00-17.30 Sanna Kekäläinen: Afternoon of the Faun, K&C Tila, Kaapelitehdas 18.00-18.40 Liisa Pentti: Travel, C4, Zodiak, Kaapelitehdas 18.00-20.00 Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth (chor. Arja Pettersson & Liisa Risu): Winter Circus Time, Pannuhalli, Kaapelitehdas 19.00-19.55 Arja Raatikainen: Numen, Stoa 19.00-20.30 Kirsi Monni: Lichtweg – Friedenplatz, Zodiak, Kaapelitehdas 21.00-23.00 Tero Saarinen Company: Westward Ho!, Wavelenghts, Hunt, Aleksanterin Teatteri Sunnuntai
12.11.2006 15.00-17.00 Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth (chor. Arja Pettersson & Liisa Risu): Winter Circus Time, Pannuhalli, Kaapelitehdas Esittelyt Jyrki Karttunen: Human Imitations, Stoa the Cultural Centre of Eastern Helsinki Thursday 9.11.2006 Curtain up: 19.00 Duration: approx. 1 h 25 min (no intermission) Choreographer Jyrki Karttunen’s Human Imitations is a theatrical journey into the miraculous world of the stage. The piece reveals Karttunen’s sincere love for the stage and for its peculiar rules of so called reality. The piece is also about five male performers, who dance because in the end, despite the numerous “languages” used, they find it impossible to express themselves verbally. Human Imitations deals with the constant role playing of human beings, both on and off the stage. By combining nostalgic, sentimental and sometimes noisy tunes to all kinds of imitations, Karttunen has created a disarmingly charming performance, full of stage magic of the most authentic kind! Performance language: nonsense Jyrki Karttunen (b. 1969) started his career as a dancer in the Helsinki Dance Company in 1989. Before creating his first choreography in 1995, he had become known as one of the leading male dancers in Finland. His choreographic breakthrough happened with the duet digital duende in 1998. Since then he has become one of the most sought after Finnish choreographers, and has created both commissioned works and works for his own company. His best know creation so far is probably the solo work Fairy (2002), which has literally toured around the globe. Karttunen is one of the four dance artistst promoted and produced by Nomadi Productions. More info: http://www.nomadi.fi Choreography: Jyrki Karttunen Performers: Jukka Huitila, Jyrki Karttunen, Akseli Kaukoranta, Carl Knif, Antti Seppänen Set and lighting designer: Jukka Huitila Sound designers: Jukka Huitila, Jyrki Karttunen Costume designer: Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila Costume realisation: Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila, Tiina Pollari Photographer and graphic designer: Ninna Lindström Premiere: 30.11.2005 The Youth and Culture Centre Nuku, Oulu Up Kirsi Monni: Lichtweg – Friedenplatz, Zodiak – Centre for New Dance, Cable Factory Thursday 9.11.2006, Friday 10.11.2006, Saturday 11.11.2006 Curtain up: 19:00 Duration 25 min + 40 min Kirsi Monni’s new creation Lichtweg – Friedenplatz challenges choreographic conventions and explores the manifold relationships between language, bodily being and movement. The piece consists of a solo, danced by Monni herself, and a trio. The solo Lichtweg is a choreographic study around a question of what is called I? It is a bare movement-portrait that is danced out in an open dialogue with a written videoscript. The trio Freidenplatz asks what is called thinking? What is the essence of democracy? The piece is an open movement-discussion, a forum for unpredictable thinking together with a meditative piano piece by Giacinto Scelsi Suite nro 9. Premiere on November 3, 2006. Performance language: Finnish, English Choreographer and dancer Kirsi Monni (b. 1962) has had a wide-spread influence on Finnish contemporary dance since the 1980s. In her artistic work, which consist of 30 choreographies, she explores the ontological questions of being and their bodily manifestations in performance. Monni received a Doctore of Art in Dance at the Theatre Academy of Finland in 2004. Her doctoral thesis was comprised of five choreographies and the written work The Poetic Movement of Being: philosophical interpretations of the new paradigm of dance in the light of Martin Heidegger’s thinking and the artistic work in years 1996 – 1999. More info: http://www.danceinfo.fi/tanka Choreography: Kirsi Monni Dancers: Kirsi Monni (solo), Joona Halonen, Vera Nevanlinna, Katri Soini (trio) Music: Giacinto Scelsi Audiovisual design: Mikko Hynninen Set design: Simon Le Roux Costume design: Suvi Hänninen Premiere: 3.11.2006 Zodiak – Center for New Dance Up Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth (chor. Arja Pettersson & Liisa Risu): Winter Circus Time Pannuhalli, Cable Factory Thursday 9.11.2006, Curtain up: 19:00 Friday 10.11.2006, Saturday 11.11.2006 Curtain up: 18:00, Sunday 12.11.2006 Curtain up: 15:00 Duration: approx. 2 hours (with intermission) Winter Circus Time is already the 13th edition in a series of productions all bearing the name Winter Circus, complemented with a different epithet each year (Snow, Star, Sirius etc.). These yearly block buster productions which combine contemporary circus, dance and live music, have become the signature work of Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth. This year the familiar acrobatic elves are deeply involved in the mystery of time. The show features eight international virtuosos of contemporary circus and the Bordurka Quartet, skilled in imaginary folk music. Premiere on November 9, 2006. Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth was founded in 1981. Originally it was a touring dance company, but since 1994 it has had a permanent space at the Cable Factory cultural center in Helsinki. Since then the company has principally been making performances for young audiences. The artistic director of the company is choreographer Arja Pettersson. More info: http://www.hurjaruuth.fi Direction: Arja Pettersson, Liisa Risu Music: Hannu Oskala Band: Bordurka Quartet Set and costume design: Kirsi Manninen Lighting design: Riku Virtanen Premiere: 9.11.2006, Pannu Hall, Cable Factory, Helsinki Up Helsinki Dance Company (chor. Andonis Foniadakis): Apospasmata Studio Elsa, Helsinki City Theatre Thursday 9.11.2006, Friday 10.11.2006 Curtain up: 19:30 Duration: 60 min Apospasmata by Andonis Foniadakis is a commisioned work for Helsinki Dance Company. The Greek born Foniadakis is known for physically demanding contemporary dance. Aposmasmata features nine dancers and original music by composer Julien Tarride, a long time collaborative partner of Foniadakis. Premiere on October 10, 2006. Helsinki Dance Company, founded in 1973, is with its ten dancers the biggest contemporary dance company in Finland. The company operates in conjunction with a large drama theatre, the Helsinki City Theatre. This unique status of being independent within the organisation of the theatre allows it to produce pure dance creations of its own as well as supply some musicals and drama productions with capable dancers. The current director of the HDC is Ville Sormunen. Choreographer Andonis Foniadakis has worked as a dancer in Béjart Ballet Lausanne (1992 – 1996) and in Ballet de L’Opéra National de Lyon (1996 – 2002). He created his first choreography in 1994 for Béjart Ballet. He also has his own company, Apotosoma, based in Lyon. More info: http://www.dancecompany.fi Choreography: Andonis Foniadakis Dancers: Kirsi Karlenius, Mikko Lampinen, Jenni-Elina Lehto, Kai Lähdesmäki, Heidi Naakka, Unto Nuora, Valtteri Raekallio, Inka Tiitinen, Kaisa Torkkel Set and costume design: Andonis Foniadakis Music: Julien Tarride Lighting design: Juha Westman Sound design: Jyrki Sandell Premiere: 10.10.2006, Studio Elsa, Helsinki City Theatre Up Sanna Kekäläinen: Afternoon of the Faun K&C Tila, Cable Factory Thursday 9.11.2006, Curtain up: 21.00 Friday 10.11.2006, Curtain up: 22:00 Saturday 11.11.2006, Curtain up: 17:00 Duration: 30 min Sanna Kekäläinen created her first version of Nijinsky’s classic in 1996. Ten years later she returned to the piece, creating a new version for herself. Kekäläinen’s contemporary and conceptual interpretation combines highly physical movement, Debussy’s music and an original text by Finnish writer Kari Hukkila. The text, on its own behalf, mixes the myths of the faun and of Narcissus. Performance language: English Choreographer and dancer Sanna Kekäläinen (b. 1962) has been in the front line of Finnish contemporary dance since the 1980s, creating over 50 choreographies. Throughout her career she has created experimental and even controversial works, having thus a strong influence on the development of the Finnish scene. She founded her own company K&C Kekäläinen & Company in 1996. One strand in her vast artistic production consists of remakes and new interpretations of well known classics. These include such works as Requiem (1996) Spartacus (1998), Death in Venice (1999) and Uhri – Sacre (2001), to name but a few. More info: http://www.kekalainencompany.net Choreography, concept and dance: Sanna Kekäläinen Music: Claude Debussy Text: Kari Hukkila Lighting design: Jarkko Lievonen Visual design: Taina Relander Premiere: 22.4.2006, K&C Tila, Cable Factory, Helsinki Up Liisa Pentti: Travel, C4, Zodiak – Centre for New Dance, Cable Factory Thursday 9.11.2006, Curtain up: 22.00 Friday 10.11.2006 Curtain up: 21:00 Saturday 11.11.2006 Curtain up: 18:00 Duration: approx. 40 min Travel is an intimate dance work in unconventional surroundings, giving space for movement to exist in its own right. The piece consists of two parts: a solo for the choreographer Liisa Pentti herself, and a duet for dancers Riina Huhtanen and Mickaël Stoeckel. Travel demonstrates Pentti’s interest to explore the connections between bodily and narrative expression, which often involves the use of text or onomatopoetic language. Performance language: English, French Liisa Pentti (b. 1958) is one of the central choreographers of Finnish contemporary dance. She graduated from SNDO, Amsterdam, in 1986. She has worked in the Finnish dance scene as a dancer, choreographer and teacher since 1987. In 2000 she formed her own dance company Liisa Pentti + Co. Pentti has taught contact improvisation since 1981 and she has also studied release and Alexander techniques and t'ai chi. More info: http://www.liisapentti.com Choreography and direction: Liisa Pentti Dance: Riina Huhtanen, Liisa Pentti, Mickaël Stoeckel Space: Mia Kivinen Sound mixing: Patrick Kosk Costume design: Suvi Hänninen Premiere: 18.5.2006, Bodyword-festival, St.Petersburg Up Double-Bill: Paula Tuovinen: REvenge & Teemu Määttänen: On the next time (video) Ateneum Hall Friday 10.11.2006 Curtain up: 15.00 Duration: 20 min + 30 min Revenge REvenge is a partly documentary solowork about - revenge. In order to study this theme, Tuovinen combines speech, movement and improvisation to mobbing letters and middle aged women. Despite the bitterness of the theme, REvenge will also be flavoured with irony and humour, the two trademarks of Tuovinen's otherwise versatile choreographic style. Premiere on November 2, 2006. Performance language: English Paula Tuovinen (b. 1961) has worked in the Finnish dance field since the early 1980s as a dancer, choreographer and pedagogue. She has an MA in cultural anthropology, which has influenced her work as an artist. In the course of her career she has, in addition to making stage work, also directed dance films and made choreography to a Bollywood film. In 2005 she was elected as the rector of the Theatre Academy of Finland. She is the first representative of dance art to hold this position. More info: http://www.danceinfo.fi/tanka Concept, choreography and dance: Paula Tuovinen Lighting design and video: Teemu Määttänen Sound design: Mikael Eriksson Premiere: 2.11.2006, Ateneum Hall, Helsinki On the next time In his video work On the next time Teemu Määttänen studies dancer's repetition and the kinetic memory. By repetition and variation this movie becomes a multilayered picture of the bodily presence and it's time. Video: Teemu Määttänen Dance: Jaakko Simola Premiere: 2.11.2006, Ateneum Hall, Helsinki Up Double Bill Night: Jyrki Karttunen: Dramatic Miniatures and Alpo Aaltokoski: One Day and One Night Stoa the Cultural Centre of Eastern Helsinki Friday 10.11.2006 Curtain up: 17:00 Duration: 30 min 12 min One Day and One Night In this abstract and harmoniously beautiful work choreographer Alpo Aaltokoski creates pass-through places for fleeting emotions and momentaneous tensions. Aaltokoski’s organic, ever-flowing movement, together with the pure white visual elements designed by Kaisa Salmi, creates a constantly altering world of visions. The four dancers glide through shadows and reflections like ebb and flow, accompanied by composer Uljas Pulkkis’ contemporary, yet romantic musical score, commissioned for this piece. Alpo Aaltokoski (b. 1958) has been one of the central figures in Finnish contemporary dance ever since 1991, when he started his career as a choreographer. Aaltokoski has created over 20 choreographies, such as Guardian of the Night (1992 and 2001), Promises (2000), Deep (2000) and Lucid Dreaming (2005), to name but a few. Aaltokoski has also had varied and multiple roles in the field of dance. For example, Aaltokoski was the artistic director of Full Moon Dance Festival between 1995 and 1998. The Arts Council of Finland appointed Aaltokoski Artist Professor as of 1 September 2003, for a five year period. Aaltokoski is one of the four dance artistst promoted and produced by Nomadi Productions. More info: http://www.nomadi.fi Choreography: Alpo Aaltokoski Music: Uljas Pulkkis Lighting and set design: Kaisa Salmi Assistant: Hanna Käyhkö Costume design: Marja Uusitalo Costume realisation: Anne Aario, Marja Uusitalo Dancers: Jonna Eiskonen, Akseli Kaukoranta, Mikko Paloniemi, Tuovi Rantanen Musicians (on tape): Laura Gustafsson (viola), Juhani Kaasinen (cello), Antti Kaihola (piano), Riikka Kokkonen (violin), Lauri Sallinen (clarinet) Premiere: 31.3.2006, Stoa the Cultural Centre of Eastern Helsinki Dramatic Miniatures A thrillingly sensual duet by Jyrki Karttunen, constructed of five short separate parts. The work balances between abstract situations and concrete interpretations, offering the spectator a mixture of sentimental melancholy and quiet humour, typical for Karttunen’s works. Jukka Huitila’s minimalistic lighting design leaves plenty of room for Karttunen’s recognisable movement style: the bare stage witnesses a short story, told by the means of fluent and effortless contemporary dance. Jyrki Karttunen (b. 1969) started his career as a dancer in the Helsinki Dance Company in 1989. Before creating his first choreography in 1995, he had become known as one of the leading male dancers in Finland. His choreographic breakthrough happened with the duet digital duende in 1998. Since then he has become one of the most sought after Finnish choreographers, and has created both commissioned works and works for his own company. His best know creation so far is probably the solo work Fairy (2002), which has literally toured around the globe. Karttunen is one of the four dance artistst promoted and produced by Nomadi Productions. More info: http://www.nomadi.fi Choreography: Jyrki Karttunen Dancers: Jyrki Karttunen, Tuovi Rantanen Lighting design: Jukka Huitila Sound designers: Jyrki Karttunen, Jukka Huitila Costume designer: Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila Costume realisation: Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila, Tiina Pollari Premiere: 18.6.2005, Kuopio Dance Festival Up Triple Bill Night: Jorma Uotinen: Colours; Jouka Valkama: Rim; Susanna Leinonen: Trickle Green Oak Finnish National Opera, Main Stage Friday 10.11.2006 Curtain up: 19:00 Colours With this new creation Jorma Uotinen returns to the Finnish National Ballet after a break of five years. Uotinen’s works are always full of spectacular visions, intensive emotions a nd expressive music. These can also be expected of Colours, a piece for 21 dancers and with music by the accordion wizard Kimmo Pohjonen. Premiere on 27 October, 2006. Jorma Uotinen (b. 1950) is a living legend of Finnish contemporary dance. He achieved international recognition as a dancer and choreographer already in the 1970s, and many of his works have assumed cult status and made a huge impact on Finnish contemporary dance trends. Uotinen has been the director of the Helsinki Dance Company (1982 - 1991) as well as the Finnish National Ballet (1992 - 2001). He is currently working as the artistic director of Kuopio Dance Festival. During his time in Kuopio (2001- ) he has continued making new choreographies, most of which have been commissioned by foreign companies. More info: http://www.jormauotinen.com Choreography: Jorma Uotinen Music: Kimmo Pohjonen Lighting design: Mikki Kunttu Costume design: Erika Turunen Premiere: 27.10.2006 Rim Rim is Jouka Valkama’s first work to be presented at the main stage of the Finnish National Opera. It is his second commissioned work for the Finnish National Ballet. In his preavious works Valkama has combined contemporary dance to punk rock and other heavier forms of popular music. Rim, for nine dancers, features original music by Tommi Lindell, a real Jack-of-all-trades of Finnish popular music. Premiere on 27 October, 2006. Jouka Valkama (b. 1976) has worked as a dancer in the Finnish National Ballet ever since he graduated from the Finnish National Opera Ballet School in 1995. He made his first choreography for the FNB’s choreography workshop in 1997 and has since then presented eight workshop choreographies, in addition to works made for the students of the FNO’s Ballet School. Choreography: Jouka Valkama Music (recording): Tommi Lindell Visualisation: Jouka Valkama Set design: Tytti Wiinikka, Jouka Valkama Costume design: Erika Turunen Lighting design: Mikki Kunttu Premiere: 27.10.2006 Trickle Green Oak Trickle Green Oak, a commissioned work for the Finnish National Ballet, is a piece for four female dancers. Leinonen’s vision represents a strangely austere and hypnotic view of a mystical and surrealistic world. The movement language, in which the classical attitudes and port de bras meet the world of butoh, stems from the conflict between the strength of the body and its vulnerability. Original music by Mia Hämäläinen. Susanna Leinonen (b. 1972) started her career as a choreographer in 2000. Already her first piece No One, Just Your Friend attracted a lot of attention, both in Finland and abroad. Since then she has established herself as one of Finland’s most interesting choreographic talents. In addition to the Finnish National Ballet, her works have been in the repertory of Nürnberg Ballet, the Royal Swedish Ballet and Danish Dance Theatre. Leinonen’s latest creation Kaira (2006) was a commissioned work for the Kuopio Dance Festival. More info: http://www.danceinfo.fi/tanka Choreography: Susanna Leinonen Music: Mia Hämäläinen Costume design: Erika Turunen Set design: Olli-Pekka Koivunen, Erika Turunen, Susanna Leinonen Lighting design: Olli-Pekka Koivunen Duration: 18 min Premiere: 31.10.2003 Up Tero Saarinen Company: Westward Ho!, Wavelenghts, Hunt Alexander's Theatre Saturday 11.11.2006 Curtain up: 15:00 & 21:00 Sunday 12.11.2006 Curtain up: 15:00 Duration: 25 min + 18 min + 35 min Tero Saarinen Company’s triple-bill gives a good overview on Saarinen’s smaller scale works. Saarinen’s trade marks - expressive movement language, the long-term team-work with his closest collaborators and aspiration for total art work, Gesamtkunstwerk - are strongly present in this evening. The male trio Westward Ho! (1996) was Tero Saarinen’s international breakthrough work as a choreographer. Since then, audiences in numerous countries have become familiar with the piece's odd melancholy and quiet humour. Saarinen created the sensual duet Wavelengths for the Finnish National Ballet in 2000. Danced now by TSC’s Sini Länsivuori and Henrikki Heikkilä, it seems to crystallize Saarinen’s entire view of dance art, his movement language and his understanding of human beings. Composer Riku Niemi’s original music uses the minimalistic yet ecstatic and dramatic arch of Ravel's of Bolero as one source of inspiration. Unlike most versions of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Saarinen concentrates on one single person – on his masculinity/femininity and on the fading of beauty in his solo work HUNT. The leading Finnish multimedia artist Marita Liulia adds a virtual level to the performance. Historically aware choreography, the innovative use of multimedia in aspiration for total art work as well as Saarinen’s strong presence as dancer are all elements that have made HUNT a classic among the re-interpretations of Stravinsky's music. Tero Saarinen (b. 1964) began his career as a dancer at the Finnish National Ballet in 1985, where he soon attracted attention as a soloist. Despite his success, he left the ballet in 1992 to search for new influences from contemporary dance from Western Europe and Japan. Saarinen founded his own group, Tero Saarinen Company (known as Company Toothpick until 2002) in 1996 as a canvas for his own choreographic work. Tero Saarinen Company is based in Helsinki, Finland although most of its performances take place abroad. Saarinen has also made choreographies for numerous other major companies, such as Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 1), the Batsheva Dance Company, Ballet Gullbenkian, the Lyon Opéra Ballet, the Gothenburg Opera Ballet, Ballet National de Marseille and the Finnish National Ballet. More info: http://www.terosaarinen.com Westward Ho! Choreography: Tero Saarinen Dancers: Music: Gavin Bryars, Moondog Lighting design: Mikki Kunttu Costume design: Tero Saarinen Premiere: 18.2.1996, Dansens Hus, Stockholm, Sweden Wavelenghts Choreography: Tero Saarinen Dancers: Sini Länsivuori, Henrikki Heikkilä Music: Riku Niemi Lighting design: Mikki Kunttu Costume design: Erika Turunen Premiere: 28.1.2000 (FNB), 17.6.2004 (TSC), Kuopio Dance Festival HUNT Choreography and dance: Tero Saarinen Music: Igor Stravinsky Lighting design: Mikki Kunttu Multimedia: Marita Liulia Costume design: Erika Turunen Premiere: 2.6.2002, Venice Biennial Up Arja Raatikainen: Numen, Stoa the Cultural Centre of Eastern Helsinki Saturday 11.11.2006 Curtain up: 19.00 Duration: 45 min Three strong, mysterious and vaguely dangeong, mysterious and vaguely dangerous women on stage. Breathtaking visions of light and scenery. Articulate, soft, strong and meditative contemporary dance. Tunes by Brahms, Bach and Chopin, disturbed by a contemporary soundscape. These are the elements of choreographer Arja Raatikainen’s latest work Numen. This abstract piece is, in the words of Raatikainen herself, “a search for the intertwining ties between woman, animal and deity. The elements blend into a multifaceted movement, an image of humanity.” Arja Raatikainen (b. 1958) is one of the most important Finnish contemporary choreographers. Her works have been highly inspirational, effecting both fellow choreographers and dancers, as well as lighting and sound designers. Raatikainen is also an important teacher who worked as the professor of dance at the Theatre Academy of Finland between 1995 and 1998. After this period she was Artistic Professor of Dance until 2003. During these years Raatikainen created works such as Comments (1998), Omen (1999), Opal-D (2000) and Labile Mobile (2002), all highly acclaimed both in Finland and abroad. Raatikainen is one of the four dance artistst promoted and produced by Nomadi Productions. More info: http://www.nomadi.fi Choreography: Arja Raatikainen Dancers: Jonna Eiskonen, Jenni-Elina Lehto, Terhi Vaimalan, Jenni-Elina Lehto, Terhi Vaimala Lighting and set design: Jukka Huitila Sound design: Antti Nykyri Costume design: Marja Uusitalo Costume realisation: Anne Aario, Marja Uusitalo Music: J. S. Bach, J. Brahms, F. Chopin Electronic sound compositions: Antt Moon Dance Festival, Pyhäjärvi Up |
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