Liljat / Lilies (2019)

Contemporary circus performance composed for one but performed by four. Celebrating of inescapable act of mourning – the overwhelming, overtaking and paralyzing wave of dreams and futures lost.

This chain of acts on stage is created and performed to honor everybody whose dreams, love, identities and imagined universes were destroyed and they --- did not make it. This is to remember all who disappeared. Were lost. Are forgotten.
Lilies is made of scenes on and under tight wire, live music, words spoken and muted, wires traveling, following and strangling, flowers blooming and dying.


Premier: September 2019
 

Director: Reija Tapaninen
Composer / sound designer: Joonas Pehrsson
Light designer: Kauri Klemelä
Performers: Netta Lepistö, Saana Peura, Heidi Miikki and Reija Tapaninen
Suitability: ages 7+
Duration: 60 minutes

Supported by:
Alfred Kordelin foundation
Cirko - Center for New Circus
Liikelaituri

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FUNIS (2020)

A monumental art piece hovers in front of your eyes. The atmosphere flows into your mind like an echo. Darkness and light play games with your vision. Move freely around the space. What do you see? Can you feel the tension?

Funis is a contemporary circus project in the context of contemporary circus, visual art and performance art, to view a space through movement in an installation made with ropes, strings and lines. The aim of the project is to create a performance with a visual universe that gives the audience the freedom of seeing not only the performer but also the space surrounding them both. Funis extends the concept of contemporary circus performance to a spatial experience.


Concept/Performer:
Salla Hakanpää

Design:
Salla Salin – Set
Anssi Ruotanen – Lights
Joonas Pehrsson – Sound


Supported by:
Arts Promotion Centre Finland
Alfred Kordelin foundation
Cirko – Center for New Circus
La Grainerie