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In the picture: Melissa Monteros (left), Pirjo Yli-Maunula, Wojciech Mochniej
Photo: Ninna Lindström
Photo: Ninna Lindström
Sahara
| Choreographer |
Aaltokoski, Alpo |
| First Performance | 25.4.2002 |
| Place of First Performance | Nuku Center, Oulu |
| Finnish premiere | 25.4.2002 |
| Place of Premiere | Nuku Center, Oulu |
| Style | Contemporary Dance |
| Duration (min) | 60 |
| Scenography | Tarja Ervasti |
| Costume designer | Marja Uusitalo |
| Lighting Designer | Tarja Ervasti |
| Sound designer | Mikko Hynninen |
| Music composed for the work | Mikko Hynninen |
| Description |
In Sahara Aaltokoski combines video film and dance. The video material is filmed in the Tunisian desert. The work studies the interaction between man and nature - how man shapes a landscape and what kind of marks he leaves on it. The work, through its video projections, creates a multi-dimensional world. Sahara comes alive in the dancers’ bodies, in their movement and their relation to one another. "A wandering man in a landscape – in the passage of time men have left their marks on the landscape, as in the passage of time millions and millions of marks have vanished and become a part of the landscape." |
| Other Information |
Director: Alpo Aaltokoski, video director: Tapani Launonen, video photographer: J-P Passi, video editing: Tapani Launonen, J-P Passi; photos and graphic design: Ninna Lindström. Production: Nomadi Production, co-producres: Zodiak - Center for New Dance, JoJo - Oulu Dance Center, Media Centre Lume, Dance Theatre of Gdansk. Sahara was a part of Helsinki Festival Programme 2002. |
| Companies |
Nomadi Productions Zodiak - The Center for New Dance |
| Dancers |
Monteros, Melissa (2002) Mochniej, Wojciech (2002) Punkki, Raisa (2002) Kela, Reijo (2002) Soini, Katri (2002) Yli-Maunula, Pirjo (2002) |