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Dancing Moominvalley
| Choreographer |
Roininen, Samuli |
| First Performance | 8.4.2010 |
| Place of First Performance | Hällä-stage, Tampere |
| Finnish premiere | 8.4.2010 |
| Place of Premiere | Hällä-stage, Tampere |
| Style | Contemporary Dance |
| Duration (min) | 50 |
| Scenography | Carmela Wager |
| Costume designer | Carmela Wager |
| Lighting Designer | Sari Mayer |
| Sound designer | Heikki Mäenpää |
| Performers of the premiere | Suvi Eloranta, Mikko Heino, Anniina Kumpuniemi/Anu Castrén, Sara Kovamäki, Samuli Roininen |
| Music composed for the work | Heikki Mäenpää |
| Description |
The work is based on Tove Jansson's book The Tales from the Moominvalley that opens Jansson's well-known themes: invisibility, otherness and difference. The basis of the visual world are the original illustrations of Tove Jansson in the collection of the Moominvalley of the Tampere Art Museum. As the starting point of the choreographic process is the thesis of PhD Sirke Happonen Fillyjonk at the window - The picture, Word and Movement in Tove Jansson's Moomin Books. The thesis asks how does Jansson create movement in her illustrations and how she characterizes the characters' typical way to move in her texts. |
| Other Information |
Script: Heikki Mäenpää Script, direction: Samuli Roininen Projection and visual realization: Sanna Malkavaara Stage manager and set realization: Matias Palo Graphic design: Ville-Veikko Heinonen Research, consultant and lecturer: Sirke Happonen Special Advisor: Panu Raninen Production: Dance Theatre MD / The Moominvalley of the Tampere Art Museum In co-operation: EPSON, Moomin Characters Ltd, the Moominvalley of the Tampere Art Museum, Harjula Production Ltd and Muumien ystävät -yhdistys Myy ry. Co-operation and consultants: Elina Bonelius / The Moominvalley of the Tampere Art Museum Sointu Lanki / Muumien Ystävät Yhdistys Myy Ry Orchestra: Muumilaakso Orchestra Other co-operation partners: Heikki Mäkipää / The Finnish Institute in Japan, Sophia Jansson, Roleff Kråkström / Oy Moomin Characters Ltd The work is a part of the project "Dancing Moominvalley, Shanghai Expo Moomin Cluster" featured in the Finnish cultural program at EXPO 2010, and included in the "Cultural Bridges 2010" cultural export plan. |
| Companies |
Dance Theatre MD (Mobita/Dansco) |
| Dancers |
Roininen, Samuli Kovamäki, Sara Castren, Anu Kumpuniemi, Anniina Heino, Mikko Eloranta, Suvi Jakowleva-Mäkelä, Elina |