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Hmm
| Choreographer |
Jokiniemi, Sonja |
| First Performance | 1.4.2015 |
| Place of First Performance | Zodiak - Center for new dance, Zodiak Stage, Helsinki |
| Finnish premiere | 1.4.2015 |
| Place of Premiere | Zodiak - Center for new dance, Zodiak Stage, Helsinki |
| Style | Contemporary Dance |
| Duration (min) | 55 |
| Scenography | Miguel Angel Melgares |
| Costume designer | Janneke Raaphorst |
| Sound designer | Natalia Domingues Rangel |
| Performers of the premiere | Sonja Jokiniemi |
| Description |
Dancer and performance artist Sonja Jokiniemi's Hmm examines the processes of linguistic formation. Jokiniemi investigates speech sounds, physicality, touch, repetition and accumulation as linguistic actions. Instead of signifying, her language fumbles, gropes around and makes noises, eventually forming a collage-like, chaotic, strangely musical whole. Hmm is principally about search and disorder: the objects and the human figure set in the space engage in a dialogue and mutual exploration. The structure of the performance is based on a cut-and-paste method: sentence fragments, motifs and narratives are built into a patchwork with the aim of creating a fragmentary experience of the world. |
| Other Information |
Concept, direction, performance: Sonja Jokiniemi Visual design, dramaturge: Miguel Angel Melgares Production: Workspace Brussels, Zodiak – Center for New Dance, ITAK The Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland, Finncult Benelux, Frascati Theater (Amsterdam) Residencies: Ehkä-tuotanto/Kutomo (Turku), Workspace Brussels, Dampfzentrale Bern, STUK Leuven |
| Dancers |
Jokiniemi, Sonja (2015) |