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Falling Through The Disappearing Light
| Choreographer |
Nurmela, Maria |
| First Performance | 6.11.2021 |
| Place of First Performance | Rettig's Tobacco Factory, Turku |
| Style | Contemporary Dance |
| Duration (min) | 75 |
| Scenography | Kalle Ropponen, Heidi Wikar |
| Costume designer | Heidi Wikar |
| Lighting Designer | Kalle Ropponen |
| Sound designer | Jane Sheldon, Jaakko Vastapuu |
| Performers of the premiere | Georgie Goater, Gesa Piper, Jonna Aaltonen, Meri Pajunpää, Janne Aspvik |
| Music composed for the work | Jane Sheldon, Jaakko Vastapuu |
| Description |
"Falling Through The Disappearing Light (2021) is a sensory immersive performance work created for five internationally established professional dance artists and nine local dance enthusiasts from the local prestigious Ballet School, Raija Lehmussaari Ballet School. The Music and sound is composed particularly for this creation by Australian composer Jane Sheldon and sound designer Jaakko Vastapuu. Visuals and lighting design is from Finnish celebrated lighting/set designer Kalle Ropponen, costumes are by Finnish designer Heidi Wikar. The crew consists of several nationalities, cultural backgrounds and age groups. The project's idea and source of inspiration originates from Danish writer H.C. Andersens epic story of The Little Match Girl about a dying child's dreams and hope, published in 1845. Yet in this particular work, the narrative is viewed from today's perspective and adapted to current phenomenons. The performance offers for its audience a multi-sensory journey in which movement, texts, visual and sound design form an encompassing and touching journey." |
| Other Information | other performers: students of Raija Lehmussaari Ballet School: Aura Huhtala, Liisa Kallio, Lotta Kolehmainen, Mimmi Laurila, Elsa Leinonen, Vilma Morko, Isla Niemelä, Ruusa Orpo, Matilda Saarinen |
| Dancers |
Goater, Georgie (2021) Piper, Gesa (2021) Aaltonen, Jonna (2021) Pajunpää, Meri (2021) Aspvik, Janne (2021) |