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Das Musikalische Opfer - Choreography for Seven Dancers and Four Musicians
| Choreographer |
Pentti, Liisa |
| First Performance | 21.9.2023 |
| Place of First Performance | Erkko-hall (Dance Hall Helsinki), Helsinki |
| Finnish premiere | 21.9.2023 |
| Place of Premiere | Erkko hall (Dance Hall Helsinki), Helsinki |
| Style | Contemporary Dance |
| Duration (min) | 70 |
| Costume designer | Tua Helve |
| Lighting Designer | Heikki Paasonen |
| Other music | Johann Sebastian Bach: Das Musikalische Opfer |
| Description |
How do Bach and dance art meet in 2023? Together with dancers and an orchestra assembled by Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, choreographer Liisa Pentti seeks an answer to this question. Combining live music and dance, Das Musikalische Opfer – A Choreography for Seven Dancers and Musicians is an inverse continuation of Pentti's work with the music of minimalist masters, a reach into the musical past beyond the present. Das Musikalische Opfer (The Musical Offering) is Johann Sebastian Bach’s enthralling and playful late-period masterpiece whose complex and enigmatic counterpoints offer a fascinating challenge to choreography and new encounters between dance and music. Bach’s music is timeless, providing a framework for emotions like joy and sorrow. It inspires hope and allows us to feel part of the mysterious universe from which music springs. Das Musikalische Opfer – A Choreography for Seven Dancers and Musicians is at once an experimental and traditional dance work, in which dancers and musicians create a mystical and dreamlike world in the space of the Erkko Hall. |
| Other Information | Other performers/artistic working group: BRQ Vantaa Ensemble: Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, Marten Root, Ilpo Laspas, Markku Luolajan-Mikkola (BRQ Vantaa Ensemble) |
| Companies |
Liisa Pentti + CO |
| Dancers |
Lempiäinen, Meeri , Mustonen, Corinne Poropudas, Pinja Rekola, Satu Shiwan, Kardo Soini, Katri |