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Sotilas (Soldier)
| Choreographer |
Tiitta, Masi |
| First Performance | 18.4.2013 |
| Place of First Performance | Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Cable Factory, Helsinki |
| Finnish premiere | 18.4.2013 |
| Place of Premiere | Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Cable Factory, Helsinki |
| Style | Contemporary Dance |
| Lighting Designer | Ville Seppänen |
| Sound designer | Heidi Soidinsalo |
| Performers of the premiere | Masi Tiitta |
| Description |
A soldier stands in front of some important building. This image of a daily repeated action is the starting point of Masi Tiitta’s solo work based on the male body. The work unveils patriotic and erotic fantasies projected in a soldier’s uniform, and reveals the poetry hidden in camouflage. It reproduces cinematic images of soldiers fallen in combat and close-ups of male faces anticipating gunfire. Soldier is Tiitta’s debut as a choreographer and solo performer. In the work, he sets his body under gaze and shows the man as he is: sensitive and sensual. |
| Other Information |
Video design: Ville Seppänen Illustration: Jukka Herttua Photo: Jukka Herttua & Jenni Toikka Production: Zodiak - Center for New Dance, Ehkä-production, Masi Tiitta The work was a part of a double-bill evening with Dig My Jockey – Live Version by Anna Maria Häkkinen & Jarkko Partanen. |
| Companies |
Zodiak - The Center for New Dance |
| Dancers |
Tiitta, Masi (2013) |