2021
MAGENTA HAZE
In the new creation of Milla Koistinen audiences are invited to be in the space and observe the intrinsic choreography arising from the performers’ play with large brightly coloured objects. Created by visual artist Sandra E. Blatterer, the air-filled objects take on different shapes, meanings and associations as the performers explore their materiality, tactility and aural qualities. With Magenta Haze Koistinen continues her exploration of crowd behaviour, the individual within the collective, communal joy and ecstasy. Inspired by the idea that ecstasy is a state where we are taken outside of ourselves and transcend to an ‘elsewhere’ place, Magenta Haze invites the spectator to observe a choreography of subtle tipping points between distance and closeness, togetherness and estrangement; fragility and strength; group and individual. Magenta Haze is a sister project of the solo Breathe, an outdoor performance in the summer 2021.
Concept, choreography and direction: Milla Koistinen
Creation and performance (alternating): Raul Aranha, Simon Chatelain, Fanny Didelot, Milla Koistinen, Jin Lee, Elise Ludinard, Nitsan Margaliot, Angelo Petracca
Music: Grégoire Simon and Paul Valikoski
Fabric objects: Sandra E. Blatterer
Set / light design adaptation and stage direction: Michele Piazzi
Dramaturgy: Synne Behrndt
Costume: Jin Lee
Production manager: Jana Lüthje
Production assistant: Birke Van Maartens
Produced by Dance House Helsinki in the frame of SPARKS project. Co-produced by Szene Salzburg and apap – FEMINIST FUTURES, a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. Cooperation with Radialsystem and Tanzfabrik. Supported by NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ Coproduction Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Finnish Cultural Foundation and TelepART Mobility Support.
World premiere on the 27th of October 2022 in Dance House Helsinki, Finland.
Trailer1:
Trailer2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxtBbNm1Kw4
Photos:
(c) Dance House Helsinki, photo: Ilkka Saastamoinen, 2022