This year, people in Turku will be able to get to know the work of choreographer...
In the spring of 2021, the performances of Uoma were canceled due to the coronavirus situation. Now the work will finally have its performance season in the Metsäpurosali of Maunula-talo on May 28 to June 5, 2022. There are limited seats for performances, so confirm your tickets well in advance.
With Uoma, Alpo Aaltokoski wants to take part of a question about dancer’s age. In performing art and exceptionally in dance there is no age variant and age is not seen on stage. Often people things that older cannot create new. Aaltokoski wants to emphasize that it depends on person itself. Sometimes thoughtsneed time to work.
In dance change from age affiliate strongly on movement, because often persons movement becomes slower in older age. Slowdown is no need to see as lower quality, but as change with new dimensions. With life history person often sees more connections between things, which also influence of being and movement.
Uoma is part III, IV and V of Alpo Aaltokoski’s series of works on the themes of death and surrender. The first two parts of the series had premiere in the fall 2020 under the title Closed Doors.
Team:
Choreographer: Alpo Aaltokoski
Dancers: Marjo Kuusela, Tuovi Rantanen, Johanna Ikola
Music: Lea Pekkala (cello), Joonas Widenius (guitar)
Sound design: Johanna Storm
Lighting design: Alexander Salvesen
Scenography: Aino Favén
Costume design: Liisa Pesonen
Maunula-Talo
Metsäpurontie 4
00630 Helsinki