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Note: No longer in repertoire!
Choreographers: Harri Kuorelahti, Teemu Kyytinen, Eeva Muilu, Mammu Rankanen, Inka Tiitinen
Cariography: Kari Heiskanen
Costumes: Riitta Röpelinen
Lighting design: Vesa Ellilä
Sound design: Harri Ahponen
Dancers: Sofia Hilli, Kirsi Karlenius, Mikko Lampinen, Jenni-Elina Lehto, Kai Lähdesmäki, Heidi Naakka, Unto Nuora, Valtteri Raekallio, Inka Tiitinen, Kaisa Torkkel
THE BUBBLE OF JOY SPARKLES IN DARK TONESThe Helsinki City Theatre’s dance group Riemukupla had its premiere last Thursday, which was delayed by illnesses. Studio in Elsa. In the end, the proposal did not go quite as originally planned. One of the dancers’ own mini-choreography was not performed at all, and smaller or larger changes and patches were made to the others.One of the heroes of the evening was Valtteri Raekallio, who, in addition to his original duties, filled in for the main role in Harri Kuorelahti’s choreography in about a week. And he did it so skillfully that he wouldn’t have thought about it if he hadn’t known it beforehand. The Jubilee Bubble consists of miniature works by four Finnish choreographers: Teemu Kyytinen, Harri Kuorelahti, Eeva Muilu and Mammu Rankanen . In addition, there is a minigraph by the company’s dancer Inka Tiitinen and a cariography by Kari Heiskanen , who started the evening.The rejoicing that emerged from the collaboration between Heiskanen and the group was pure Bollywood. A colorful, humorous and hilarious episode with all the relevant clichés from the “upcoming masterpiece Postman”.
Read moreTENSIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE BUBBLEDue to illness and the resulting modifications, the premiere of Helsinki Dance Company’s Bubble of Joy was postponed by a week. However, the quickly practiced patches were not visible in the dancers’ work, and the work was once again of high quality.As a whole, the book is a bit problematic. It is a compilation of six different choreographies that are very loosely connected to each other. The name Riemukupla itself raises questions, as it does not seem to cover all the miniature works, not even through an ironic twist. The compilation does not create a coherent whole, but there are some very impressive sub-works within it.The work begins with a prologue, the cariography of which – not the choreography! – answered by the dance group and Kari Heiskanen. This “Part of the Masterpiece The Postman” is a bubble of joy straight out of Bollywood films. The group makes a wonderful mockery of the Bollywood vibe, and analytical (over)interpretations of dance performances also get their share.The atmosphere changes with Teemu Kyytinen’s choreography Urges. In it, four dancers bring out the desires and needs that arise unexpectedly, while Kaisa Torkkeli observes the events in seclusion. Kyytinen’s vision reveals quick impulses that carry out the line from the inside of the mind to the movements of the body seamlessly. The name of Inka Tiitinen’s choreography is funny. Two parts, the first of which is shown, make the viewer think about the continuation of the story and also think about the second part, which exists or doesn’t exist somewhere. The work is a short relationship story in which Kai Lähdesmäki talks about the events of one evening while Tiitinen dances them.
Read moreBUBBLES ARE WAITING TO POPThe Helsinki City Theatre’s Dance Group’s Joy Bubble , consisting of six choreographies, was not yet danced under the most favourable stars even at the later premiere. Previously, the premiere was cancelled after dancer Unto Nuora injured his knee, now it was actress Helena Haaranen who fell ill. If you didn’t know anything about the changes, you couldn’t see these gaps in Thursday’s presentation. It is just amazing how amazingly dancer Valtteri Raekallio had taken over the choreography made for Nuora in a week.
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