The dance piece Two-Colour Fugue will have a new premiere in October
Helsinki Dance Company and Carl Knif Company’s joint dance performance Two-Colour Fugue, which was cancelled in the spring due to the coronavirus epidemic , will have a new premiere date for the autumn. The premiere is on 12 October, and the work will have a total of four performances in October-November 2020 at Studio Pasila.
“I am very happy that, despite the exceptional times, we are able to look to the future and announce the new performance dates of The Two-Colour Fugue for the autumn. The work was almost finished when the premiere in March was cancelled. I’m looking forward to the moment when we can return to the performance with the dancers. I am sure that the work has been brewing in our minds and bodies and that we are now discovering new dimensions and levels in it. Above all, I’m looking forward to the reunion of the crew and performers, as well as the moment when the work meets the audience,” says choreographer Carl Knif.
The title of the dance piece Two-Colour Fugue , a joint effort by the Helsinki City Theatre’s dance group Helsinki Dance Company and Carl Knif Company, refers to the preludes and fugues composed for piano by Dmitri Shostakovich, which choreographer Carl Knif was fascinated by on his first listening 10 years ago. In his new choreography, Knif finally gets to combine the timeless beauty, austerity and precise formal language of Shostakovich’s music, which he admires, with the rich expression of the dancers.
“In Two-Colour Fugue , I have found a new and fresh perspective on movement and choreography. The goal has been to find a fresh way of approaching music, as well as a more playful approach and a more sprawling language to the choreography. That it doesn’t have to be so tied to form or a certain aesthetic. Magnificent dancers and Shostakovich’s powerful music transport the work between wild and hilarious and precise and deliberate expression. The sprawling nature of the music and the diverse themes have inspired me to play with the theatre space and the objects associated with it,” Knif describes her work.
The seven-member performers of the two-colour fugue consist of virtuoso dancers from Helsinki Dance Company and Carl Knif Company. The dancers in the work are Jonna Aaltonen, Jyrki Kasper, Pekka Louhio, Heidi Naakka, Mikko Paloniemi, Terhi Vaimala and Eero Vesterinen.
William Iles is responsible for the lighting design and scenography. The costume designer is Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila, and the sound designer is Janne Hast. The camouflage was designed by Milja Mensonen.
Watch the Two-Color Fugue trailer here.
An artist meeting and discussion event for the audience of the Two-Colour Fugue performance will be held on 26.10.2020 after the performance. The event is led by dance writer and dance researcher Tiina Suhonen. The discussion will be between choreographer Carl Knif and the dancers and artistic designers of the work.
Two-Colour Fugue premiere 12.10.2020 at 7 p.m. at the Helsinki City Theatre’s studio in Pasila (Ratamestarinkatu 5)
Tickets: €15.50 – €31 (incl. pm)
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