ON THIS SIDE OF THE SHADOW (2011)

Varjon tällä puolen is a dance piece about happiness. Happiness is to be seen – to feel alive. Happiness is friendship. In the piece, two people meet. The movements progress like stream-of-consciousness, returning occasionally to being stationary. The connection between the two people creates movement-based tensions and releases. In the piece sections realised by means of shadow theatre are in dialogue with the choreography itself. The sections of text within the shadow theatre are from Tove Jansson’s book Dangerous Midsummer. They tell about the adventures of a small Miska-named character. The live music that runs throughout the piece is composed by musician Stefan Lindblom.

Varjon tällä puolen is the second part in the series of works dealing with happiness.

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