THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
GNOMOS (2018)
“For the sake of nature and true companionship.”
Gnomos is a tango theatre performance with live music for whole family. It tells about nature’s importance, mischievous selfishness and true companionship. The characters of the show are two Finnish forest gnomes Villiina&Vihmo, and their accordionist friend Sammale.
Idea, manuscript, choreography, dance: Marjo Kiukaanniemi & Timo Hakkarainen
Director, dramaturge: Gonzalo Orihuela (AR)
Sound design, live music: Harri Kuusijärvi
Light design, ventilators: Kauri Klemelä
Duration: 45 minutes
Photos: Jari Forstadius Photography
ULTIMO (2017)
“How would you take your last steps?”
Ultimo is a strong tango theatre performance with live music. The piece describes the last moments, movements and feelings of a man who is already accompanied by the death and his assistant.
Idea, manuscript, choreography, dance: Marjo Kiukaanniemi & Timo Hakkarainen
Assistant director: Gonzalo Orihuela (AR)
Sound design, live music: Harri Kuusijärvi
Light design: Kauri Klemelä
Duration: 45 minutes
Photos: Jari Forstadius Photography
CHESS PIECE (2014)
“Opposites need each other to exist.”
Chess Piece is a very physical tango theatre performance about partnership of opponents. This duet drills into playing thematics, strategies and rules with cunning and mischievous touch, but also by brute strenght if needed. The characters on the board are brought to life by means of physical theatre. The movement vocabulary is a mixture of argentine tango and partnering techniques of contemporary dance.
Idea, manuscript, choreography, dance: Marjo Kiukaanniemi & Timo Hakkarainen
Music: Johanna Juhola & Hannu Oskala
Light design: Jere Kolehmainen
Duration: 35 minutes
Photos: Paola Evelina
TROLL TANGO (2013)
“Anyone of us can be a foreigner.”
Troll tango is a colourful, wordless tango adventure for the whole family. It is a story about a friendship between a human boy and a troll girl, which is carried on by means of argentine tango, physical theatre and live music.
Troll tango encourages it's audiences to accept indifferences and experience the power of dancing together.
Idea, manuscript, choreography, realization: Marjo Kiukaanniemi & Timo Hakkarainen
Dance: Kiukaanniemi, Hakkarainen, ensemble
Live music: ensemble
Light design: Severi Haapala
Duration: 45 minutes
Photos: Teemu Hakkarainen, Veronica Goldsmith