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Show photographer Mirkku Merimaa

Susanna Leinonen Company: Suo tihkua vihreä tammi & Touch of Gravity

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  • Show times

    Thu 12.10. at 19.00


    Fri 13.10. at 19.00


    Sat 14.10. at 17.00

  • DURATION 1 H 40 MIN, Includes an intermission
  • Audience discussions on 12.10. and 13.10. in Erkko Hall right after the performances.

Susanna Leinonen Company's double bill is fireworks of ballet and contemporary dance!

Susanna Leinonen's acclaimed classic, Trickle Green Oak, commissioned for the Finnish National Ballet, returns to the stage. The work combines ballet technique with movement language that emphasizes Leinonen's strength and vulnerability with four male dancers.

The second work of the evening, Touch of Gravity, dazzles with its visuals. Dancers defy gravity with a slow-motion movement soaring off the floor. Video footage projected onto the stage and precise dance technique immerse the viewer in a surreal world.

2% of the ticket revenue from the performances will be donated to the Cancer Foundation's Pink Ribbon collection.

Leinonen shows how four dancers fill the large stage of the finnish national opera with just movement."

— Helsingin Sanomat (2006)

The work touches with its beauty, which is not created by mashing up with different elements, but specifically by controlled scarcity and the powerful aesthetics of simplicity."

— Turun Sanomat (2006)

TICKET INFORMATION

Standard ticket | A 55 € – B 43 € – C 34 €
Discount tickets | | Under 25, Students, Unemployed, Civil Servants, Conscripts | B 20 € – C 16 €
Pensioners | A 50 € – B 40 € – C 30 €
Groups | 10+ pax A 50 € – B 40 € – C 30 €

Professional tickets for dance and theatre | A 27,5 € – B 21,5 € – C 17 €
Available only at Cable Factory ticket sales in Glass courtyard. The membership card must be presented at the time of purchase.

Note: To ensure good visibility to everyone, The Erkko Hall auditorium is steep. Please note that there is no lift to the upper section.
Only the first-row seats are fully accessible.


Audience discussions on 12.10. and 13.10. in Erkko Hall right after the performances.

WORKING GROUP TRICLE GREEN OAK

CHOREOGRAPHY

Susanna Leinonen

Music

Mia Erlin

Musicians on tape

Iro Haarla (piano), Laura Hynninen (harp), Veli Kujala (accordion), Max Lilja (cello), Tom Nekljudow (perussion), Sanna Salmenkallio (violin), Jone Takamäki (multi-instrumentation), Antti Nykyri (electro-acoustic instruments), Mia Erlin (electro-acoustic instruments)

Lighting design

Olli-Pekka Koivunen

Costume design

Erika Turunen


Set Design

Erika Turunen
, Susanna Leinonen, Olli-Pekka Koivunen

Dancers

Giovanni Buttacavoli, Atte Kilpinen, Kasperi Kolehmainen, Joni Österlund

Production

FINNISH NATIONAL BALLET

PREMIERE, 31 OCTOBER 2003, FINNISH NATIONAL BALLET

WORKING GROUP TOUCH OF GRAVITY

Choreography

Susanna Leinonen

Music

Kasperi Laine

Video

Jouka Valkama

Lighting design

Joonas Tikkanen


Costume design

Erika Turunen


Rehearsal director

Tatiana Urteva

Dancers

Camilla Keihäs, Eerika Kraft, Ninni Niemikunnas, Phet Haanpää, Tatiana Urteva, Aino Päivike

Production

SUSANNA LEINONEN COMPANY, HELSINKI FESTIVAL, STOA

THE PRODUCTIN OF THE WORK HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CIRCUS AND DANCE, THE NATIONAL MUSIC COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF HELSINKI
PREMIERE, 21 AUGUST 2014, HELSINKI FESTIVAL, ALMIN HALL FINNISH NATIONAL OPERA
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Finnish choreographer susanna leinonen's stunning trickle green oak conjured up a surreal realm where bodies broke with the sounds of icebergs crashing into the sea, in this amazing fusion of butoh and ballet."

— Houston Chronicle, 2004

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