Ref2020 and afternoon of contemporary dance at Oodi
9.–10.10.2021
Central Library Oodi, Maijansali
Programme
Ref2020 by Liisa Pentti +Co is performed at Maijansali at Oodi on Saturday October, 9, 2021 at 5 pm. Free entry, you may reserve your seat in advance via our webshop.
On Sunday, October 10 at 13.00–15.30 we dive into the themes of the piece in an open workshop and discussion. Also this afternoon of contemporary dance is free of charge, no pre-registration.
About Ref2020
The inspiration for the work Ref2020 has been Brian Eno’s 58-minute-long composition Reflection. The work, created with six dancers, suggests a new kind of connection between contemporary dance and Eno’s music where the meditative music creates singing and historicity of movement.
In every moment and continually, the dancers modify their movement paths with microscopic precision by observing the dialogue between movement and mind and by making constant choices about space and timing. The rich and unpredictable movement language acts at times as a counterpoint to the soundscape and sometimes independently, without a primary relationship to the music.
Ref2020 is a light work in dark times. The music and dance create a landscape inside which the viewer can allow him/herself to experience floating, timelessness and dreams that occasionally remind us about a past that perhaps never was.
Liisa Pentti +Co Studio is located at Bulevardi 31, in a former chemistry lab of the Helsinki University of Technology, built in 1899. This is the setting for the work where both the shared and the private becomes apparent through the alchemistic metamorphoses born in the dancers and in the space.
Choreography and direction: Liisa Pentti Performers: Corinne Mustonen, Pinja Poropudas, Satu Rekola, Kardo Shiwan, Katri Soini and Ronja Syvälahti Sound design: Jouni Tauriainen Lighting design: Ina Niemelä Costume design: Tua Helve Artistic advisor: Pia Lindy Production: Liisa Pentti +Co Supported by Arts Promotion Centre Finland, the City of Helsinki and the Finnish Cultural Foundation