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Mabel or The Queen of Bones, Stage Animals # 1

Premiere October 2008
Zodiak – Centre for New Dance




About


Mabel or The Queen of Bones is a solo by Liisa Pentti. It is a tribute to femininity and female performers, whose charisma and sensuality bring the stage to life. Mabel or The Queen of Bones is a dance about a woman who knows no regret or remorse. The stage figure is an inventor, a diva, a shaman, a dark mixture of different archetypes. For these types, the stage and performing are essential in life, although they also create natural drama outside the stage. Drama that the audience loves even more than their stage performance. Mabel is not sorry about being a woman, she celebrates her femininity and to her sacrifice is no virtue.



Credits


Choreography and dance
Liisa Pentti

Artistic advisors
Frans Poelstra, Robert Steijn

Lighting design
Mia Kivinen

Sound design
Patrick Kosk

Costume design
Terttu Torkkola

Make-up
Tuija Luukkainen

Diva coach
Kimmo Alakunnas

Production
Liisa Pentti + Co/Paula Karlsson, Zodiak – Center for New Dance

Duration
40 minutes



Photos: Esko Koivisto
Production: Zodiak – Uuden tanssin keskus, tanssiryhmä Liisa Pentti +Co