Ref2020
Premiere 14.10.2020
Liisa Pentti +Co Studio, Helsinki
About
The inspiration for the work Ref2020 has been Brian Eno’s 54-minute-long piece Reflection (2017). 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 the dancers continually modify their movement paths with microscopic precision by observing the dialogue between movement and mind and constantly making 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 themselves to experience floating, timelessness and dreams that occasionally remind us of a past that perhaps never was.
Duration 57 min.
Credits
Choreography and direction
Liisa Pentti
Performers
Meeri Lempiäinen, Corinne Mustonen, Pinja Poropudas, Satu Rekola, Kardo Shiwan and Katri Soini
Understudy
Ronja Syvälahti
Sound design
Jouni Tauriainen
Lighting design
Ina Niemelä
Photos: Liisa Pentti
Liisa Pentti
Performers
Meeri Lempiäinen, Corinne Mustonen, Pinja Poropudas, Satu Rekola, Kardo Shiwan and Katri Soini
Understudy
Ronja Syvälahti
Sound design
Jouni Tauriainen
Lighting design
Ina Niemelä
Photos: Liisa Pentti
Costume design
Tua Helve
Artistic advisor
Pia Lindy
Producer
Inari Pesonen
Production
Liisa Pentti +Co
Supported by
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, the City of Helsinki and the Finnish Cultural Foundation
Tua Helve
Artistic advisor
Pia Lindy
Producer
Inari Pesonen
Production
Liisa Pentti +Co
Supported by
Arts Promotion Centre Finland, the City of Helsinki and the Finnish Cultural Foundation