Are you looking for an event venue? Come to the most diverse event and culture centre in Helsinki.
Zodiak: The Lightness and Death of Giselle
- 10 shows starting from saturday 30/10 2010
- Homepages
An absolute wasteland of romance
1. Act: Out of the blue Giselle is confronted with the harsh truth about her beloved Albert. Giselle’s heart cannot bear the pain and she drops dead then and there.
2. Act: At midnight the spirits of women, who have died because of love gone bad, rise up from their graves to haunt men. At dawn the spirits are pulled back into their damp graves.
Und er libet is using the ballet Giselle as material for their new piece, in which the romantic ballet imagery is collided with trash-aesthetics and the lightness of performing. In Giselle’s story the group is interested in the transformation from a whimsical girl to a dead body and back to a fuming spirit rising from the earth.
Und er libet is a group of young artists who make performances. UEL has caused a stir with their Bacchae-trilogy (2007-2009), which has been performed at venues such as the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art’s Theatre, the Festival for New Finnish Theatre in Petrozavodsk, Russia (2009) and Cologne, Germany (2010). The Lightness and Death of Giselle follows the piece Randomly seeking Giselle, which was premiered at the Reality Research Center in October 2009.
Upwards one can reach, jump, climb or float,
And vanish, disappear, balloon, dissolve, stretch, or be lifted.
Downwards one can fall, sink, lunge or burrow.
And drop, stoop, sag, be pushed.
Choreography and direction: Anna-Mari Karvonen, Anna Mustonen
Performers: Ville Ahonen, Robert Brotherus, Outi Condit, Vida Hulkko, Saku Koistinen, Masi Tiitta, Miikka Tuominen, Saara Töyrylä
Sound design: Heidi Lind
Visual design: Hanna Käyhkö
Costume design: Laura Käyhkö
Photos: Hanna Käyhkö
Production: Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Moving in November festival, Und er libet
Premiere 30.10.2010 at 8 pm Zodiak (Performance of the Moving in November festival)
1. Act: Out of the blue Giselle is confronted with the harsh truth about her beloved Albert. Giselle’s heart cannot bear the pain and she drops dead then and there.
2. Act: At midnight the spirits of women, who have died because of love gone bad, rise up from their graves to haunt men. At dawn the spirits are pulled back into their damp graves.
Und er libet is using the ballet Giselle as material for their new piece, in which the romantic ballet imagery is collided with trash-aesthetics and the lightness of performing. In Giselle’s story the group is interested in the transformation from a whimsical girl to a dead body and back to a fuming spirit rising from the earth.
Und er libet is a group of young artists who make performances. UEL has caused a stir with their Bacchae-trilogy (2007-2009), which has been performed at venues such as the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art’s Theatre, the Festival for New Finnish Theatre in Petrozavodsk, Russia (2009) and Cologne, Germany (2010). The Lightness and Death of Giselle follows the piece Randomly seeking Giselle, which was premiered at the Reality Research Center in October 2009.
Upwards one can reach, jump, climb or float,
And vanish, disappear, balloon, dissolve, stretch, or be lifted.
Downwards one can fall, sink, lunge or burrow.
And drop, stoop, sag, be pushed.
Choreography and direction: Anna-Mari Karvonen, Anna Mustonen
Performers: Ville Ahonen, Robert Brotherus, Outi Condit, Vida Hulkko, Saku Koistinen, Masi Tiitta, Miikka Tuominen, Saara Töyrylä
Sound design: Heidi Lind
Visual design: Hanna Käyhkö
Costume design: Laura Käyhkö
Photos: Hanna Käyhkö
Production: Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Moving in November festival, Und er libet
Premiere 30.10.2010 at 8 pm Zodiak (Performance of the Moving in November festival)
Other performances
31.10 at 3 pm (Performance of the Moving in November festival)
1.11 at 7 pm (Performance of the Moving in November festival)
6.11 at 7 pm (Performance of the Moving in November festival)
7.11 at 3 pm (Performance of the Moving in November festival)
9.11 at 7 pm
11.11 at 7 pm
12.11 at 7 pm
14.11 at 3 pm
16.11 at 7 pm
Tickets 20/12 €
