An interdisciplinary outdoor dance performance set in a forest at dusk. Through movement, sound, and light, the work invites the audience to explore the intersections of nature, night, and imagination, while experiencing a sense of peace and a deeper connection with the surrounding natural environment.
Nightfall the Edge of Forest is an outdoor performance in nature that operates on multiple levels, from physically impactful and intense to mythic and spiritual. One of its goals is to create and convey a sense of peace to the audience, enhanced by the mystical atmosphere of the forest at dusk. The performance explores holistic performative work, physicality, movement, and the use of voice. The atmosphere is also created through music, lighting design, and shared presence and movement with the audience in the forest.
The work reflects on the beauty of twilight, when perception shifts and the eye begins to see new qualities in forest plants, in other people, and in the performers, as the senses heighten and imagination intertwines with sensory perception. In this liminal moment, the subconscious and conscious, the unconscious and awareness, may encounter each other, and the boundaries between them begin to dissolve. How can we create peace and harmony with the night and the forest? The piece explores this question through cycles, natural forces, and connections to ancestors.
Performances on Thursday, October 8 and Saturday, October 10 at 18.30.
Meeting in front of Vuokatti Business Center (K-Market), Heikintie 1. From here, approximately 300 m walk to the performance site in the nearby forest. The route is not fully accessible.
Free admission / voluntary donation
choreographer-performers Eeva Juutinen and Mikko Hyvönen
musician/sound designer Linnéa Martinsson
musician Lauri Sallinen
lighting designer Teo Lanerva
producer Hilla Huuhka
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