Imre & Marne Van Opstal: Heart Drive | Jyrki Karttunen: Digital Duende

Tero Saarinen Company’s double bill combines Imre and Marne Van Opstal's Heart Drive (2022) with Digital Duende (1998), a choreography by Finnish dance icon Jyrki Karttunen.

Heart Drive (2022) is a gripping new creation by Dutch choreographers Imre and Marne van Opstal – an exploration of love, connection and pleasure, as well as the stigmas and moral taboos that exist within.

Jyrki Karttunen‘s Digital Duende is a cool, Nordic interpretation of imaginary fiery Spanishness, which made its choreographer a global phenomenon at the turn of the millennium. The re-premiere will be interpreted in turns by Samuli Emery and Mikko Lampinen (9–13 June) plus Mikko Makkonen and Jussi Ulkuniemi (14–16 June).

HEART DRIVE

Choreography: Imre van Opstal & Marne van Opstal
Music / Composition: Amos Ben-Tal
Light Design: Tom Visser
Set Design: Tom Visser, Imre van Opstal & Marne van Opstal
Costume Design: Imre van Opstal & Marne van Opstal in consultation with Kate Burrows
Assistant to the Choreographers: Chloé Albaret
Rehearsal Director: David Scarantino

Dance: Chloé Albaret, Amie-Blaire Chartier, Sabrina Klasila, Oskari Kymäläinen, Joni Österlund, Katerina Torp, Jack Traylen, Gaya Yemini | Understudies: Anni Koskinen, Samuli Emery

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DIGITAL DUENDE

Choreography: Jyrki Karttunen
Lighting, set and sound designer: Kimmo Karjunen
Rehearsal Director: Henrikki Heikkilä

Dance: Samuli Emery, Mikko Lampinen (9–13 June) | Mikko Makkonen, Jussi Ulkuniemi (14–16 June)

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Heart Drive
Digital Duende