This popular, award-winning, all over the globe seen performance is based on Tove Jansson’s book The Tales from the Moominvalley. The performance opens up the well known themes of Tove Jansson’s books: invisibility, otherness and difference.
Dance Theatre MD has evoked national treasures of Finland, the Moomins, into dance. Dancing Moominvalley is visually spectacular, fully composed dance theatre piece for the whole family. This popular, award-winning, all over the globe seen performance is based on Tove Jansson’s book The Tales from the Moominvalley. The performance opens up the well known themes of Tove Jansson’s books: invisibility, otherness and difference.
The basis of the visual world of the piece are the original illustrations of Tove Jansson in the collection of The Moominvalley of the Tampere Art Museum (nowadays Moomin Museum). The world of the illustrations and the tales of Jansson are now interpreted on stage by the means of dance theatre.
The piece is choreographed by Dance Theatre MD’s choreographer Samuli Roininen and the music is composed by Heikki Mäenpää. Dance, music and visual elements such as projections intertwine to interpret the holistic and fascinating world created in Jansson’s tales.
Script, composing and sound design Heikki Mäenpää
Costume design and visual realization Carmela Wager
Projection and visual realization Sanna Malkavaara
Lighting design Sari Mayer
Set realization Matias Palo, Riina Kuusisto
Costume realization Osk Työhuone Hengari
Wigs and hats Anni Hiro
Orchestra Heikki Mäenpää & Muumilaakso Orchestra (Finland), in co-operation with Ringing Bells Rondo Club (Japan)
Photos Ari Ijäs © Moomin Characters™
Performance rights Agency North, ©Moomin Characters™
Based on Tove Jansson’s book The Tales from the Moominvalley
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