Principia is a performance that examines the basis of bodily existence and encounters in relation to time, space, gravity and hanging, dangling, falling, rotation, liberation, intertwining and transformation.
Principia is a performance that examines the basis of bodily existence and encounters in relation to time, space, gravity and hanging, dangling, falling, rotation, liberation, intertwining and transformation.
The performers move between the ground and air using aerial acrobatics in the context of contemporary choreography. The starting points for the somatic work have been the rich experiences of the human body and the relationships between sensations and movement with the world.
Principia mixes contexts, bodies and things together in a New Materialist spirit.
Kaaos Company is an inclusive dance company that has been operating for over ten years, challenging normative issues by opening the stage to a wide range of bodies. The group’s work redirects and constructs the body’s ‘asness’ and raises issues of equality and discrimination.
Choreography, direction, production by Kati Raatikainen
Air acrobatics expert: Jenny Mansikkasalo
Somatic Facilitation, produced by Sally Davison
Performance and business material by Georgie Goater, Jenny Mansikkasalo, Kadar Khristan, Kati Raatikainen, Noora Västinen
Sound design by Roy Boswell
Costume design: Piia Rinne
Space design: by Aino Koski
Lighting design by Milla Martikainen
Production by Kaaos Company
*The work is supported by the Kone Foundation.
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