PAA Vol.at.ilit.y

Vol.at.ilit.y – An Expedition to the Baltic Sea is a dance performance, which is being worked on by its artistic workgroup for two weeks at the Saari Residence.

Water from the Baltic Sea is used in its many states as the core of the work’s movement vocabulary, as the source of its soundscape and in the stage media installation. The choreography’s movement vocabulary is inspired by the movements of water and of plankton, and the costumes were likewise inspired by their aesthetics.

The staging incorporates ice, water and vapour – the dancers’ physical interaction with the fluctuating temperature and the different states of water offer strong impulses that are used in the development of the choreography.

The natural characteristics of water elements are emphasized as the soundscape is created in real time with microphones.

This artistic process began in the winter of 2010/2011 with a multidisciplinary expedition to the Baltic Sea. The journey took choreographer/director Tomi Paasonen and documentary filmmaker/video artist Tiago Da Cruz to The Archipelago Research Institute of the University of Turku on the island of Seili in Nauvo. The second part of the journey was spent on an expedition to the Gulf of Finland on the research vessel Aranda with the Marine Research Centre of The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), and at the University of Helsinki’s Tvärminne Zoological Station in the spring of 2011. During these journeys of exploration, the artists were familiarized with scientific material, collected artistic footage of the Baltic Sea, were in contact with marine biologists and examined their view of the unique nature of the Baltic Sea.

The première of Vol.at.ilit.y is on October 20th, 2011 at the Barker-Theatre in Turku.

The Saari Residence workgroup includes choreographer Tomi Paasonen, dancers Linda Sointu, Rea-Liina Brunou and Kimmo Alakunnas as well as sound designer Kirill Lorech and set designer Merja Markkula.

Vol.at.ilit.y is the last part of Capsula’s Expedition to the Baltic Sea project.

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