Productions

Choreographer Anna Maria Häkkinen
Dramaturge Emil Santtu Uuttu
Sound designer and harpist Keliel (Eliel Tammiharju)
Dance artist Emmi Venna
Light and space advisor Erno Aaltonen
Technician Kristiina Tinnu Tang
Performers cove barton, jay beardsley, Johan Högsten, Magpie, Raymond Pinto, Esete Sutinen, Isa Spector, Emmi Venna, Kate Williams, Anna Therése Witenberg, Angel Zinovieff

As the sun sets beyond the horizon, its light scatters through atmospheric particles, creating hues of red, orange, and pink. In Anna Maria Häkkinen’s dance piece, the steps of nine dancers, the live notes of the harp, and the undulating soundscapes of EDM merge together in concerted patterns.

Anna Maria Häkkinen’s newest work takes minimalist dance as a point of departure, exploring the sublime through ideas of surrender, release, tempo, autonomy and cooperation. Collaborating with an emerging generation of New York dance artists, Häkkinen reinterprets Judson Dance Theater figure Lucinda Childs, creating a bridge between the past and the present through an original score featuring a harpist and electronic dance music.

Helsinki-based choreographer and artist Anna Maria Häkkinen is known for incorporating elements of physical movement, body contact sports, and sculptural composition into her work. Häkkinen embraces minimalist dance principles, exploring the sublime through ideas of surrender, release, tempo, autonomy, and cooperation to transfigure choreography into luminous states of trance. Erupting the floor with interwoven patterns, the performance aims to strike a balance between unpredictability and synchronicity with the dance ensemble until the very end.