BERGÖ, Perisgrund hamn
Fri 12.7. at 16 & 19
KORPPOO, Skärgårdscentrum
Fri 19.7. at 10.30
Sat 20.7. at 10.30
HAILUOTO, Marjaniemi
Sat 27.7. at 16 & 21
Choreographer-dancer Taneli Törmä’s (DK/FI) and theatre director Caroline McSweeney’s (DK/IE) production Dance of the Fisherman will be staged on three islands; Bergö, Korpo and Hailuoto in July 2024.
Dance of the Fisherman is built around the local stories of leisure fishermen as well as commercial fishermen and their families. The performance is a combination of storytelling, dance, movement and fishing. The audience accompanies the performers walking around the harbour area where they hear local fishing stories surrounded by impressive soundscapes with the marine horizon in the background.
The performances have been created in collaboration with local communities on the islands. The project has been developed in Denmark, Iceland, Ireland and the Faeroe Islands in 2021-2022. The premiere took place in July 2022 in the Passage Festival Denmark.
Idea and directors: Taneli Törmä ja Caroline McSweeney | Performers: Janne Aspvik, Riina Kalmi ja Taneli Törmä | Sound designer: Esa Mattila | Local fisherman’s / womans interviews: Annika Sillander | Production: JoJo – Oulu Dance Centre and Regional Dance Centre of Ostrobothnia | In collaboration with: Regional Dance Centre of Western Finland | Project is financed by: Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Svenska Kulturfonden, Harry Schaumans stiftelse and Konstsamfundet | Duration: 60 min | Outdoor performance | The length of the route is about 1 km
Taneli Törmä is a Finnish choreographer and performer who has worked abroad for years. As an artistic director of LOCATION X, choreographer, performer and curator, he wants to develop performing arts towards a more versatile, intercultural, multi-perspective and innovative form. Törmä has lived and worked abroad since 2007, but in 2024 he is returning back to Finland and starting work as an artistic director of Dance Theatre Minimi in Kuopio.
Caroline McSweeney is an Irish theatre director based in Denmark. She has created performances across many theatres and site specific locations in Ireland, Norway and Denmark. She is Artistic Director of Locus Theatre Company who are dedicated to new experimental performance works and international collaborations. She was Co-Artistic Director of Teater Momentum Odense Dk and and is one of the foremost tours in Viewpoints / Devising across Scandinavia.
Esa Mattila is a Finnish sound designer and composer based in Rovaniemi, Finland. His main interests lay in electronic music, spatial sound, and minimalism. His sound design works have been heard (ie.) at Zodiak – Center for Contemporary Dance, Q-theatre, Teatteri Avoimet Ovet, Finnish National Museum, Theatre of Kokkola and Theatre of Lahti. Mattila also runs a Lapland based techno label Detachment Records.
Tickets
Note!
Limited number (30 pcs) of tickets / performance
The route is not accessible for wheelchairs etc.
There are no ticket sales for performances at Bergö Perisgrund hamn. Seats are reserved reija.penttinen@pohjanmaantanssi.fi.
There are no ticket sales for Korpoo Skärgårdscentrum performances. Seats are reserved info@skargardscentrum.fi.
For performances in Hailuoto: https://jojo.fi/en/dance-of-the-fisherman-en/
20 e basic ticket / 10 e students, seniors, JoJo Members
From Ticket sales in Cultural Centre Valve and Ticketmaster.fi. Please notice the opening hours for Cultural Centre Valve during summer time!
Kaikukortti: 2 tickets / performance from Valve ticket sales office
Photo: Karsten Piper