ILES, SOINI & PERKOLA: ETUDES ON EXCELLENCE
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, AT 7:00 PM
Vaasa City Theatre, Julia Stage
Tickets: https://www.netticket.fi/pohjanmaa-tanssii-2025-vaasa
Etudes on Excellence is a finely tuned dialogue between a musician and a dancer, between an instrument and the human voice.
The performance explores the tension between expectations and reality, disrupts the reliance on certainty, and reveals the beauty of imperfection. What is deemed valuable in the moment becomes worthless, refinement turns brutal, civility reveals crudeness, and the carefully guarded façade crumbles to expose something deeply human.
“Movement and sound merge in this work performed by dancer Katri Soini, one of the finest solo pieces in recent memory.” – Jukka O. Miettinen, Helsingin Sanomat, 2022
Direction: Reetta-Kaisa Iles
Performers: Katri Soini (dance/voice), Mikko Perkola (music/voice)
Costume Design: Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila
Lighting Design: Janne Teivainen
World Premiere: Full Moon Dance Festival, July 21, 2022
Photo: Uupi Tirronen