Work as a producer in Marika Peura - Amalgam Melee

Amalgam Melee sets off from the artist’s inner contradictions and frictions in relation to cultural heritage, brownness, whiteness, hierarchies of power and violence in the context of Finnish society. On stage Peura has pink tsinelas (Tagalog)/flip-flops and a hela belt with a knife. These objects symbolize different aspects of her cultural heritage. With these objects she works with these questions and contradictions exploring the body where the mechanisms of white supremacy are present both as the one exercising power and the one subjected to it. 

"Amalgam melee" refers to a chaotic or disorderly situation where various elements or entities have merged into a single, mixed-up mass in a disorganized manner. "Amalgam" implies a mixture or combination, while "melee" suggests a confused or disorderly situation involving struggle or conflict. The work delves into the emotional and expressive body; within the conflicts of this third space, as the means and potential to reach a political sense of self.

Choreography, concept, performance: Marika Peura
Sound design: Tiikka Drama
Spatial design: Una Auri
Light design: Luca Sirviö
Dramaturgy: Caroline Suinner, Edgar Gonzalez
Costume design: Helmi Hagelin
Production: Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Kaisa Nieminen, Marika Peura
Supported by: Kone Foundation

Photos: Haliz Yosef