Honey on the rocks, lava in the spine.
Lä-ääh, lä-ääh, uuuh aaah! (or how does one transcribe the ocean?)
Body rolling, body rolling, heavy waves through my muscle tonus.
Eyes low, wavy like the sea, the landscape listens.
Wait, can you feel it?
Another body wave gyrating through me.
I want you to notice it, I made it for you!
My sweat, my lava - a grandiloquent sequence.
Ooops, oh my!
Can you come closer?
The piece fantasizes about the potentiality of dancing; rolling waves, tenacious bodies, the desire to dance overflowingly. Five dancers surrender to the intimacy of dancing; to the experientiality and exchange of energy, engaging in the search of frantic expressions and pleasures of the dancing body.
The name of the piece is a line from poet Rebecca Tamás poem WITCH VOLCANO. (Tamás 2019: 103).
Choreography: Kaisa Nieminen, Marika Peura
Dancers: Selma Kauppinen, Lau Lukkarila, Kaisa Nieminen, Caroline Suinner, Marika Peura
Sound designer: Tiikka Drama
Light designer: Luca Sirviö
Set designer: Virpi Nieminen
Costume designer: Joona Huotari
Dramaturg: Hanna-Kaisa Tiainen
Producer: Kaisa Nieminen, Marika Peura, Tanssin talo
Support: Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (osana SPARKS-hanketta), Taiteen edistämiskeskus
Premiere: 13.4.2023 Pannuhalli, Dance House Finland, Helsinki
Other performances: 16.2.2024, Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform, Oslo
Photos: Roza Ahmad
Teaser video: Eva-Liisa Orupõld
