Flashdance
W A U H A U S
Stand-in as performer at Homo Novus Festival, Riga, Latvia and Plartforma Festival, Klaipeda, Lithuania in September 2022.
Flashdance is a show where darkness takes a material form. It is a show in which a plastic entity – the size of the whole stage area – transforms into a moving darkness. This entity turns into sculptural landscapes and forms impossible for the human body. It literally overshadows the spectator. The audience is faced with their limited ability to see and the boundless terrain of their imagination. Flashdance evokes that which is mysterious and unconscious. In Flashdance darkness does not need to be scary, it can also be your friend.
Original working group
CONCEPT: W A U H A U S
ON STAGE: Hanna Ahti, Wilhelm Grotenfelt, Johannes Purovaara and Aksinja Lommi
OFFSTAGE: Laura Haapakangas, Anni Klein, Samuli Laine, Jarkko Partanen,
Jani-Matti Salo, Jussi Matikainen and Heidi Soidinsalo
PRODUCTION: Zodiak - Center for New Dance, Kanuti Gildi SAAL, W A U H A U S
RESIDENCY SUPPORT: O Espaco do Tempo, Portugal
PREMIERE: 7th of December 2016
Flashdance is a show where darkness takes a material form. It is a show in which a plastic entity – the size of the whole stage area – transforms into a moving darkness. This entity turns into sculptural landscapes and forms impossible for the human body. It literally overshadows the spectator. The audience is faced with their limited ability to see and the boundless terrain of their imagination. Flashdance evokes that which is mysterious and unconscious. In Flashdance darkness does not need to be scary, it can also be your friend.
Original working group
CONCEPT: W A U H A U S
ON STAGE: Hanna Ahti, Wilhelm Grotenfelt, Johannes Purovaara and Aksinja Lommi
OFFSTAGE: Laura Haapakangas, Anni Klein, Samuli Laine, Jarkko Partanen,
Jani-Matti Salo, Jussi Matikainen and Heidi Soidinsalo
PRODUCTION: Zodiak - Center for New Dance, Kanuti Gildi SAAL, W A U H A U S
RESIDENCY SUPPORT: O Espaco do Tempo, Portugal
PREMIERE: 7th of December 2016