Favela Vera Ortiz

CROSSING LATITUDES

FRI 23.5. at 7pm Hällä STAGE
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A solitary figure, a modern nomad moving across the vast lava fields of Iceland. Latitudes meet. Landscapes, maps on skin, pathways drawn on rock, curling around the neck, following the horizon.

Crossing Latitudes combines two characters – a live performer with an image filmed in Iceland and projected on stage. Moving in their own environments, they communicate through wandering in a shared space between the interior and exterior. The projection is possibly a memory or a vision of the future. The body also represents the changing landscape, and perhaps an eternal cycle existing simultaneously in different realities.

Duration 60 minutes

Choreography, costumes Favela Vera Ortiz
Dance Tanja Illukka
Skenography Lotta Esko
Sounds, composed music Sergio Castrillón
Musician Sergio Castrillón
Video Vanessa White
Dancer in the video Thora Solveig Bergsteinsdottir

Premiere 13.11.2018, Espoo City Theatre
Pictures Vanessa White

FAVELA VERA ORTIZ graduated from the choreography department of the Stockholm School of Dance in 2001 and has worked extensively as a choreographer since then, creating stage works, site-specific works, performances and mobile installations. She has also made dance videos in collaboration with visual artists. Favela’s works have been seen on both Finnish and foreign dance stages and festivals.

Dancer TANJA ILLUKKA graduated from the Theatre Academy with a Master’s degree in Dance Arts in 2003. She has worked as a dancer with choreographers Petri Kekoni, Ismo-Pekka Heikinheimo and Favela Vera Ortiz, among others.

Scenographer LOTTA ESKO works as both a scenographer and a visual artist. She has created scenographies for stage works, focusing mostly on contemporary dance.

SERGIO CASTRILLÓN composed the music for the work, and she also played the cello and was present at the performance. Sergio graduated from the Sibelius Academy with a Doctorate in Music. He works as a composer, musician and music researcher.