Visual concert
Trombone, saxophones, clarinet, violin, drums, guitar and bass.
Seven live musicians, twenty-three and a half disco balls, one dancer and some eight deaths.
Power ballads accompany the last slow dances in the meadow of death.Company Uusi Maailma’s performers, reinforced with Ukrainian musicians, lead the audience through a distinctive musical microclimate. The original music is strolling visually and progressively beyond the borders of genres. Dance frequency varies from pure beautiful classical ballet to multicolored über-tragic fates. The stage is reversed, feels as if one is peeping into a backroom, afterparty or memorial service. Disco is dying. A nightclub happens.
Shows FRI – SUN 11.-13.10.2024 at Blomstedt hall in Cultural Centre Villa Rana, Jyväskylä. Two shows each day.
Duration: approx. 50 min.
Age recommendation: 12+
The performance is non-verbal and suitable for people of all languages.
The show contains heavy use of theatrical smoke and at times loud music and strong light effects.
Team
Directing, production: Seija Hakkarainen
Original music composition: Pekka Huttunen
Set design: Eero Virtanen, Seija Hakkarainen
Ballet choreography: Saga Elgland
Choreography: Seija Hakkarainen
Lighting design: Timo Hanhisalo, Seija Hakkarainen, Arto Saarelainen
Lighting technician: Timo Hanhisalo, Arto Saarelainen
Lighting operator: Timo Hanhisalo
Audio engineer: Joonatan Jaakonaho
Sound operator and mixing: Lasse Saari, Joonatan Jaakonaho
Costume design: Sari Nyman, Seija Hakkarainen
Dressmaking: Sari Nyman, Liudmyla Orel
Graphic design: Olli-Pekka Tennilä
Photography: Olli-Pekka Tennilä, Nelli Kiviluoma
Video: Nelli Kiviluoma
Performers
Bass: Eero Virtanen
Guitar: Aatos Vesala
Clarinet, tenor saxophone: Pavlo Kulishin
Trombone: Oleksandr Charkin
Drums: Sami Keinänen
Alto saxophone, keytar: Oula Karppinen
Violin: Ilona Pirianyk
Dancer: Saga Elgland
Music
Lukiikki, Sielu, Kuolema / Original music composition: Pekka Huttunen
Except for song:
I will fall apart / Composer, lyrics, vocals: Sini Pajunen, Arrangement and programming: Jukka Kaikkonen
Cover songs:
Love Bites & Sacrifice (combo) / Composers: Robert John Lange, Phil Collen, Steve Clark, Joe Elliott, Rick Savage & Elton John, Bernie Taupin (Original performances: Def Leppard & Elton John)
Love Hurts / Composer: Boudleaux Bryant (Original performance: the Everly Brothers)
Purple Rain / Composer: Prince (Original performance: Prince)
Is This Love / Composer: David Coverdale, John Sykes (Original performance: Whitesnake)
Carrie / Composer: Mic Michaeli, Joey Tempest (Original performance: Europe)
Partner: Culture Centre Villa Rana
Supporters: City of Jyväskylä, Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland