Reddress

Lying in a warm pocket feels like being thoroughly hugged. Reddress by designer Aamu Song embraces its audience at Pannuhalli in August as a joint production between Zodiak and Helsinki Festival.

Reddress consists of ten different entities and experiences of music, dance, speech and surprises.

Reddress is a rampbreaker. The boundary between performer and audience is crossed as all wear the same unique giant-dress.

Fri 16.8. at 18: The Seasons

The wide-ranging Reddress programme kicks off with violinist Pekka Kuusisto, pump organist Milla Viljamaa and Meidän orkesteri quintet’s fresh and colourful take on the Four Seasons. Kuusisto and Viljamaa have performed Vivaldi’s well-loved classic in a number of countries, including Australia, while on tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

In Reddress, Kuusisto and Viljamaa will be joined by the Meidän orkesteri string quintet, an ensemble founded by Kuusisto, known for their unusual insights on concert conventions and performing. The quintet seeks inspiration through dance, contemporary circus, video and light art as well as other forms of performing art.

Antonio Vivaldi: Violin concerto, A Minor
Antonio Vivaldi: Four seasons

Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Meidän orkesteri
Milla Viljamaa, pump organ

Dance: Hanna Ahti, Ima Iduozee, Valtteri Raekallio

Tickets: 35 € (from Zodiak or at the door).
Tickets from Lippupalvelu starting from 37,50 € (including service fees).

Fri 16.8. at 21: Sin Cos Tan

Jori Hulkkonen and Villa Nah singer/songwriter Juho Paalosmaa’s joint electro pop outfit Sin Cos Tan specialise in darkness and drama. Sin Cos Tan’s melodic synth sound is warm, soft and dream-like, yet imbued with emotion that is huge, overwhelming, excruciating even.

Dance: Hanna Ahti, Ima Iduozee, Valtteri Raekallio

Tickets: 30 € (from Zodiak or at the door).
Tickets from Lippupalvelu starting from 32,50 € (including service fees).

Sat 17.8. at 18: Esko Valtaoja

Reddress takes an unexpected twist as firm popular favourite Professor Esko Valtaoja dons the dress to deliver a lecture on the cosmos.

Valtaoja is known for his achievements in making science more accessible as well as his many books and publications. A winner of the Tieto-Finlandia non-fiction award and the State Award for Public Information, his lectures and performances never fail to entertain and educate.

Dance: Hanna Ahti, Ima Iduozee, Valtteri Raekallio

Tickets: 25 € (from Zodiak or at the door).
Tickets from Lippupalvelu starting from 27,50 € (including service fees).

Sat 17.8. at 21: Maja S. K. Ratkje & Øyvind Brandtsegg

Maja S. K. Ratkje is a Norwegian vocal artist and composer, whose multi-faceted career has caught the attention of audiences and critics alike. Ratkje’s astounding vocal technique breaks down musical and artistic barriers; in addition to her own electronic music and improvisation, she has collaborated with dancers and heavy metal and jazz musicians. In Reddress, Ratkje appears with Norwegian sound technician Øyvind Brandtsegg. The pair are guaranteed to thrill.

Tickets: 35 € (from Zodiak or at the door).
Tickets from Lippupalvelu starting from 37,50 € (including service fees).

Sun 18.8. at 18: Grex Musicus & Marjukka Riihimäki

Young, talented, versatile; Grex Musicus has breathed new life into the Finnish choir scene. Here, the legendary, multiple award winning choir master Marjukka Riihimäki puts on the Reddress to lead a choir dotted around and about the audience in a performance of music by Virpi Eroma and choral music’s hottest name Eric Whitacre. The concert builds around the theme of water.

Grex Musicus is a Helsinki-based chamber choir, founded in 1991 on the suggestion of alumni from Helsinki’s Sibelius Secondary School. Marjukka Riihimäki has led the choir since its inception, taking in performances across the world, including South Africa, Cuba and Brazil.

Tickets: 25 € (from Zodiak or at the door).
Tickets from Lippupalvelu starting from 27,50 € (including service fees). 

Sun 18.8. at 21: Paavele!

Singer and folk musician Ilona Korhonen pulls on the Reddress to host an evening of Finnish folk music.

Dance: Hanna Ahti, Ima Iduozee, Valtteri Raekallio

Tickets: 25 € (from Zodiak or at the door).
Tickets from Lippupalvelu starting from 27,50 € (including service fees).

Mon 19.8. at 18: Punaisen mekon Palo

Reddress’ evening of old vocal music features nuanced songs from Baroque and Renaissance. Soprano Mari Palo wears the Reddress and Jarmo Julkunen and Eero Palviainen provide lute and baroque guitar accompaniment.

Mari Palo, soprano
Jarmo Julkunen, lute, baroque guitar
Eero Palviainen, lute, baroque guitar

Dance: Hanna Ahti, Ima Iduozee, Valtteri Raekallio

Tickets: 30 € (from Zodiak or at the door).
Tickets from Lippupalvelu starting from 32,50 € (including service fees).

Mon 19.8. at 21: Unela

NB. Yona’s performance in Reddress is cancelled due to illness.

Samuli Kosminen, electronics, percussion
Jukka Perko, saxophones
Jarmo Saari, guitar
Pekka Kuusisto, violin and vocals
Hanna Ahti, Ima Iduozee, Valtteri Raekallio, dance

Tickets: 30 € (from Zodiak or at the door).
Tickets from Lippupalvelu starting from 32,50 € (including service fees).

Tue 20.8. at 18: Iva Bittová

Grabbing the Reddress is Iva Bittová, a Czech musician known around the world for her perfect mastery of her two instruments: her voice and her violin. Her ability to sing whilst accompanying herself never fails to astound audiences. Her sound, a fusion of folk and pop, is profoundly arresting and instantly recognizable.

Iva Bittová, violin and vocals

Tickets: 35 € (from Zodiak or at the door).
Tickets from Lippupalvelu starting from 37,50 € (including service fees).

Tue 20.8. at 21: Loistaen olet metsää

”Loistaen olet metsää” arises from a dialogue between poetry and cello music. Poems by Eeva-Liisa Manner and Miia Toivio, solo cello music by Benjamin Britten and improvisation by the performers lead the audience to experience the breathing of the forest, at the knife edge of existence, in words that are at once tender and sharp, seductive and playful.

Mirjami Heikkinen, recital
Tomas Djupsjöbacka, cello

Tickets: 25 € (from Zodiak or at the door).
Tickets from Lippupalvelu starting from 27,50 € (including service fees).