26 pages, 121 frames and 239 movements. Great emotions, treachery, conflict – and a wonderful scenery!
Anne Hiekkaranta's contemporary dance piece Conus Marmoreus!!! is a kinetic journey through the cartoon classic Magica de Spell's Enchanted Sea Snails. What results of a collision of contemporary dance and comic book imagery?
The original comic is a suspense story that centres on the rare conus marmoreus, ‘marbled cones’, and the spirit of the marbled but predatory sea snails is never far in Hiekkaranta's performance! Squeak! Poofff...
Premiere
CONUS MARMOREUS!!!
Choreography, dance Anne Hiekkaranta
Lighting design Juho Rahijärvi
Sound design Tuomas Fränti
Photos Timo Wright
Production Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Anne Hiekkaranta
Post-performance discussion 10.9.
Tickets 22/14 €
Double-bill evening with
Joona Halonen Nolla Nolla
Duration of the evening 1 h 45 min.
ZODIAK STAGE