SOMETHING AND NOTHING ABOUT DARKNESS

In a landscape of swinging microphones, traces of sweat lingers in the air. Two bodies on the threshold of tipping over are fighting against gravity, speaking in languages we can’t understand, moving in uncanny ways.

The performance dwells in states of emptiness, anger and frustration and is searching for channels through which these can be projected. It zooms in on individuals caught in between action and apathy, trying to figure out their role in an ever growing reality of imaginary needs and emotional triggers. It embraces nothingness and the animal inside of us, venturing to the dark side.

SOMETHING AND NOTHING ABOUT DARKNESS is an energetic performance where two bodies are constantly on the move. It is a collage of movement, text and sound which all arise from dream-like states coupled up with the urge to swim against the current. The performance is a dream about leaving the mundane repetition of everyday life, a proposal to merge and to get lost in the limbo. The performers are being pushed and pulled, forced into different constellations, scenarios and doings..

Choreography and performance: Sanna Blennow and Mikko Niemistö

Sound design: Olli Lautiola

Lighting design: Teo Lanerva

Costume design consultation: Siru Kosonen

Dramaturgy: Simone Gisela Weber

Production: Mikko Niemistö and Zodiak - Center for New Dance

Premiere and tours: Premiere 23rd February 2023,, Zodiak - Center for New Dance, Helsinki

Inkonst, Malmö, Sweden 17th and 18th March

Residencies: Routa Company, Kajaani, Dansstationen, Malmö

Supported by: The Kone Foundation, Nordic Culture Point, Kulturfonden för Sverige och Finland