Peltotiekeskustelu / Conversations

What happens when the mind falls to where the heart is?

Conversations is a dance of gradual transformation. The passage of steps and thoughts unfolds in circles and waves. It is a performance of letting go of that which will not stay without a holding. Falling, drifting, floating, and flying, singing within and dancing without, breathing and walking together, it is a conversation with three distinct voices that entangle as they form circular paths in time. A dance where words become what they once were – trees, stars, and substance of primeval environment – writing turns back to traces of movement.

How can a dance open up an ability to perceive nature in ourselves and remember our belonging to and origin in the circle of life?

The choreography is inspired by a text of Martin Heidegger written in 1944-45: A Triadic Conversation on a Country Path between a Scientist, a Scholar and a Guide.

credits

Choreography: Veli Lehtovaara in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers: Elisaveta Penkova, Mikko Hyvönen, Veli Lehtovaara
Assisting dancer: Kevin Fay
Light design: Luc Schaltin
Sound design: Jani Hietanen
Moving image: Elija-Liisa Ahtila
Costume design: Heide Vanderieck
Producer: Riika Thitz
Production: Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Kunstenwerkplaats Pianofabriek, SpaceTimeLove
With the support of Arts Promotion Center Finland, Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Kone Foundation
Residencies: Zodiak – Center for New Dance (FI), Kunstenwerkplaats Pianofabriek (BE), STUK – House for Dance, Image and Sound (BE), Kunstencentrum BUDA (BE), Château de Monthelon (FR), wpZimmer (BE)