Dance Ecology

What are ecologies of systems to create Art? What is the evolution of choreography to cradle creativity, thinking and (e)motion? What is dance? Works in dance and choreography by Riikka Theresa Innanen bordering these questions.

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Dance Ecology: Skin(s) Cradle

We sensed the potential for more, for dance to be surprising, intriguing and independent.   So we went for it.

In Skin(s) Cradle the Dancer works as a Live Sculptor in action. She is the sculptor and the sculpture working on herself as a dance. The work is based on thinking of interphases and independent intelligent systems. It is also a tribute the passion and complexity of female artists such as Louise Bourgeois working in the male dominated art field. Reclaiming authority on more than just the gaze.

Dance as an organic cycle of metamorphosis. A cycle emergence and decay of shape and identity. 

While dancing and interacting with the choreographic interphase and the process of Live Sculpture, learning from the world we live in - biological, technological, artistic, mystic- the choreography it self is a structure to supporting new life forms, self-sustained, organic and intelligent.

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Dance Ecology: NUMBER

NUMBER is an on-going Choreographic Experiment for a group. The work started during my Artist Residency at Daghdha Dance Company 2008-2009 and has been greatly influenced by collaboration with mathematician Alexis Clancy and our discussions and experiments with the participating dancers.

This "game” of simultaneous moving, counting and speaking introduces an alternative approach to the body-mind work within choreography. In this work we have started out engaging movement with simple calculations working towards more complex formulas, insisting the brain and the body to work equally radical.

This balancing act in motion reveals patterns of thought, ones genetic structure, intimate strategies of surviving, and oddly enough, revives the holistic human.

"Before a number is a number, a number is a (quantum) wave. [Assertion mine.]

By putting an Úna sequence into the mind of a moving dancer, the wave can be re-instantiated in mind and body - the dancer becomes a "wave mimic."

With a number of dancers, the dance floor can become an observable quantum field.

In a sense, it is a new type of fractal, where an Úna sequence (which is non linear governor in a fictional sense) is reiterated in a non-linear field (that is the coupled minds and bodies of the dancers).

[The novelty of this fractal lies in the fact that not only is the governor non-linear - so to is the field upon which the fractal is generated.] " - Mathematician Alexis Clancy

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Dance Ecology: ANIMA

"The ecosystem in motion of "me the organic human" in the biome of our planet and the biosphere of thought/spirit/soul/subconscious/..?..”

Anima is a piece sourcing from daily ecological questions and biosciences In Anima the organic nature of Mind is creating a context for choreography. We use the knowledge of the body, it’s functions and anatomy, as a compass to ecological questions. The topic is an open question for it’s makers and the choreography includes the possibility for an open discussion about the thoughts and emotions which have risen from watching the performance. The performance will use only alternative sources of electricity, if at all and can be performed in English, Finnish, Swedish languages. 

Duration 50min (+ 30min talk)  

”Minä, ihminen. Liikkuva ja muuttuva orgaaninen ekosysteemi, kasvaen kehoni ja ympäristöni biomista ajattelun/hengen/sielun/alitajunnan/..?.. biosfääriin”

Kahden tanssitaiteilijan kohtaamisesta syntynyt omaleimainen ja ajankohtainen esitys, joka ammentaa biotieteestä ja ekologisten valintojen arkipäivästä.

TÄÄLLÄ SITÄ OLLAAN, NÄÄS, EKOLOGISTEN KYSYMYSTEN ÄÄRELLÄ.  MUTTA MITÄ NE OVAT?

Voiko ekologisuus olla muuta kuin luopumista jo saavutetuista eduista? Rajoitteiden sijaan rajoitteista vapautumista? Esityksessä tanssijan oma anatominen rakenne toimii kompassina kohti kysymyksiä ekologisuudesta. Mielen orgaanisuuden rakenteista luodaan myös raamit teoksen koreografialle. Anima on työryhmälle avoin kysymys ja haaste ja toivommekin sen virittävän avointa keskustelua. Olet tervetullut jakamaan ajatuksia ja kysymyksiä työryhmän kanssa.

KESTO 50min (+ 30min keskustelu).   Teos esitetään lähes sähköttömästi

CHOREOGRAPHY Riikka Theresa Innanen DANCE/PROJECT  Outi Yli-Viikari/Innanen 

Co-production: Sisä-Suomen tanssin aluekeskus, Taiteen keskustoimikunta, Teatteri Telakka In collaboration with: Pohjois-Karjalan oppimisyksikkö PPKY Outokumpu, Daghdha Dance Company.

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