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Liisa Pentti +Co: Das Musikalische Opfer

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  • Show times

    Thu 21.9. at 19.30 (premiere)


    Fri 22.9. at 19.30


    Sat 23.9. at 17.00

How do Bach and dance art meet in 2023? Together with dancers and the BRQ Ensemble assembled by Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, choreographer Liisa Pentti seeks an answer to this question. Combining live music and dance, Das Musikalische Opfer – A Choreography for Seven Dancers and Musicians is an inverse continuation of Pentti's work with the music of minimalist masters, a reach into the musical past beyond the present.

Das Musikalische Opfer (The Musical Offering) is Johann Sebastian Bach’s enthralling and playful late-period masterpiece whose complex and enigmatic counterpoint offers a fascinating challenge to choreography and new encounters between dance and music.

Bach’s music is timeless, providing a framework for emotions like joy and sorrow. It inspires hope and allows us to feel part of the mysterious universe from which music springs. Das Musikalische Opfer – A Choreography for Seven Dancers and Musicians is at once an experimental and traditional dance work, in which dancers and musicians create a mystical and dreamlike world in the space of the Erkko Hall.

Liisa Pentti +Co is a Helsinki-based dance group whose central values are artistic relentlessness and ingenuity. Founded in 2000, the group’s artistic profile is situated in a field between dance, performance art and contemporary theatre. Experimentation and searching for new forms of expression are emblematic of Liisa Pentti +Co’s work.

BRQ Vantaa Festival’s artistic director Markku Luolajan-Mikkola has assembled a unique ensemble of internationally renowned musicians. BRQ Ensemble performs with varying line-ups mainly at the BRQ Vantaa Festival, but their past performances also include venues in both Stockholm and Italy.


The performance may contain strong lights.
Note
: Age recommendation +7 years.

The event is organized by Liisa Pentti +Co



Ticket information

Tickets on sale at tiketti.fi and Tiketti's ticket offices. For any ticketing inquiries, please contact Tiketti's customer service.

Early bird prices until 25.6.2023:
Standard ticket | A 36€ – B 28€ – C 20€
Discount ticket (Under 25, pensioners, students, unemployed, conscripts and civil servants, members of Teme) | A 28€ – B 20€ – C 12€
Group ticket (minimum 10 tickets) | A 32€ – B 24€ – C 16€

Prices from 26.6.2023:
Standard ticket | A 45€ – B 35€ – C 25€
Discount ticket (Under 25, pensioners, students, unemployed, conscripts and civil servants, members of Teme) | A 35€ – B 25€ – C 15€
Group ticket (minumum 10 tickets) | A 40€ – B 30€ – C 20€

Pay What You Can | A small number of "Pay What You Can" tickets are available for the performance. PWYC ticket reservations via email: info@liisapentti.com.

Note: To ensure good visibility to everyone, The Erkko Hall auditorium is steep. Please note that there is no lift to the upper section. Only the first row seats are fully accessible.

Credits

Concept and choreography

Liisa Pentti

Dancers

Meeri Lempiäinen, Ryan Mason, Corinne Mustonen, Pinja Poropudas, Satu Rekola, Kardo Shiwan ja Katri Soini

Choreographic interlocutor

Pia Lindy

Choreographer’s assistant

Pinja Poropudas

Music

Johann Sebastian Bach

BRQ Ensemble

Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, viulu; Petra Kullberg, huilu; Ilpo Laspas, cembalo; Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, viola da gamba

Light design

Heikki Paasonen

Costume design

Tua Helve

Producer

Hanna Nyman

Production

Liisa Pentti +Co

Supported by

City of Helsinki, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Kone Foundation, Svenska kulturfonden

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