{"id":2801,"date":"2008-03-25T23:46:08","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T21:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flowprod.fi\/maria-littow\/touching-point\/"},"modified":"2021-03-29T17:18:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:18:38","slug":"touching-point","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/flowprod.fi\/en\/portfolio\/touching-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Touching Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Choreographer: Maria Littow<\/li>\n<li>Dancers: Patrik H\u00e4ggstr\u00f6m (Lule\u00e5, Sweden), Solveig Leinan-Hermo (Hammerfest, Norway), Nikolai Schetnev (Arkangel, Russia), Titta Court (Tornio, Finland), Pirjo Yli-Maunula (Oulu, Finland)<\/li>\n<li>Light design: Niels A.W. Jensen<\/li>\n<li>Production: Stellaris Dans Teater and Flow Productions<\/li>\n<li>Premiere: 8 Oct., 2008 Hammerfest, Norway<\/li>\n<li>Sponsors: Oulun Valistustalo Oy, Arts Council of Oulu Province, Nordic Culture Fund, Nordic Culture Point, National Council for Dance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Five dancers of the Barents region present a contemporary dance work, Touching Point, under the guidance of choreographer Maria Littow.\u00a0 The initial idea comes from a text of Vuokko Koistinen: &#8220;Miten hell\u00e4sti sin\u00e4 kosketit ja kuitenkin kaikki minussa j\u00e4rkkyi&#8221; (&#8220;How softly you touched and yet it shook everything in me&#8221;). The work is sensitive, humorous and warm.<\/p>\n<h5>AUTHORS:<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Titta Court<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>is a Finnish freelance-dance artist from Tornio, Finland. She graduated as a Master in Dance from the Department of Dance of the Theatre Academy of Finland in 1993. She has danced, for example, at the Helsinki City Theatre, at the National Opera and at the Dance Theatre Raatikko. Since 1997 and her move to the north of Finland, she has created a number of solo pieces and performed at various festivals, such as the Full Moon Dance Festival, \u00a0Dans Festival Barents and at the European Female Theatre Festival.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patrik H\u00e4ggstr\u00f6m <\/strong>is a contemporary dancer from Lule\u00e5, Sweden, and he has specialized in various types of street dance. Besides teaching, Patrik has collaborated with a number of Swedish choreographers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solveig Leinan-Hermo <\/strong>is Artistic Director of the dance theatre Stellaris Dans Teater from Hammerfest and also dancer-choreographer. She is very active in the Barents region with organizing various tours and festivals both for her own dance theatre company as well as for visiting artists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nikolai Schetnev <\/strong>is dance artist from Arkangel, Russia and he has appeared in a number of works by various choreographers in several European countries. He has visited Finland, for example, at the Full Moon Dance Festival in Pyh\u00e4j\u00e4rvi. He has created a number of solo pieces, dance videos and has operated as Artistic Director of the Touch Dance Festival. In addition, he is a master teacher of contact improvisation and has visited various countries in his teaching career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stellaris Dance Theatre <\/strong>is a professional dance theatre which is led by dance artist Solveig Leinan-Hermo and which was founded in Hammerfest, Norway in 1980. Stellaris produces contemporary dance works and tours widely in the entire Barents region. Dancers are recruited separately for each production. Stellaris is also hosting the Barents Dance Festival which is annually held in Hammerfest.<\/p>\n<h5>PERFORMANCES:<\/h5>\n<h5>Premiere:<\/h5>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>8 October, 2008 Barents Dance Festival, Hammerfest Kino, Norway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Other performances:<\/h5>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>3 Dec., 2008 at 7 pm,\u00a0Culture Centre Valve, Oulu, Finland, Hallituskatu 7<\/li>\n<li>4 Dec, 2008 at 7 pm, Culture Centre Valve, Oulu, Finland, Hallituskatu 7<\/li>\n<li>7 Dec., 2008 at 7 pm, Musiikkitalo (Music House), Tornio, Finland<\/li>\n<li>9 Dec., 2008 at 7 pm, L\u00e4rkan, Lule\u00e5, Sweden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px\">24 Oct., 2009\u00a0Samovarteatert,\u00a0Kirkenes, Norway<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px\">27 Oct., 2009\u00a0Pedagogical University,\u00a0Murmansk, Russia<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px\">28 Oct., 2009\u00a0Laplandia Culture House,\u00a0Murmansk, Russia<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px\">30 Oct., 2009\u00a0Voshod Culture House,\u00a0Nikel, Russia<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px\">31 Oct., 2009\u00a0Kirov Culture Palace,\u00a0Murmansk, Russia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choreographer: Maria Littow Dancers: Patrik H\u00e4ggstr\u00f6m (Lule\u00e5, Sweden), Solveig Leinan-Hermo (Hammerfest, Norway), Nikolai Schetnev (Arkangel, Russia), Titta Court (Tornio, Finland), Pirjo Yli-Maunula (Oulu, Finland) Light design: Niels A.W. 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