W A U H A U S: Renaissance

Lighting design

Premiered December 3rd, 2024, at Pannu Hall, Dance House Helsinki

Change is always relational; it unfolds through making and remaking connections.

The historical era of the Renaissance refers, among other things, to a world view based on anthropocentrism and science. Through a series of evaporations, dissolvements, transitions, and transformations, the needing and feeding bodies of Renaissance are set against old ideals and proportions that transcend the individual human. While human statues are set in stone, human ideals bleed and leak. 

In Renaissance the audience is invited to surrender to wonder, change, and play – an ode to dreaming and the power of the unknown. The messy alienation, animality, and sexuality of human beings bursts through. Bodies become streams or fountains, endlessly gushing forth or bleeding dry. Something is destroyed, while something is born and transformed anew.

Working group:

On stage: Samuli Emery, Samuli Laine (WAUHAUS), Alen Nsambu, Ritni Ráste Pieski & Kauri Sorvari
Direction & Choreography: Juni Klein and Jarkko Partanen (WAUHAUS)
Scenography: Laura Haapakangas (WAUHAUS)
Sound design: Jussi Matikainen (WAUHAUS)
Lighting design: Kristian Palmu
Costume design: Hanne Jurmu
Assistant to the lighting designer: Saana Hannonen
Assistant to the costume designer: Salla Oinas
Costume construction: Linda Seppälä
Vocal coach: Kiia Laitakari

Producer (WAUHAUS): Minttu-Maria Jäävuori

Executive director (WAUHAUS): Julia Hovi

Production: WAUHAUS & Zodiak – Center for New Dance

More info here