available for booking / indoor / site-specific
Director: Ilona Jäntti
Visual design: Tuula Jeker
Performers: Eleonora Dall’Asta, Ilona Jäntti, Natalie Reckert and Ana María Suarez
Lighting design: Kauri Klemelä
Choir director: Suvi Partanen
Choir: Cassiopeia – Valtteri Ahonen, Eeli Antikainen, Bianca Banica, Moona Hakkarainen, Anna Hakosalo, Roosa Halonen, Sonja Heikkinen, Maija Hutinen, Ida Iltola, Aet Kala, Jaakko Kalske, Aaro Kangasniemi, Heikki Kuoppala, Kati Käkelä, Paulus Lakkala, Sara Lakkala, Heikki Laurila, Katri Leppälä, Laura Metsävainio, Anne Miettinen, Anna-Maija Multas, Elsi Määttä, Panu Mölsä,Sohvi Nopanen, Jonna Nyrhinen, Antti Palsola, Vilja Peltokorpi, Saara Posti, Sakaria Pouke, Eveliina Puutio, Reetta Ranta-Ojala, Henri Routavaara, Pihla Ruokonen, Henri Salin, Liina Savisaari, Jan Schwenzer, Eveliina Takkinen, Lauri Tuovinen, Lilja Tzoulas, Anton Ukkola, Kirsi Valtiala, Matias Veteläinen, Antti Väyrynen, Heidi Welling, Abby Wiegand
Production: Ilmatila, Jojo Oulu Dance Centre, Oulu Music Festival
Supported by Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Oulun Musiikkikeskus
Premiere in Oulu Music Festival March 22nd 2024
Chiaroscuro is a site-specific work combining contemporary circus and choral music. The architecture and light of the foyer of Madetoja Hall inspired the collaboration between the contemporary circus company Ilmatila and the Cassiopeia Choir. During the promenade performance the audience was invited to experience both choral music and aerial acrobatics at close range, with the choir performing across three different levels of the space.
The work was presented three times as part of the Oulu Music Festival, with each performance taking place at a different time of day and in a distinct lighting atmosphere. The Music Centre, completed in 1983, was designed by architect Matti Heikkinen of Arkkitehtitoimisto Uki Heikkinen. In addition to the architectural features, the artworks in the foyer were also integrated into the performance.
