Pinch Pleat 2023

available for booking / indoor / stage work

Concept: Ilona Jäntti and Luke Styles

Composer: Luke Styles

Circus performers: Mari Dahl Stoknes and Tamar Ohana Goksøyr (KompaniTO), Ilona Jäntti

Light design: Kauri Klemelä

Musicians: Uusinta Ensemble; Maria Puusaari (violin), Mikko Raasakka (clarinet), Max Savikangas (viola)

Collaborators: KompaniTO (Norway) and Uusinta Ensemble

Produced by Ilmatila Association

Three-ply ropes handspun by Jonathan Graham

Aerial hoops made by Jouni Kivimäki

Supported by Taike, Cirko, Create NSW (Australia), Samuel Huber Art Foundation, Vaughan Williams Foundation (UK)

Premiere in Oulu, Finland 18th August 2023 in collaboration with Flow Productions, Oulu August festival and Culture Centre Valve

Artists involved in composition residency in 2020: Eleonora Dall’Asta and Ana Delia Gudiño Torres (La Tribu Performace, Panama) and Helmi Malmgren (Uusinta Ensemble)

Photographer: Inkeri Jäntti

Duration: 50 minutes
Age recommendation: 10+