Akseli Klonk
Akseli Klonk is a professional puppet theatre company founded in Oulu, 1998. The company wants to renew the art of puppet theatre in Finland, and have developed their very own way to communicate using both spoken word, mime and dance. Akseli Klonk is located in the NUKU Youth and Culture Centre, and collaborate closely with the JOJO Dance Centre in Oulu. During recent years they have toured Sweden, Estonia, Russia and the United States.
Performances: Carmen, The Princess Story, Oi Ihana Panama, 4 Cutting
Clever Brothers
Workshop: Combining dance and object theatre
Carmen
Four bullfighters find some dirty laundry which remind them of a man called Lucas. Lucas was the best bullfighter in Spain and a splendid washerman. So these four bullfighters tell us the story of Lucas. Prosper Merimee´s enthralling story and Georges Bizet´s splendid music have dressed themselves up in beautiful and friendly suits. Akseli Klonk´s Carmen offers you tons of high speed warmth, luminous love, jolly bullfighting, laundry action and dancing steps.
Carmen by Akseli Klonk has attracted plenty of international interest, for example in the US.
Director: Janne Kuustie
Script: Prosper Merimee - Janne Kuustie
Music: Georges Bizet – Mikko Karjalainen
Puppets: Virpi Tanskanen
Costumes: Tarja Pekkala
Lights: Kimmo Korkala
Cast: Tuomas Kumpulainen, Jouni Järvenpää, Tommi Saha, Sirpa Grip
Duration: 50 minutes
Age: 12 years and up
Language: English
Fee: 100 SEK, youth and student 50 SEK
Oi Ihana Panama (A Trip to Panama)
Little Bear and Little Tiger leave their comfortable home to go in search of Panama, the land of their dreams, where everything smells like bananas. A lot of courage and a strong friendship is needed to reach their destination.
Director: Janne Kuustie
Duration: 30 minutes
Age: 3 years and up
Language: Finnish
4 Cutting Clever Brothers
The play is based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It tells the story of four poor brothers who go out into the wide world to try their luck. The story of the four cutting clever brothers is told with neck breaking gusto, through dance, theatre and the unexpected.
Director: Janne Kuustie
Duration: 25 min
Age: 3 years and up
Language: Swedish
Princess Story
This is NOT the story of “The Sleeping Beauty”. This is about a princess who does NOT sleep 100 years, but fights with dragons and finds herself a prince. And she also has a bike, that goes “tät-tät-tää”. So she is NOT a traditional, sweet princess…
Director: Janne Kuustie
Puppets: Virpi Tanskanen
Music: Mikko Karjalainen
Cast: Päivi Soini
Age:3 years and up
Duration:30 minutes
Language: Swedish
Workshop - Combining dance and object theatre
In this workshop we will examine the similarities and differences between object theatre and contemporary dance. We will also investigate the connections between an object and the body, and how to find new ways of approaching acting with objects based on one’s own movement qualities. The workshop centers around practical exercises on thg themes of: movement qualities of an unmoving object, the body as an object, dancing objects, simultaneously acting with an object and dancing.
The workshop is open to people of 16 years and up. No previous experience in dancing is necessary. Be sure to wear clothes you can comfortably move in. You have to book in advance phone +46 70 249 57 98.
Teachers: Janne Kuustie and Jouni Järvenpää (Puppet Theatre Akseli Klonk)
Duration: 3 hours
Thursday 8 november 15.00 - 18.00