ÄLLÖÖ TÄÄ LAAV ( in the very middle of it…..luv…)
Premiere 7.3.2010 Kahvila Pakari, Karkkila, Finland
Choreography Favela Vera Ortiz
Dance Sanna From
Sound Design Favela Vera Ortiz
Music Marlene Dietrich; You go to my head, Francisco Canaro y su Orquesta; La Cumparsita
Also in this performance you have one woman`s live orchestra by Favela Vera Ortiz
Costume and props Favela Vera Ortiz and Sanna From
Duration about 37 minutes
Photos by Milla Laaksonen
OPUS CORPUS II
Premiere 27.2.2009 Teatro El Portón de Sánchez, Buenos Aires, Argentina Choreography Favela Vera Ortiz Dance Grupo Fuera de Eje Paloma Macchione, Melina Martínez and Marina Ottomano Music Jan Noponen Light design Adrian Cintioli Costume design Claudia Heinrig and Favela Vera Ortiz Costumes Claudia Heinrig and Carina La Forgia Duration 32 minutes
Thanks to The Finnish National Council of Dance, the Arts Council of Finland, Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland and Embassy of Finland in Buenos Aires
Photos by Andy Bravo
ENTRE TIERRAS
Premiere 23.5.2009 Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
Concept and idea Favela Vera Ortiz and Gabriela Aldana-Kekoni
Choreography Favela Vera Ortiz
Dance Gabriela Aldana – Kekoni
Set design Favela Vera Ortiz
Sound design Favela Vera Ortiz, Maija Ruuskanen and Jan Noponen
Duration 50 minutes
Thanks to The Finnish National Council of Dance
Photos by Katri Pynnöniemi
Choreographer’ s Appointment by Favela Vera Ortiz
Premiere 8.11.2007 Zodiak - Center for New Dance, Helsinki, Finland
Project; short solo works for members of the general public by appointment
Choreographies by Favela Vera Ortiz in co-operation with each candidate for a choreographer’ s appointment.
These solo dances are named Momentum and given a number - everyone is able to give a personal name to his or her own solo dance.
For example, the very first solo was called: Momentum 1 – “Floating between” by Mikko Leino
Choreographer’ s appointments so far
YEAR 2007
Momentum 1 - 32 / Zodiak - Center for New Dance
Momentum 33 - Oodi vuodelle 2008 / Mika Tommola, MTV3 News
YEAR 2008
Momentum 34 – 57 / Zodiak&Lasipalatsi Gallery, Helsinki
Momentum 58 – 61 / Helsinki Deaconess Institute
Momentum 62 – 69 / Z-in-motion festival, Zodiak, Helsinki
Momentum 70 / Kulttuurikuntoklinikka tv-program by YLE1, November 2008
Momentum 71 – 83 / Consultation du chorégraphe / June Events Festival, Paris, France
YEAR 2009
Momentum 84 – 88 / Kuopio Tanssii and Soi Festival, Finland
Momentum 89 – 96 / Tanssin Aika Festival, Jyväskylä, Finland
Momentum 97 – 103 / First Snow Festival, Amsterdam, Holland
YEAR 2010
Momentum 104 - 107 / Düsseldorf Tanzmesse, Germany
Dancer: YOU!
Music: Most of the solo dances are created in silence
During the warm up the appointment music by the Finnish composer Jan Noponen is usually played.
At Choreographer’ s appointment a personal solo dance is created for each candidate in an individual one-to-one situation. The working time is about 3 hours, and each visitor leaves with a readymade solo dance which can be performed anywhere, anytime.
The appointments are for anyone over 15 years of age. No dance background is required, only the desire to leap into a world of new experience.
Thanks to the National Council of Dance, Kirsi Monni and all the people who helped during work-in-process.
Photos by Johanna Tirronen
note! Photos are taken during the Choreographer´s Appointment at Lasipalatsi Gallery in January 2008.
La Seule
Premiere 4.11.2006, Tornio, Finland
Choreography Favela Vera Ortiz
Dance Riikka Kekäläinen
Set design Favela Vera Ortiz
Costume design Favela Vera Ortiz and Niina Huovinen
Costume Niina Huovinen
Sound design Favela Vera Ortiz
Musics composed by Erik Satie
Duration 40 minutes
Thanks to the Wihuri Foundation
Photos by Vilma Niskala
Choreographer Favela Vera Ortiz
Education at University for Dance; Danshögskolan, Sweden,
department for choreography 1998 - 2001
The year of the premier *other performances
2011 OBSCURO
A performance for five dancers / Dance company SPINN
Premiere at Vara Konserthus, Vara, Sweden
2010 TransCorpsTerre
A solo performance, chor. and dance by Favela Vera Ortiz
At Ateljé of the sculptor Robert Keramsi, Libourne, France
2010 ÄLLÖÖ TÄÄ LAAV
Asolo choreography for the dancer Sanna From
Premiere at kahvila Pakari, Karkkila, Finland
2009 ENTRE TIERRAS
A solo choreography for the dancer Gabriela Aldana-Kekoni
Premiere at Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
2009 OPUS CORPUS II
Choreography for three dancers, GRUPO ”Fuera de Eje”
Premiere at Teatro El Portón de Sánchez, Buenos Aires
2008 Moerae X
Choreography for three dancers, GRUPO ”Fuera de Eje”
Stage version of the work MOERAE which was performed in a park
Premiere at Festival International Teatro y Danza Iquique, Chile
2008 Choreographer`s Appointment
Project;mini solo works made for passers-by, Minimentum 1-26 /
HelsinKissBerlin - festival, Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany
2007 Choreographer`s Appointment
Project;solo works for any person by appointment Momentum 1-32 /
Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Helsinki
*Momentum 33 - Oodi uudelle vuodelle/ Mika Tommola, MTV3 Television News
*2008 Momentum 34 – 57 / Zodiak&Lasipalatsi Gallery, Helsinki
*2008 Momentum 58 – 61 / Helsinki Deaconess Institute
*2008 Momentum 62 – 69 / Z-in-motion festival, Zodiak, Helsinki
*2008 Momentum 70 / Kulttuurikuntoklinikka tv-program on chanel YLE1
*2008 Momentum 71 – 83 / June Events Festival, Paris, France
*2009 Momentum 84 - 88 / Kuopio Tanssii ja Soi Festival, Kuopio, Finland
*2009 Momentum 89 – 96 / Tanssin Aika Festival, Jyväskylä, Finland
*2009 Momentum 97 – 102 / First Snow Festival, Amsterdam, Holland
2007 MOERAE
Choreography for three dancers, GRUPO ”Fuera de Eje”
Premiere at Villa Ocampo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006 La Seule
Solo choreography for the dancer Riikka Kekäläinen
Premiere at Tornio, Finland
*2007 Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
*2007 Finnish Institute, Paris, France
*2008 Düsseldorf Tanzmesse, Germany
2006 KomproMISSI
Solo choreography for the dancer Titta Court
Premiere at Tornio, Finland
*2007 European Women Theatre Festival, Tornio, Finland
*2007 Tanssia Tyrkyllä - festival, Oulu, Finland
*2008 DansFestival Barents, Hammerfest, Norway
2006 SISU
Solo choreography for the dancer Tanja Kuisma
Premiere at Tanssisavotta Festival, Mäntyharju, Finland
2005 ALUE (AREA)
Solo choreography for the dancer Tanja Kuisma
Premiere at Indie Art Factory festival, Ateneum, Helsinki
*2006 Verstas III, Jyväskylä, Finland
*2006 Nu Scandik festival, Tallinn
*2006 Tanssisavotta – festival, Mäntyharju, Finland
*2007 Finnish Institute, Paris, France
2005 MinÄÄ
Moving installation at Tanssisavotta Festival, Mäntyharju, Finland
2005 OPUS CORPUS
Choreography for three dancers
Premiere at Full Moon Dance Festival, Pyhäjärvi, Finland
Also performed atStoa Culture Center, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Personlig Ordbok (Personal Dictionary)
Solo choreography for the dancer Tove Sahlin.
Nordic collaboration work “Ny Nordisk Koreografi”
Premiere at Haugesund Theater and Tysvar Culture Center, Norway
*2006 Z-in-motion Festival, Zodiak-Center for New Dance
2004 TEXTBOX
Moving installation at Turku Poetry Weeks Festival in collaboration
with the poet Tommi Parkko and dancer Jatta Rauhaluoto.
2003 POINT
Choreography for five dancers
Premiere at International Platform for Choreographers, Almada, Portugal
2003 REVIR, solo LES DEUX, duet B U R I N, trio
Three different works in the same performance
Premieres at Festival de L`été de Chaillé, Chaillé-les-Marais, France
”Revir” is choreographed together with Malin Stattin
2003 HAKKA
Direction and choreography for two dancers, actor and musician
Premiere at Stoa Culture Center at Hurraa Children Theater Festival in Helsinki, Finland, other performances at Cultural Centres in Helsinki.
2002 ALMAT
Choreography for three dancers
Premiere at Dance Theater Taiga, also performed at Oulu Dance Center, Finland
2002 AVELAB(2)
Choreography for eight dancers. Performed at Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
