ren_essens
PERFORMANCES
Thu 15.1.
19:00
Sat 17.1.
16:00
Fri 23.1.
19:00
Wed 28.1.
19:00
Thu 29.1.
19:00
Wed 4.2.
19:00
Fri 6.2.
19:00
Tue 10.2.
12:00
Length approx. 1h, no intermission. Recommended age limit 15 years.
Synthetic fog is used during the performance.
a physical, wordless metamorphosis
ren_essens is a newly created stage work that explores inner and outer transformations that shape our identity.
The performance is based on the director Cecilia Paul’s own experiences of the need to return to her inner core, her essence. It takes inspiration from metamorphoses in the animal and insect world.
Like the butterfly’s life cycle, where each step involves destruction and reconstruction, the work depicts a woman’s journey from childhood to adulthood. Her struggle to free herself from expectations, traditions and limitations in order to find her own voice, body and power.
Rebecca Solnit’s words, “the process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay,” run like a continuous undercurrent in the performance, where change is not portrayed harmoniously, but as a cyclical and often violent movement. Every rebirth requires an end. The living cannot exist without also carrying death within them.
ren_essens is a visual and poetic experience that, through physical expression, opens up existential questions about identity, loss, freedom and survival.
More information on ren_essens home page: universum.fi
Koncept, script, director & on stage Cecilia Paul | Choreography and assistant director Meri Pajunpää | Lights, space and graphics Tuomas Honkanen | Sound design Hanna Mikander | Costumes Tiina Kaukanen | Producers Cecilia Paul & Paul Olin | Production Collaboration with the production team, Sirius Teatern and Teater Mestola