"Humanity in the guts of gravity"
Trampoline-wizard Rauli Dahlberg is joined by the award-winning choreographer Jarkko Mandelin, master of live-looping Miro Mantere, and visionary light designer Jere Mönkkönen in creating contemporary circus from another dimension.
O'DD is an adventure story of humanity in the guts of gravity. It plays with the laws of physics until they bend and one can break free from their grasp. Through wordless acrobatic movement and object manipulation, the essence of humanity is altered, the individual is cut into layers and imagined anew.
This is a new kind of direction for contemporary circus, its future and dreamed reality. O’DD boldly leads us to the transient world of being human.
"Rauli Dahlberg's brilliant cosmos is sparkling - The soundscape-space-odyssey with sound artist Miro Mantere is a monolith of skill and play. [...] O'DD is a deeply thought and well executed performance, that hopefully will live long and prosper in conquering the world. It represents visionary circus art, which is luminous as well as credible in many ways." - Kaleva 16.10.2020
"Among the festival audience's absolute favorites"
- O’DD demo @ Festival Deltebre Dansa 2018
Link to the website
https://www.racehorsecompany.fi/odd
Working group and performers
Performers: Rauli Dahlberg & Miro Mantere
Concept, director & choreographer: Rauli Dahlberg
Assistant choreographer: Jarkko Mandelin
Lighting design: Jere Mönkkönen
Music & sound design: Miro Mantere
Set design: Rauli Dahlberg & Jere Mönkkönen
Costume design: Tiina Valve
Production: Race Horse Company
World premiere
8.10.2020, Espoo City Theatre
Videos
Race Horse Company: O'DD (2020) trailer from Race Horse Company on Vimeo.